Head out to Kingston this weekend for poetry, art and song celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Gila Wilderness. An event brought to you by the Southwest Environmental Education Center, Sierra County Arts Council, and Gila Ancestral Homelands.
There are many places in this country we call home, where one can easily slip into being a community member of the land instead of the consumer. It is a refreshing reminder to escape the keep out culture of urban living and rejoice in such a wild place, the Catwalk.
The proposed use of so-called "produced water" for agriculture and industrial purposes in New Mexico is at odds with the world health community's growing concern about the impact of pollution on children.
T or C property taxes were supposed to more than double after citizens approved $3-million in general obligation bond debt for water, wastewater and road projects at the November 2023 ballot box. The state's Taxation and Revenue Department says it never got the word.
The Sierra County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution to create an Arroyo Flood District. A petition was presented to the District Court and a hearing scheduled so that the question of forming the flood district and names of candidates for the board can be on the ballot in November.
New Mexico water issues in the news: The U.S. Interior Department announces federal support for conservation measures at Elephant Butte Reservoir. The New Mexico State Engineer announces that his office will undergo a change in leadership.
Recent studies finding "forever" chemicals and plutonium in New Mexico's rivers and groundwaters indicate that our water pollution problem has reached crisis proportions.
The great artist Diego Velazquez painted royalty as they were, often blank-eyed and taken up with amusing themselves with court jesters instead of serious matters of state. There are Velazquez-like parallels with the supposedly democratic T or C city commission.
A new study provides needed specificity about the uses to which the Colorado's irrigation water is put in the river's basin, which includes New Mexico.
