Albuquerque Journal newspaper stories
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ABQjournal: Springerville Power Plant Expanding
... between 50 and 70 permanent employees. The new unit will burn pulverized, low-sulfur coal supplied by Peabody Coal Company from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. The coal will be shipped to the plant on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad system. Water for the new unit will come from ...
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ABQjournal: Drought Shadows N.M. Into Autumn
... , turning to spring and summer runoff to fill rivers and reservoirs. The water year just completed saw below-average precipitation in every river basin in New Mexico and southern Colorado, year-end numbers compiled by the Western Regional Climate Center in Reno, Nev., show. Final September figures ...
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ABQjournal: Exploring the Myth of Rio Grande Water Shortage
... the Myth of Rio Grande Water Shortage By William M. Turner Hydrologist On June 12 the U.S. Court of Appeals ordered that Upper Colorado River Basin water that is delivered into the Rio Grande Basin by the San Juan-Chama Project must be used to sustain the silvery minnow. The decision triggered outrage ...
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ABQjournal: Senate OKs Measure Stopping Water Release for Minnow
... , a Democrat - was added to the spending bill in response to a 10th Circuit Court opinion that would force New Mexico to release Colorado River Basin water to save the minnow. Domenici said the minnow rider should help solve a long-standing dispute between farmers and environmentalists regarding ...
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ABQjournal: Declare War on Plant Invaders
... and floods - in many river and stream corridors throughout the Southwest, from Texas to California and across one million acres of the Colorado River Basin. Tamarisk can increase the salinity of the soil to the point where native plants can no longer thrive. Where tamarisk has become dominant ...
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ABQjournal: Drought Task Force Reports No Relief in Sight
... McKinley County. When it comes to the conditions in streams and reservoirs, almost all of New Mexico is in severe hydrologic drought. The Zuni River Basin and northern sections of the Rio Grande and Pecos river basins are in moderate hydrologic drought. Overall reservoir storage is at its lowest ...
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ABQjournal: N.M. Won't Sic 'God Squad' on Minnow -- Yet
... Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District and others. The ruling affects the federal San Juan-Chama Project, which moves water from the Colorado River Basin to the Rio Grande Basin, and a separate project that delivers Rio Grande water to farmers. Richardson and members of New Mexico's congressional ...
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ABQjournal: 'God Squad' May Get Minnow Case
... Conservancy District and others. The federal projects affected by the ruling are the San Juan-Chama Project, which moves water from the Colorado River Basin to the Rio Grande Basin, and a separate project that delivers Rio Grande water to farmers. Environmentalists who sued federal water managers ...
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