NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service opened public comment on its draft recovery plan for the endangered Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly found in New Mexico. The butterfly ...
Isolated showers and thunderstorms are expected in south and central New Mexico today. Showers and thunderstorms have already formed this afternoon along the Sacramento Mountains. A Flood Watch is in ...
The butterfly was listed as endangered in 2023 due to a series of threats, including impacts from wildfires, climate variability, incompatible grazing, invasive plants and recreation. The butterfly ...