Riverbend gets “new water appropriation” of 96 acre feet a year for commercial use

Riverbend's experimental-well location; image from its submission to the OSE, a public document available online

Riverbend's glacial slow-walk as a legal strategy paid off, scrapping off all but one protestant. It has cornered the market on commercial hot springs, maybe to the detriment of the whole system, with the city and Office of the State Engineer looking away.

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What you need to know, May 7, 2025: Water, or the lack of it, again

Elephant Butte at sunset

The past winter was not kind to us, and we are faced with water shortage in the Rio Grande this summer. I link to several descriptions of where we are and what is predicted. Impacts will be important for farmers, ranchers, recreational businesses. We might get sued again by Texas.

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What you need to know, May 3, 2025: Is your house insurance going up?

Broadway, Truth or Consequences

High cost of home insurance is here to stay. I link to several recent articles on homeowners' insurance, its relation to climate change, its relation to banking, to construction, to real estate, to what the state is doing about this problem. I try to explain those relationships.

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Sierra joins Catron County in declaring a disaster due to wolves killing cattle and asking that wolf relocations cease

a wolf in captivity

Some counties are calling for curtailment of wolf relocations after recent cattle killings in Catron County. But figures show depredations have held steady or decreased, despite growth in the number wolves in the wilds.

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