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The War on
Assange Is a War on Press Freedom. TruthDig
As
White House Declares Summit a Success, Sanders Rips Trump-Putin Presser as 'Embarrassing
Spectacle'. CommonDreams
Trump
Knows That the US Can Exercise More Power in a UK Weakened by Brexit. CounterPunch
Anthony
Kennedy agreed to retire after urging Trump to pick former clerk Brett Kavanaugh:
report. Climate
change cited as a leading national security threat around the world. ... The issue
runs almost even with ISIS, while cyberattacks and the refugee crisis rank lower.
ThinkProgress
What
Trump Is Actually Doing With 'Infrastructure' Spending. TruthDig
America's
Regime Change Toolbox. TruthDig
The
Media Never Mention the No. 1 Cause of Climate Change. TruthDig
Marielle
Franco murder: Amnesty urges independent monitor of police inquiry. ... Amnesty
says lack of progress over death of Franco in Rio in March shows ‘incompetence’
of Brazil’s criminal justice system. Guardian
July
16, 2018 Talking
Point Memo - Reading
Against Fascism. ...The Marxist cultural critic Walter Benjamin once argued that
every rise of fascism bears witness to a failed revolution. Benjamin was not only
addressing elements of a failed political revolution, but also the failure of
language, values, courage, vision and a critical consciousness. TruthOut/Giroux
Andrew
Cuomo’s Biggest Donors Rake in Millions From ICE. Intercept
Who
Is Making Money from ICE in Your State? ... Hundreds of for-profit and nonprofit
corporations have pulled in billions of dollars worth of ICE contracts in recent
years. See where these ICE operations take place and where the corporations are
headquartered. ReadSludge
Poll:
Voters oppose abolishing ICE. Politico
The
Hammonds and the Violent Origins of the Rancher Uprising in Burns, Oregon. CounterPunch
Why
Putin’s Foes Deplore U.S. Fixation on Election Meddling. NY
Times MSNBC
Does Not Merely Permit Fabrications Against Democratic Party Critics. It Encourages
and Rewards Them. Intercept
Law
Prof. Snape on why you should take his warning that Kavanaugh is ‘Voldemort’
seriously Don't
Be Afraid to Go Low — And 12 Other New Strategies for Dealing with Right-Wing
Trolls
Weekend
of July 13-15, 2018 Weekend
Read: It's Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing
to America - by
David Cay Johnston. No journalist knows Donald Trump better than David Cay Johnston,
who has been following him since 1988. It's Even Worse Than You Think: What the
Trump Administration Is Doing to America goes inside the administration to show
how the federal agencies that touch the lives of all Americans are being undermined.
Here is just some of what you will learn: Amazon
Andrew
Cuomo’s Biggest Donors Rake in Millions From ICE. Intercept
Former
Obama Officials Are Riding Out The Trump Years By Cashing In. ... The revolving
door takes a spin. HuffPost
Concentration
Camps in the U.S.: Andrea Pitzer Decries Tent Cities for Detaining Kids Without
Trial. DemocracyNow
“The
Old Order Is Disappearing”: How Progressive Grassroots Movements Are Sweeping
the U.K. & U.S. DemocracyNow
Candidate
For Keith Ellison’s Congress Seat Called Israel ‘Apartheid Regime’
Fast
Forward U.S.
