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On intelligence reports and that popular UFO memo
My colleague Bruce Daniels had some fun last week with the fact that a 1950 Roswell UFO memo is the most read item in the FBI’s web collection. But what... Read more »
Carlsbad farmers move to shut down upstream neighbors’ water
CARLSBAD – The leaders of the Carlsbad Irrigation District voted this afternoon to demand the state of New Mexico shut off groundwater users upstream in the Roswell and Artesia areas... Read more »
Drought watch = fire watch
With drought comes increased risk of fire. My colleagues Pat Lohmann, Rene Romo and Jim Thompson collaborated on a helpful package in this morning’s paper, looking at where the fire... Read more »
The industry entanglements of Energy Secretary nominee Ernie Moniz
Bryan Bender at the Boston Globe has had a look at the financial disclosure statements filed by MIT prof/energy policy guy Ernest Moniz, the Obama administration’s nominee to be Secretary... Read more »
Feith et. al: US nuclear modernization key to nonproliferation
In an opinion piece in Friday’s Washington Post, former senior official in the second Bush Defense Department Douglas Feith and colleagues argue that preventing nuclear proliferation requires a strong nuclear... Read more »
Hey Lobo fans, don’t be so glum!
Today’s announcement that head University of New Mexico basketball coach Steve Alford is leaving for Westwood is a good opportunity to reprise my January 2012 column suggesting some possible benefits... Read more »
Federal judge: Wait for US Supreme Court to act on Texas lawsuit before pursuing lower court action on Rio Grande management
US District Court Judge James O. Browning issued a stay this morning (Fri. 3/29/2013) in New Mexico’s lawsuit against the federal government over water management at Elephant Butte Reservoir in... Read more »
Thursday bird blogging, Rio Grande del Norte National Monument Edition
Judy Liddell, co-author of Birding Hot Spots of Central New Mexico, has the goods if you want to get a head start on a birdwatching visit to the newly designed... Read more »
New Mexico drought monitor: at least things didn’t get worse!
In what is becoming an increasingly depressing Thursday ritual, here’s today’s federal drought monitor map for New Mexico: Hey, at least it didn’t get worse this week.
Drought watch: Bureau of Reclamation begins releasing water for the silvery minnow
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation this morning began releasing supplemental water into the Rio Chama in an effort to keep the Rio Grande wet for the endangered Silvery Minnow. The... Read more »
Drought watch: Considering the ‘nuclear option’ on the Pecos
Felicity Barringer of The New York Times visits southeastern New Mexico, where lower Pecos farmers are among the state’s hardest-hit by drought: A priority call, an exceedingly rare maneuver, is... Read more »
John Wesley Powell’s watershed governance
John Wesley Powell is most famous for his early exploration of the Grand Canyon. But in the western water policy community, he is perhaps equally famous for his ideas of... Read more »
