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  • Trout lovers trek down to Río Grande for native cutthroat

    Cody Hooks

    April 04, 2019 |

    The Taos News |

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    Response Location: United States, Cerro, New Mexico

    On New Mexico's public lands, volunteer effort can go a long way for wildlife restoration. Each year, nearly 200 volunteers hike around 10,000 cutthroat trout to the edge of the Río Grande del Norte National Monument Wild Rivers Recreation Area. For a fish occupying less than 10 percent of its historic range, sparking interest in conservation is an added benefit in helping the species.

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  • Saving seeds and stories at Taos Pueblo

    Cody Hooks

    April 20, 2017 |

    The Taos News |

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    Response Location: Taos Pueblo, United States, Taos, New Mexico

    One small thing colonization destroyed was seeds. Indigenous communities used to pass seeds down from generation to generation, but according to some estimates, seed erosion has wiped off as much as 90 percent of agricultural crops. A global effort is being undertaken to save seeds, and also conserve tradition.

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  • Native families get a head start with home visits

    Cody Hooks

    October 19, 2016 |

    Small Towns Big Change |

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    Response Location: United States, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico

    Across the United States, native families are implementing community-based family preparedness efforts in order to create a pathway that leads to school-readiness for children. At Taos Pueblo in New Mexico, this program is known as Tiwa Babies. Comprised of home visits, communication strategies and a curriculum that tracks developmental milestones – all while also implementing Native cultural teachings – Tiwa Babies has shown significant success for those families that choose to participate.

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  • Feeling smart: At Taos High, emotions are their own intelligence

    Cody Hooks

    October 03, 2016 |

    The Taos News |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    Taos High School has recently lost a couple of students and a recent graduate, all of whom committed suicide. The school has developed an Emotional Intelligence Retreat for its ninth graders as an opportunity to form deeper connections and build their own emotional understanding, in order to help them cope with hardships.

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  • New Jersey coalition could carry health care fix for New Mexico

    Cody Hooks

    August 04, 2016 |

    The Taos News |

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    Response Location: United States, Camden, New Jersey

    Improving health care with the patient’s goals in mind requires in-person consultations and a system that efficiently collects data from the patient’s medical history and treatment. The Camden Coalition Health Information provides a network of electronic medical records for each patient with data contributed from hospitals and labs. The Exchange also uses “health care hotspotting” to connect patients with services that have had success and offers in-person conversations to chart their progress.

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