List/Grid Author Archives: John Fleck / Journal Staff Writer
‘Halfway house’ for finned fire refugees
Angela James’ fish tanks don’t look much like Whiskey Creek. But for 68 imperiled Gila trout, the tanks in a northeast Albuquerque warehouse will have to do for now.
Six high-level waste tanks at Hanford now reported to be leaking
Today’s breaking nuclear news comes from Hanford, where Washington state governor Jay Inslee told reporters this afternoon that the Department of Energy now acknowledges that at least six high level... Read more »
Drought watch: new forecast looking lousy for New Mexico through the start of summer
I awoke to 3 inches of snow in my Albuquerque backyard, which looks like the wettest storm since the water year began Oct. 1, nearly doubling my total precipitation for... Read more »
New Mexicans care about water – a lot
A new Colorado College “State of the Rockies Project” public opinion survey of residents of the six Colorado Rockies states suggests y’all care about water. A lot. Quoting from the... Read more »
Blowing dust advisory issued as high winds expected
Blowing dust advisory issued as high winds expected
Where the nuclear weapon blast-Russian meteorite comparison falls short
Unless you’ve been under a rock for the last four days, you’ve seen the comparison: last week’s Russian meteorite “exploded with a force of nearly 500 kilotons of TNT –... Read more »
Texas: Let’s cooperate with our neighbors over water! (while we’re suing them)
The Texas Legislature is considering a bill by state Rep. Lyle Larson, R-San Antonio, that would create a what sounds like a sort of campfire-singing happy collaborative space with its... Read more »
‘Mute swan’ on Rio Grande a rarity in New Mexico
A mystery swan has taken up residence on the Rio Grande. It idled in the backwater ...
An inventory of New Mexico’s water woes
Kay Matthews at the always-interesting La Jicarita has a remarkably thorough inventory of New Mexico’s water management woes, from the intricacies of the various Indian water settlement deals to the... Read more »
Nuclear agency back on federal ‘high-risk’ list
Criticized after LANL plutonium lab budget went up six-fold
State allocates more water to middle Rio Grande Valley farmers
New Mexico State Engineer Scott Verhines announced this morning that he’s allocated an additional 20,000 acre feet of water this year to the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, the water... Read more »
