New Mexico writer. Former Albuquerque Journal Reporterhttps://bsky.app/profile/cathycook.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cathycook.bsky.social/post/3mni6eca7lc2iBad news for livestock producers. But the history of the New World screwworm fly is one of incredible international cooperation and government doing something really well. Screwworms were eradicated from North and Central America because governments bred sterile flies and released them into the wild [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jun 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:2yya4w5g5pp74isbbkxxmsn4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mni6eca7lc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/cathycook.bsky.social/post/3mf5wbijuic2oIt's my last week at the Albuquerque Journal. It's been a joy to work alongside some incredibly talented journalists for the last few years.18 Feb 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:2yya4w5g5pp74isbbkxxmsn4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5wbijuic2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cathycook.bsky.social/post/3m7atbkt76s2uAtomic bomb survivors visited New Mexico this week and talked about how living through the Nagasaki bombing affected their lives05 Dec 2025 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:2yya4w5g5pp74isbbkxxmsn4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7atbkt76s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/cathycook.bsky.social/post/3m4nrgtvgdc2kRio Grande silvery minnows used to be one of the most prolific fish in the river. Now, they occupy 7% of their historic range.02 Nov 2025 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:2yya4w5g5pp74isbbkxxmsn4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4nrgtvgdc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/cathycook.bsky.social/post/3m4giits2zs2uNew Mexico plans to spend $30 million to fill the gap of SNAP delays30 Oct 2025 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:2yya4w5g5pp74isbbkxxmsn4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4giits2zs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/cathycook.bsky.social/post/3m4bk7tjfrc2dThe Navajo Nation is investing nearly $3 million into a commercial scale test of technology that could make cleaning up abandoned uranium mines faster and cheaper.28 Oct 2025 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:2yya4w5g5pp74isbbkxxmsn4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4bk7tjfrc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/cathycook.bsky.social/post/3m3x2x5wnr22iI have written one story about this $8.6 million bosque restoration project each year I've been at the Albuquerque Journal. The trilogy is complete; they finished the project. https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_dd60212c-ca8e-43e5-8ebc-9607fb3ade76.html24 Oct 2025 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:2yya4w5g5pp74isbbkxxmsn4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3x2x5wnr22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/cathycook.bsky.social/post/3m3ns5l5zqk2tIt's unclear exactly how many NNSA employees in New Mexico have been furloughed https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_e248efe9-ad2f-4ab8-8740-638cf8707733.html#tncms-source=home-featured-7-block20 Oct 2025 21:47 +0000at://did:plc:2yya4w5g5pp74isbbkxxmsn4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ns5l5zqk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/cathycook.bsky.social/post/3m3nrrbhejc2tThe National Nuclear Security Administration furloughed 80% of its federal workers today. During a press conference on the furloughs, Energy Secretary Chris Wright called for Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen to vote for the Republican spending bill.20 Oct 2025 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:2yya4w5g5pp74isbbkxxmsn4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3nrrbhejc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/cathycook.bsky.social/post/3lvvw3i4hx22oAsha the wolf is back in the wild https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_0d5145ca-4b9e-43ef-9f54-764c486f5404.html#tncms-source=home-featured-7-block08 Aug 2025 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:2yya4w5g5pp74isbbkxxmsn4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvvw3i4hx22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cathycook.bsky.social/post/3lp3qbdjq7s2uThe money needed to maintain and modernize U.S. nuclear weapons has risen, according to a new 10 year cost estimate https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_85ab137b-f43a-4e32-b5c1-0621c3e97323.html14 May 2025 00:23 +0000at://did:plc:2yya4w5g5pp74isbbkxxmsn4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp3qbdjq7s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/cathycook.bsky.social/post/3lop7cyxrdk2dThe latest Mexican gray wolf news https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_9efa7e06-62de-450a-8165-9b004b3aa95d.html09 May 2025 00:48 +0000at://did:plc:2yya4w5g5pp74isbbkxxmsn4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lop7cyxrdk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/cathycook.bsky.social/post/3lom5dayfyc27After partnering on a bill earlier this year to make selling federally owned public lands harder, Reps. Gabe Vasquez and Ryan Zinke launched a bipartisan Public Lands Caucus this morning.07 May 2025 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:2yya4w5g5pp74isbbkxxmsn4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lom5dayfyc27https://bsky.app/profile/cathycook.bsky.social/post/3ljncudalm22gRep. Stansbury's sign definitely made a splash last night. Democrats also showed their displeasure by not attending, like Sen. Heinrich, and by walking out. It's certainly not the party's first walkout. Dems also walked out of Gerald Ford's 1975 state of the union. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Mar 2025 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:2yya4w5g5pp74isbbkxxmsn4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljncudalm22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/cathycook.bsky.social/post/3ljlwtfgsek2gA look at the guests NM's congressional delegation brought to Trump’s address. https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_c61be2a4-f933-11ef-8bf0-d3dc0486c31f.html#tncms-source=home-featured-7-block05 Mar 2025 02:32 +0000at://did:plc:2yya4w5g5pp74isbbkxxmsn4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljlwtfgsek2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/cathycook.bsky.social/post/3liy2jhq7es2sEnergy Sec. Chris Wright visited Los Alamos National Laboratory today https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_7e1c7046-f31a-11ef-b0dd-43d9bbba846f.html#tncms-source=home-featured-7-block25 Feb 2025 04:45 +0000at://did:plc:2yya4w5g5pp74isbbkxxmsn4/app.bsky.feed.post/3liy2jhq7es2shttps://bsky.app/profile/cathycook.bsky.social/post/3lix5ecowcc2aGuided tours at Carlsbad Caverns are on hold and all the tutors at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute have been fired. https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_8c346db6-f0b1-11ef-892f-df4670f49bd0.html24 Feb 2025 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:2yya4w5g5pp74isbbkxxmsn4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lix5ecowcc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cathycook.bsky.social/post/3ligf74k77c2lWildland firefighting is a male-dominated field. U.S. Forest Service fire workforce was 87% male in 2024. A camp meant to help women enter the profession is on hold https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_93369478-e5a7-11ef-bf43-4f464084fbd9.html18 Feb 2025 04:08 +0000at://did:plc:2yya4w5g5pp74isbbkxxmsn4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ligf74k77c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/cathycook.bsky.social/post/3li6xos3ras2hA little tragic to see a pair of Gannett owned newspapers, one in Las Cruces and one in Mississippi, with the same typo in their social media posts on a Red Lobster celebration in a week when there is actually so much substantive news to cover15 Feb 2025 05:17 +0000at://did:plc:2yya4w5g5pp74isbbkxxmsn4/app.bsky.feed.post/3li6xos3ras2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/cathycook.bsky.social/post/3li6oanz33k2xA look at what Sens. Ben Ray Luján and Martin Heinrich say in their letter to Trump about potential Indian Health Service layoffs https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_de1a3c14-eb34-11ef-b42f-bf59fd6adf7f.html#tncms-source=home-featured-7-block15 Feb 2025 02:28 +0000at://did:plc:2yya4w5g5pp74isbbkxxmsn4/app.bsky.feed.post/3li6oanz33k2x