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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 gowyo.com The University of Wyoming has won complete control over its own water system, capping off what has been a fierce struggle between the university and the city of Laramie. Governor Mark Gordon signed the university water system bill this week, but also wrote a letter to the Speaker of the House voicing his uneasiness with the situation. "My decision to sign this bill into law is simply an outgrowth of selecting the best outcome out of a suite of poor options," the governor wr...

Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal Water is stored for future oil drilling southeast of Carlsbad. The state engineer has paused new commercial groundwater appropriations in three basins of southeast New Mexico to study the aquifer. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) State Engineer John D’Antonio has restricted new groundwater permits in three basins of far southeastern New Mexico to study the impact of more wells on regional aquifers. The temporary constraints cover new commercial appropria...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... … The legalization of cannabis growing in our state could bring devastating effects on our rural areas already riddled with problems. Cannabis should be explored as potential boosts for our local agriculture and economy, but legislators should not be short-sighted and blinded by quick tax money and...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... I was recently invited on a Zoom call regarding cannabis legislation in New Mexico. The two legislators sponsoring a legalization bill, HB 12, were present, along with representatives from the Laguna Pueblo, criminal justice advocates, as well as water rights and cannabis activists. I was made aware ...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... From left, Valencia County residents Michael Gonzales and Wanda Leyba-Gonzales, Valencia Water Watch organizer Deirdra Velazquez, and Belen farmers Jason Schilberg and Amelia Vogel protest a Facebook data center expansion that they say would strain the local water supply. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Jo...

Letters to the editor: On stimulus relief payments Las Cruces Sun-News © Dreamstime/TNS, TNS The US Treasury is beginning to send out the first batch of $1,400 stimulus payments this weekend. These letters published in the March 14, 2021 print edition of the Las Cruces Sun-News. Consider donating relief check Soon most of us will be receiving our third COVID economic relief payment from the federal government. Thousands of people right here in Doña Ana County have suffered f...

  1867 (dated)         1 : 1000000 Description A striking, cyan-toned railroad map of New York State issued in 1867 by Jonas Platt Goodsell. The map offers expansive coverage of New York, as well as some of the adjacent states, including all of Vermont, western Massachusetts and Connecticut, and northern Pennsylvania. This map was issued in Godsells final year as State Engineer and Surveyor, and indeed the final year of his life. New York RailroadsThe railroad system came to New...

Sheridan County’s Commissioners voted to approve a subdivision permit for a 21.46-acre property located within the Powder Horn Ranch II PUD. The proposal will create 16 new residential lots and two out lots from a currently un-platted area within the PUD. County Planner Mark Reid explains the application further. Two conditions were also suggested by the Planning & Zoning Commission, which requires State Engineer approval of the Water Distribution Plan to be received by the county prior to th...

Rio Grande River, March 2009 (CC BY-SA 2.0) by gardener41 A bill that would require the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer (OSE) to consider climate change implications when making water rights decisions narrowly passed the House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee Thursday.  HB 95, sponsored by Santa Fe Democratic Rep. Andrea Romero, would require the State Engineer to conduct analyses on climate change-related impacts to the state’s water resources when approving or...