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Rich in history and culture, Bernalillo County boasts turquoise skies, sunny days and clean desert air, all of which lure visitors from around the world to explore our amazing landscapes from the Sandia Mountains to the Rio Puerco.

County residents share a heartfelt commitment to protect this enchanted place and continue to take steps to preserve its breathtaking views, fragile water resources, wildlife habitat, cultural and historic sites and prime agricultural land for the health of our community and our economy.

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The new Republican House leadership showed once again how they will turn almost every environmental issue into an ideological battleground, using a House committee hearing as a forum for attacking Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s move to consider wilderness protection for some western BLM lands. Click here to read all the written testimony for the hearing.

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As spring approaches, many of us begin planning what to do with our yards, making plans for gardens, a new patio or perhaps taking out some lawn to save water. In some cases, we could face zoning or neighborhood covenant restrictions requiring approval. What we do should not adversely affect our neighbors’ privacy, comfort or property values.

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‌In recent years people of faith have come together in an effort to green their churches, clean the air and the water, seek out less polluting alternative energy sources and work toward saving the great outdoors and the creatures who live there.