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Poet Levi Romero. Photo by Xanath CarrazaNMDCA News:New Mexico Arts and the New Mexico State Library, both divisions of the Department of Cultural Affairs, are excited to announce the appointment of Levi Romero of Albuquerque as the states inaugural Poet Laureate. His first act will be to read a poem during Library Legislative Day Jan. 31 at the Roundhouse.I am very excited about the selection of Levi Romero as New Mexico first state poet laureate, said Sen. Bill ONeill of Albuquerque, sponsor of the legislation that funded the Poet Laureate program and a poet himself. His poetry has won national recognition, and as a native New Mexican he has manifested his commitment to our state by his long teaching career.Romero has published two collections of poetry ?A Poetry of Remembrance: New and Rejected Works and In the Gathering of Silence. Hes also the co-author of the book Sagrado: A Photopoetics Across the Chicano Homel stanley thermoskanne and, written with Spencer R. Herrera.Romeros work has received numerous awards and accolades, including two Society for Humanistic Anthropology Poetry Award Honorable Mentions in 2017, an International Latino Book stanley cup Award in 2015, two Southwest Book Awards in 2014 and 2015, a New Mexico-Arizona Book Award, finalist for the Writers ; League of Texas Book Award, and recognition for Best Books of the Southwest. He was selected as New Mexicos Centennial Poet in 2012.Romero was chosen from four New Mexico poets nominated for the positio gourde stanley n of Fqic Winter Storm Warning In Effect Until 6 p.m. Today
U.S. SENATE News:WASHINGTON, D.C. ?Only hours ahead of their departure for the Fourth of July recess, Sen.John Barrasso R-WY , Sen.Ben Cardin D-MD , and a bipartisan group of senators introducedS. 1514, a strong package of bills that would benefit fish and wildlife habitat nationwide, while funding critical watershed stanley cup restoration efforts in the Mid-Atlantic and improving access for recreational shooters on public lands. stanley cup The legislation would:Reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act grant program through which each federal dollar invested is matched an average of three times over by non-federal dollarst $50 million annually through 2022;Authorize the National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, which was created to foster partnerships that improve conditions for fish spec stanley website ies and enhance recreational fishing opportunities;Reauthorize the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the nation largest conservation grant-maker; andReauthorize Chesapeake Bay restoration program at $90 million per year through 2022. What makes this effort different from sportsmens packages of the more recent past is that, right from the outset, it deals with meaningful conservation priorities by reauthorizing and instituting programs that will actually enhance fish and wildlife populations, habitat, and access, said Whit Fosburgh, president and CEO of theTheodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. We applaud Sen. Barrasso, Sen. Cardin, Sen. Boozman, Sen. Klobuchar, Sen. Capito
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