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Drought Worsening
The latest drought numbers from Ed Polasko at the Albuquerque National Weather Service office are not encouraging. In a report circulated this morning to state and federal officials, Ed had… Read more
Kirtland Meeting Scheduled
The New Mexico Environment Department will convene a public meeting May 3 (pdf) to discuss the Kirtland Air Force Base jet fuel spill: The meeting will be held on Tuesday,… Read more
Augustin Plains Ranch files response to motion to dismiss its water rights claim
Attorneys for the group proposing to pipe water from Catron County to the Rio Grande Valley – Augustin Plains Ranch LLC – have filed a motion with the Office of… Read more
Around the Tubes
Some things I’ve been reading this morning around the ‘Net: Chris Corbin’s intriguing model for smoothing private sector transactions to encourage environmental flows in the West’s streams and rivers. Gas… Read more
We didn’t have as far to fall
Watching the future of water demand requires watching the housing market, which requires watching the construction industry, which has been in a bit of a bind the past few years…. Read more
Labs Get Their Money
The federal budget deal hashed out as midnight approached Friday includes a 9.5 percent hike for the U.S. nuclear weapons program, which funds Sandia and Los Alamos labs here in… Read more
Updated Augustin Plains White Paper
The folks behind the Augustin Plains LLC water transfer project this afternoon sent me a new, revised version of the “white paper” describing their project, which would pipe 54,000 acre… Read more
MRGCD Ballot Set
The ballot has been set for the upcoming Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District board election. The election’s June 7. From Tom Thorpe over at MRGCD, the official list: DISTRICT… Read more
Moving Water to the Butte
The upper reaches of Elephant Butte Reseservoir pose a fascinating problem. As Rio Grande water slows, it drops its sediment, building a natural delta in the upper reaches of the… Read more
San Augustin Ranch Breaks Silence
Update – 4/11/2011: Augustin Plains Ranch LLC has sent me a revised copy of the white paper. See here for the latest and greatest, then drop back by this post… Read more
Dry Streak Ends
It wasn’t much, but the 3/100ths of an inch of rain that just fell at the Albuquerque airport was enough to end our 64-day streak of misery. The… Read more
LANL Seismic Retrofit Costs
Some links and background for this morning’s story about the cost of seismic retrofits to Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Plutonium Facility. The story: It would cost between $40 million and… Read more
