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Albuquerque Journal newspaper stories

61. ABQjournal Opinion: Landmark Agreement Ensures Water Security

... Agreement Ensures Water Security By Dirk Kempthorne Secretary of the Interior     The people of New Mexico and the six other states in the Colorado River Basin made history last week. In doing so, they helped ensure a better quality of life for their children and grandchildren.     After years of negotiation ...
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62. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: N.Y. Firm Wants To Move Water From Catron Co. To Rio Grande

... Estevan Lopez said his office protested the application because it wants to be sure pumping won't hurt flows in the Rio Grande or the Gila River basin.     "We don't really have interest in purchasing that water for compact compliance, at least not in the near future," Lopez said.     The commission ...
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63. ABQjournal Westoped: Letters to the Editor

... half empty, with warnings that at today's population in the Southwest, enormous Lake Powell can never be refilled. By mid-century the Colorado River Basin could have, due to global warming, 30 percent less water available, scientists warn.     The latest "water jackpot," (the words of the Journal on ...
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64. ABQjournal Westoped: Letters to the Editor

... half empty, with warnings that at today's population in the Southwest, enormous Lake Powell can never be refilled.     By mid-century the Colorado River Basin could have, due to global warming, 30 percent less water available, scientists warn.     The latest "water jackpot," (the words of the Journal ...
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65. ABQjournal Opinion: Sustainable Water Vital to Navajos

... of Interior to execute the settlement agreement between the Navajo Nation and the state of New Mexico regarding rights to water in the San Juan River Basin.     The legislation and the underlying settlement are examples of good public policy in the best interests of the Navajo Nation and New Mexico ...
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66. ABQjournal North_News: Artworld

... striations broken by images of monkeys, birds and foxes. Monkeys are a favorite motif of the Ye'Kwana, the native artisans living in the Orinoco River Basin. The tradition originated with tall, hourglass-shaped burden baskets used to carry firewood and food. Prices range from $35 to $800, depending ...
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67. ABQjournal NM: Around New Mexico

... . The case stems from the discovery of four dead eagles found near power lines owned by Yates at its coal-bed methane facilities in the Powder River Basin of northwest Wyoming.     As part of the settlement, Yates paid $10,000 in penalties, half of which will go to the Murie Audubon State Rehabilitation ...
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68. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Feds, Yates Petroleum Settle Eagle-Power Line Case

... . The case stems from the discovery of four dead eagles found near power lines owned by Yates at its coal-bed methane facilities in the Powder River Basin of northwest Wyoming.     As part of the settlement, Yates paid $10,000 in penalties, half of which will go to the Murie Audubon State Rehabilitation ...
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69. ABQjournal Opinion: Reality Evaporates in Push for Navajo Pipeline Project

... U.S. Geological Survey, it is well understood that when the Colorado River was first divvied-up, overly generous allocations to the seven Colorado River Basin States were based on erroneous predictions. Now, rather than conducting a more objective, honest analysis of water availability, Reclamation ...
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70. ABQjournal North_News: Pollutant Detected In Well

... from the lab.     The project is aimed at using water rights acquired through a federal project that imports San Juan River water from the Colorado River Basin into the Rio Grande via the Chama River.     Rick Carpenter, the Buckman Diversion Project's manager, said he has been talking with officials ...
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