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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 …
(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 and constructing the proposed Gila River diversion project known in federal statute as the “New Me...
April 30, 2021 Stream commission defunds, drops out of Gila diversion group Written by Geoffrey Plant on April 30, 2021 Without discussion, New Mexico Interstate Stream Commissioners today voted to defund the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project, the group that had been tasked with planning and constructing the failed Gila River diversion project known on paper as the “New Mexico Unit.” The ISC, which serves as the Entity’s primary fiscal agent, also signaled that it will withdraw its membership in the diversion group. The N.M...
Bill to sideline diversion group passes committee Written by Geoffrey Plant on February 17, 2021 A bill that seeks to sideline the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project received a “do pass” recommendation by the state House Agriculture and Water Resources Committee on Saturday in a 5-3 party-line vote. Committee member and District 15 Democratic state Rep. Dayan Hochman-Vigil attended Saturday’s hearing but did not cast a vote regarding House Bill 200. District 50 N.M. Rep. Matthew McQueen, sponsor of the bill, titled “Water ...