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Incumbent Grant Soil and Water Conservation Board Position 3 Supervisor David L. McCauley was joined by fellow Position 3 candidate Nancy Lee Stephens via Zoom on Thursday evening for the last of a string of candidate forums hosted by the Daily Press. Armando D. Aguilera, who is running for Position 4 on the board, was not invited to participate in the forum, as he is running unopposed. While McCauley, a …

There is $91.2 million in the N.M. Unit Fund as of Sept. 30, a roughly $10 million increase over last year, according to a New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission report delivered to the state Legislature on Thursday. ISC Director Rolf Schmidt-Petersen told the Daily Press that the fund’s growth was “thanks to investment returns.” The original $66 million N.M. Unit Fund was created as part of the 2004 federal Arizona …

As it contemplates a separate application process for water projects which may be eligible for funding through the approximately $82 million N.M. Unit Fund, the New Mexico Water Trust Board is seeking comments from residents, governments and quasi-governmental organizations — like ditch associations, mutual domestic water associations and watershed districts — within the four southwest New Mexico counties of Grant, Hidalgo, Catron and Luna. According to Southwest New Mexico Council …

What happens next with the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project as an organization is anyone’s guess. If the political subdivisions that make up the Entity can smooth out their differences over the next several weeks, at least some of the original 14 voting members of the group that planned to build a Gila River diversion project could maintain an organizational framework that would serve as a “placeholder” …

The controversial Gila River diversion project has entered a “closeout” phase. With no discussion, the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission on Wednesday approved several line item transfers within the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project’s 2021 budget, as well as a closing budget for the 2022 fiscal year to pay for a final annual financial audit of the group. The N.M. CAP Entity’s executive director, Anthony Gutierrez, addressed …

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(Daily Press File Photo by Geoffrey Plant) In this Sept. 1 file photo, the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project meets at the Grant County Administration Building. Seated, from left, are Allen Campbell, Howard Hutchinson, Bucky Allred, Vance Lee and Ty Bays. Executive Director Anthony Gutierrez is standing. The New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission last week voted to defund the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project, the organization that was tasked in 2015 with planning ...

April 7, 2021 Barring lawsuits, decision on diversion group’s fate nears Written by Geoffrey Plant on April 7, 2021 A new state law that’s set to take effect July 1 requires the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission to consult with the New Mexico Water Trust Board before it allocates any of the $80 million remaining in the N.M. Unit Fund to eligible water projects in the four counties of Grant, Hidalgo, Catron and Luna. That’s an advisory...

Credit NMFO Commentary: Community leaders and nonprofit organizations are applauding New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham for signing House Bill 200 into law today. The legislation,which was co-sponsored by Reps. Matthew McQueen and Nathan Small and Senate President Pro Tempore Mimi Stewart and Sen. Siah Correa Hemphill, ends the proposed Gila diversion project and fast-tracks the spending of the remaining approximately $80 million in the NM Unit Fund for priority water projects, creatin...

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