LAS CRUCES - Warm winter temperatures are causing the emergence of pinyon needle scale, a dangerous pest on pinyon pine trees throughout New Mexico, said a New Mexico State University forest entomologist.

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LAS CRUCES - Jennifer Hopper will start work March 13 as the new home economist/4-H agent in Valencia County for New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service.

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LAS CRUCES - The New Mexico Crop Improvement Association (NMCIA) recently presented three New Mexicans, one posthumously, with honorary memberships for their lifelong devotion to agriculture during its annual meeting in Roswell.

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LAS CRUCES - Five years ago, not much was known about the Mexican spotted owl and its habitat. Since then, New Mexico State University wildlife researchers have helped unravel some of the mysteries of the northern spotted owl's less controversial cousin.

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LAS CRUCES -- Felix Calderon III recently was awarded the first Bill Queen Memorial Scholarship for $300.

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ESPANOLA - A dozen senior 4-H members from Rio Arriba County will travel to Washington, D.C., this summer to learn more about public policy, thanks to a $17,000 grant.

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LAS CRUCES - New gambling enterprises in light of a proposed Indian gaming compact and possible expansion of gaming operations off reservations should be coordinated with a larger tourism plan. That's the opinion of the director of New Mexico State University's hospitality and tourism services (HTS) program.

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LAS CRUCES - By getting involved in the actual planning and evaluating of 4-H and FFA club activities, members may better develop the leadership skills necessary for life, said two New Mexico State University researchers.

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LAS CRUCES - Byron Wright, a New Mexico State University senior majoring in wildlife science, will join five other NMSU students for competition in a wildlife bowl March 9-12 at the University of Wyoming at Laramie.

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LAS CRUCES - New Mexico State University researchers will introduce 10 minority high school students to opportunities in scientific research fields through a summer mentoring program funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health.

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