Today's intelligence: an argument for timely state investment in our Strategic Water Fund and a recent trend of shootings at the Albuquerque offices or homes of Democratic elected officials
Today's intelligence: Is seawater desalination a feasible solution to the Southwest's water crisis? Watch what is happening in Arizona.
Today's intelligence: A resolution has finally been reached between New Mexico and Texas over water unlawfully released from Elephant Butte Reservoir more than ten years ago.
Today's intelligence: The EPA has restored protections stripped from the Clean Water Act by the Trump administration, but for how long?
Today's intelligence: high-speed rail proposed for New Mexico; wildfire recovery monies go undistributed in southern New Mexico; and Sierra County ranks poorly in life expectancy rates.
Those of us who call southwestern New Mexico our home, are very fortunate to have two very special places totally over 755,000 acres just a short distance from home. The Gila and Aldo Leopold Wildernesses are wild, rugged and nearby.
In the hearing on the application to transfer water rights to wells in Caballo for use at Copper Flat Mine, the hearing examiner has decided that Percha-Animas Water Association has standing to appear as a protestant against the granting of the application.
What do you see when you look out over a landscape? When you gaze or glance at somebody? Do you glance or do you really LOOK and wonder?
Very cold mornings (10ºF) will produce ice crystals. Once the sun hits it they all disappear into thin air. If you are a fan of ice formations check out the latest posting on
http://blackrange.org/the-black-range-naturalist/
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Today's intelligence: a year-end roundup of good news and stories of progress from around the world. 2022 wasn't a total disaster, ya'll.
Water conservation has been a legal requirement in New Mexico for several decades, but until now, the courts have never discussed or defined the requirement. Yesterday, the Appeals Court gave substance to law by affirming a lower court decision based on conservation principles.
We stopped by Bosque at the end of the day hoping to see birds and wildlife but all we saw was human birds armed with cameras with impressive lenses.
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