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List/Grid Author Archives: John Fleck / Journal Staff Writer

July-August 2012 precip, percent of average

Monsoon watch: fading

Just as the beginning of the southwestern monsoon is a bit fuzzy, so the tail end. It’s mostly a July-August phenomenon in New Mexico, but it can start in late... Read more »

Around the tubes, drought edition

Some drought links for a dry Friday: Drought gets serious in Wisconsin: “The drought has caused a shortage of flattened, dried cow manure — or cow chips — for the... Read more »
New Mexico Drought Monitor

New Mexico Drought Conditions Improve

You know it’s been bad when having 62 percent of New Mexico in “severe” drought or worse counts as good news. But it is. That’s down from 83 percent of... Read more »

Lujan Grisham: Lab Missions Are Aging, In Need of Modernization

Michelle Lujan Grisham sees the nuclear weapons business as a declining industry. The weapons progra ...

Arnold-Jones: U.S. Nuclear Complex Management Needs Fixing

New Mexicans need to recognize a fundamental reality, according to Janice Arnold-Jones: The labs are ...

Harrison Schmitt on Neil Armstrong

Harrison Schmitt, former New Mexico Senator and moon-walking geologist, shared a nice remembrance today of his colleague Neil Armstrong: One of my many favorite Armstrong memories from Apollo relates to... Read more »

Around the tubes

A couple of links on New Mexico issues: David Correia at La Jicarita looks at the history of the pit rules, aimed at curbing groundwater contamination at New Mexico oil... Read more »

New Mexico’s diverging water supply and demand curves

Rio Grande flow at the Central Avenue Bridge is back up to near 200 cubic feet per second this morning after dropping to 122 for much of Tuesday evening. In... Read more »
Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility curtailed its Rio Grande diversions Tuesday because levels in the river were too low.

Low River Flow Forces Halt in Diversions

Rio Grande water levels have been just 48 percent of average
Continued work on Los Alamos National Laboratory's Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement project, the first phase of which is shown here, is critical to Los Alamos, according to the candidates running for the state's U.S. Senate seat. (Courtesy Of Sandia National Laboratories)

Setting A Course For N.M.’s Labs

First in a series: Interviews with N.M. Congressional candidates on key issues-- Heinrich: Labs Need to Expand Mission--Wilson: Labs Need a Strong Advocate
HEATHER WILSON, C. PAUL ROBINSON, BRUCE KELLEY

Wilson: Labs Need Strong Advocate

Says Nuke-Free Goal Is Unsafe
Martin Heinrich

Heinrich: Labs Need To Expand Mission

Nuke Free Is Important Goal