In the 2015 litigation brought by PAWA members against New Mexico Copper Corporation's claims to ownership of over 7,000 afy, the Adjudication Court has granted the mine 184.2 AFY rights in wells it originally declared abandoned.
The administrative hearing on New Mexico Copper Corporation's application to transfer water rights from near El Paso to their production wells in Caballo, near Hwy. 152, to use at Copper Flat Mine concludes with a strong showing by state agencies opposing the transfer.
Today's intelligence: The New Mexico Game and Fish Department is seeking public comment on needed adjustments to cougar and bear hunting regulations.
Today's intelligence: An open letter to the residents of Truth or Consequences, written and posted downtown anonymously, is reposted here to stimulate a vigorous civic assessment of the accuracy of the letter's allegations about the alarming mismanagement of the city's water and wastewater departments.
Today's intelligence: Popular New Mexico pundit Joe Monahan sees handwriting on the wall for Virgin Galactic.
This year four-o'clocks are bountiful and so are the sphinx moths which are well adapted to pollinate them.
I give a biased but, I hope, interesting report of what happened this past week in the OSE hearing on opposition to the transfer of water rights for use at Copper Flat Mine. PAWA and the Ladder Ranch presented their cases.
Today's intelligence: Congressman Gabe Vasquez introduces legislation to help pay medical bills of New Mexico oil and gas workers injured on the job.
Today's intelligence: Spaceport America settles a former employee's discrimination lawsuit.
Today's intelligence: no cuts in Colorado water use predicted for 2024 and an update on the congressional redistricting lawsuit filed by the New Mexico Republican Party
I had meant to get this out in time for the Gila Native Plant Society plant sale but let us just use it as a reminder to use native plants in our landscapes wherever we can. Nature will help once you have started.
Today's intelligence: Why did New Mexico rank last in a new study of the U.S. states that offer the best quality of life?