http://www.santafenewmexican.com/rss/[Category]/[Slugline] Santa Fe New Mexican en-us http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local News/Wind-chill--Rural-residents-worry-about-impact-of-lightly-regulated-industry- BERNAL, N.M. — Petite, gray-haired Sally Maestas remembers a time when this tiny rural village 50 miles east of Santa Fe along Interstate 25 didn't ... Local News http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local News/Moving-power--Lack-of-transmission-capacity-challenges-renewabl A big challenge for any new renewable energy project in the West is moving power to customers. There simply isn't enough space on existing transm ... Local News http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local News/Fueling-controversy--As-researchers-debate-wind-turbine-impact- Wind power offers the potential of clean, inexhaustible, if intermittent, energy. But where to site wind turbines in relation to homes and commun ... Local News http://www.santafenewmexican.com/outdoors/wind---By-the-Numbers Wind energy in New Mexico Total wind farms: 4 Total installed capacity to date: 496 megawatts Total wind farms under construction or pl ... outdoors http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Outdoors/Big-machine-in-search-of-small-things Straddling the Franco-Swiss border, the world's largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, is under testing and will soon attempt to cir ... Outdoors http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Outdoors/A-different-kettle-of-fish The Valles Caldera National Preserve has opened the East Fork of the Jemez River to fishing by reservation and for a fee. The new program is more ... Outdoors http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Outdoors/Watch-the-swan-in-the-sky Winging south along the plane of the Milky Way galaxy, we find a beautiful and easily discernable constellation, Cygnus the Swan. Some stargazers are ... Outdoors http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Outdoors/Ghost-towns-part-of-Wild-West-history-and-mystery LAKE VALLEY, N.M. — The howling wind across a remote landscape, a creaky metal gate or a run-in with a rattlesnake or gun-toting local are the things ... Outdoors http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Outdoors/Fishing-report Northeast area Charette Lakes: Trout fishing on the lower lake was very good this past week as several limits were taken by anglers using power ... Outdoors http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Outdoors/Surrounded-by-wildflowers 'Why didn't you cut those weeds?" My landlord asked the question as he surveyed my mowing job that looked like a bad haircut. Little clumps of plant ... Outdoors http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Outdoors/State-revisits-prepping-streams-for-cutthroats State Department of Game and Fish staff are headed back into the Valle Vidal and Vermejo Park this summer for another shot at sterilizing streams to b ... Outdoors http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Outdoors/Shedding-some-light--on-star-names Taking the time to learn your way around the night sky requires an abundance of patience — a virtue noticeably lacking in some segments of today's fas ... Outdoors http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Outdoors/24fish-report Northern New Mexico lakes Charette: Trout fishing on the lower lake was fair for anglers using worms, salmon eggs, spinners and assorted power ba ... Outdoors http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Outdoors/23happenings A docent-led hike is scheduled in the Ortiz Mountains Educational Preserve near Cerrillos starting 9 a.m. Saturday. The hike, led by Mark Kaltenbach a ... Outdoors http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Outdoors/17-biker These are lean times on the professional mountain biking circuit. Gone are the salad days of a decade ago when bicycle and equipment companies la ... Outdoors http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Outdoors/Partnership-plans-for-wildlife-corridor--free-roaming-paths From spring through fall on Interstate 25 east of Santa Fe and U.S. 285 past Eldorado, there's a frequent, unwelcome wildlife sighting: road kill. ... Outdoors http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Outdoors/King-of-planets-rules-the-summer Lurking in the southern sky, visible between the rain showers and clouds, is the unmistakable presence of Jupiter. Only the moon is brighter during th ... Outdoors http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Outdoors/Check-out-gear-before-you-buy Before you run out and buy your next pair of hiking boots, or any other outdoor gear for that matter, check with BackpackGearTest.com to see how exper ... Outdoors http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Outdoors/17-FISHING-REPORT Northern New Mexico lakes Abiquiú: Fishing was quite good for anglers using Bevy Shad, Rip Shad, CB350s, Staysee 90s fat-head minnows and grubs ... Outdoors http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Outdoors/Going-to-extremes-Adventure-racers-endure-broken-bones--blister They tear off their toenails, by choice. They drink from puddles of dirty bath water, willingly. They even happily scarf down a greasy-spoon breakfast ... Outdoors http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Outdoors/Two-climbers-scale-Mount-Whitney-in-a-day "Self-arrest," I yelled. "Dig in your ice ax." We were glissading down the side of Mount Whitney and Carrie Turbow, my fiancée, was on the edge o ... Outdoors http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Outdoors/Probe-lifts-veil-on-Mercury-s-secrets Earlier this year, I wrote about NASA's Messenger space probe and its January flyby of Mercury. It is the only spacecraft to explore the solar system' ... Outdoors http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Outdoors/10-FISHING-REPORT Northern New Mexico lakes Charette: Trout fishing on the lower lake was good for anglers using assorted power baits. A few trout along with seve ... Outdoors http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Outdoors/10happenings The Sierra Club Saturday hosts a moderate hike to the Rio en Medio waterfalls. The lovely streamside hike is 7-9 miles with a 1,500-foot elevation g ... Outdoors http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Outdoors/03-CAMP-FOOD Prime tent or RV spots may be harder to score than a table at the hottest new restaurant — but once you're there, fire ring at the ready, the food can ... Outdoors