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From Pancakes on the Plaza to the city’s fireworks display, thousands take part in Fourth of July festivities. PAge A-6
Accused spy arrested
Santa Fe Canyon Preserve working to revive struggling species
German man suspected of passing secrets to the United States may further strain relations between the two countries. PAge A-3
Leopard frogs thriving by leaps and bounds
Learning to swim Parents and experts debate ideal age to start lessons. FAmIly, A-9
Between midDecember and late March, state taxpayers spent more than $15,000 on out-of-state trips for Gov. Martinez.
Martinez trips tally $15K for taxpayers Governor mixes politics, sports during out-of-state travel, records show By Steve Terrell
The New Mexican
Hundreds clash over immigrant transfers Scores take part in dueling rallies at border station in California By Matt Hamilton The Associated Press
MURRIETA, Calif. — Rumors had swirled among anti-immigration activists near a U.S. Border Patrol station in Southern California that the agency would try again to bus in some of the immigrants who have flooded across the U.S.-Mexico border. Instead, they got dueling anti- and pro-immigration rallies Friday. The crowd of 200 outside the station in Murrieta waved signs and sometimes shouted at each other. One banner read: “Proud LEGAL American. It doesn’t work any other way.” Another countered: “Against illegal immigration? Great! Go back to Europe!” Law enforcement officers separated the two sides and contained them on one approach to the station, leaving open an approach from the opposite direction. It was not certain, however, that any buses would arrive on Friday. Because of security concerns, federal authorities have said they will not publicize immigrant transfers among Border Patrol facilities. By late
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Robert Martin, an ecologist with The Nature Conservancy, holds a northern leopard frog at the Santa Fe Canyon Preserve on Tuesday. Though populations of the frog have dwindled across the U.S., efforts to revive a population in the Santa Fe Canyon are working. PHOTOS BY LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN
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he half-cup-size spotted frog leaped out of the grass and willows at the edge of a beaver pond in the Santa Fe Canyon Preserve. Biologist Robert Martin lunged forward and caught it with cupped hands, scooped it up gently and showed it to people visiting the preserve earlier this week. The northern leopard frog’s back legs stretched out as long as its 4-inch body. Its powerful thighs allowed it to launch as far as 6 feet from a bank into the safety of the pond. The ability to move quickly and jump far are a necessity for northern leopard frogs, which are a delicacy for a multitude of predators, from raccoons to bullfrogs. “Bullfrogs are big-time cannibals,” Martin said. “They’ll fit any frog they can in their mouths, and they have big mouths.” At one time, the little frogs’ legs
Climate ally funneled millions into coal projects Martin looks for northern leopard frogs at the Santa Fe Canyon Preserve off Upper Canyon Road on Tuesday.
were a popular dish for people, too. The beaver pond, where Martin is working to establish a population of the species, is part of a verdant riparian zone in the Santa Fe Canyon Preserve, a 200-acre parcel just east of the city. The tract was
‘Magic mushrooms’ may be good for the mind, study finds Scientists say psychedelic ‘trips’ unlock dream states shown to benefit brain By Rachel Feltman
The Washington Post
Psychedelic mushrooms can do more than make you see the world in kaleidoscope. Research suggests they may have permanent, positive effects on the human brain. In fact, a mind-altering compound found in some 200 species of mushroom is already being explored as a potential treatment for depression and anxiety. People who con-
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sume these mushrooms, after “trips” that can be a bit scary and unpleasant, report feeling more optimistic, less self-centered and even happier for months after the fact. But why do these trips change the way people see the world? According to a study published this week in Human Brain Mapping, the mushroom compounds could be unlocking brain states usually only experienced when we dream, changes in activity that could help unlock permanent shifts in perspective. The study examined brain activity in those who received injections of psilocybin, which gives “shrooms” their psychedelic
donated to The Nature Conservancy by Public Service Company of New Mexico years ago, when the utility company sold its water system to the city.
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21st annual Santa Fe Wine Festival Event including wine tastings, food, music and arts and crafts, noon-6 p.m. today and Sunday, El Rancho de las Golondrinas, 334 Los Pinos Road, $13, discounts available, golondrinas.org. More events in Calendar, A-2 and in Pasatiempo
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Is Gov. Susana Martinez making out-of-state trips to raise campaign cash or to watch sporting events? Information released by the Martinez administration seems to indicate she has done a little of both. State taxpayers spent more than $15,000 between mid-December and late March on out-of-state trips by Martinez and her state police security detail. This is according to records released late last week by the state Department of Finance and Administration, as well as information provided by the Governor’s Office several months ago. Whether by design or coincidence, three of the Republican incumbent’s out-of-state fundraising trips coincided with college basketball games. However, the lion’s share of the expenses in the latest batch of information went to an out-of-state excursion that didn’t include basketball. This was a late February trip to National Governors Association and Republican Governors Associa-
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Billionaire’s hedge fund backed firms likely to emit carbon for decades By Michael Barbaro and Coral Davenport The New York Times
To environmentalists across Australia, it is a baffling anachronism in an era of climate change: the construction of a 4,000-acre mine in New South Wales that will churn out carbon-laden coal for the next 30 years. The mine’s Tom Steyer groundbreaking, in a state forest over the winter, inspired a 92-year-old veteran to stand in front of a bulldozer and a music teacher to chain himself to a piece of excavation equipment. But the project had an unlikely financial backer in the United States, whose infusion of cash helped set it in motion: Tom Steyer, the most influential environmentalist in U.S. politics, who has vowed to spend $100 million this year to defeat candidates who oppose policies to combat climate change.
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