Military Surveys Found Local Distrust in Niger. Then the Air Force Built a $100
Million Drone Base. When
Resistance Becomes Capitulation: A Response to an Open Letter in The Nation. TruthDig
Trump's
Ever More Powerful Weapons Against Journalism TruthDig
Media
Coverage and Public Approval of the U.S. Supreme Court. T&F
Blackwater
founder Erik Prince wants to ‘rationalize and restructure’ America’s
wars — and has a company to do it. RawStory
Prankster
in chief: why I threw swastika golfballs at Donald Trump. ... He stage-invaded
Kanye, gave Blatter a cash shower, and got cuffed for riling Trump. As Simon Brodkin
gets his own TV show, he reveals why Scottish police are the best – and Swiss
officers the worst. Guardian
July
12, 2018 Mark
Weisbrot: Trump’s Threats to Invade Venezuela Are Part of U.S. Strategy of
Regime Change. A
New Era of IMF Riots: Protests Force Haiti to Rescind Fuel Hikes. DemocracyNow
Antifa
Activists Are Freaking Out About a Proposed 'Unmasking' Law. ... The bill targets
antifascist and anarchist protesters who use "black bloc" tactics to
challenge the alt-right. Vice
The
US White Nationalist Movement Is Attempting to Build International Allies. TruthOut
Farmers
at Gaza’s Edge Try to Make Ends Meet Between Economic Squeeze and Israeli
Sniper Fire. Intercept
 July
11, 2018 When
Local Newspapers Fold, Taxpayers Take a Hit in the Wallet. TruthDig
Pruitt
Gone, But "No Happy Ending" for Planet as Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler
Takes Over EPA. ... "Before everyone gets excited about Pruitt, remember
we're going to get all the same horrific policy under Andrew Wheeler, without
any of the comic, attention-drawing personal corruption." CommonDreams
Thoughts
Inspired by Julian Assange. Craig
Murray U.S.
Army Reportedly Discharging Immigrants Who Enlisted With Promises Of Citizenship Dawn
Sturgess. (Novichik, Russia story continued) Craig
Murray Here’s
why Trump’s new strategy to keep ailing coal and nuclear plants open makes
no sense. Goodbye
Regulations, Hello Impending Global Financial Crisis. ... Ten years after
the last financial crisis, Republicans - with backing from many Democrats - have
made sure that Wall Street can return to its old ways of doing business by repealing
the Dodd-Frank Act, which acted up to now as a very mild regulatory regime to
rein in the predatory nature of financial capital. TruthOut
Fox
News' Tucker Carlson Gets Schooled on Democratic Socialism by Cornel West. ...
Fox News, forever fearful of the left, is learning how to demonize democratic
socialism, one interview at a time. AlterNet
A
psychologist explains how to shut down online trolls spreading ridiculous right-wing
‘fake news’.
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New
Analysis Demonstrates Importance of Gila National Forest-Northern Arizona Wildlife
Corridor for Mexican Wolf Recovery. NM
Wild Juily
2018 Bosque Del Apache news
letter. DANCE
FOR WATER!! Also, another Pendleton blanket has been donated for a raffle. This one is a limited edition "Weaver's Series #1" designed by Navajo weaver, Roselyn Begay. Tickets are $5.00 each, or 5 for $20.00. It will be displayed at the dance, and at subsequent events. Drawing will be held the Saturday after Thanksgiving. June
4, 2018- Standoff
Over Mexican Gray Wolf Continues in Southwestern U.S. NatureNow
New
Analysis Demonstrates Importance of Gila National Forest-Northern Arizona Wildlife
Corridor for Mexican Wolf Recovery. New
Mexico Wild May
30,2018 - APR watr grab update from Carol Pittman:: The proposed project by the Augustin Plains Ranch LLC (APR LLC) is one which we, the community, must fight on three fronts. 1) The legal front. We have twice won on this front because we have had top-notch representation by the New Mexico Environmental Law Center. NMELC continues to represent us and should you have a couple of bucks to spare, a donation would help us meet our expenses (travel, court filings, copying, mailing). Here is a link to their website: http://www.nmelc.org/ You can also send a check to NMELC, 1405 Luisa St., Suite #5, Santa Fe NM 87505. In either case be sure to indicate that your donation if for the “Augustin Plains account.”
2) The second front we must fight on is the technical front. As you may know,
the APR LLC has engaged Occam Engineering to conduct a hydrological study of the
Plains. Occam Engineering
We, therefore, must do our own hydrological study. If you’d like to contribute to our hydrology fund, there are two ways to do that. Make a donation to the San Augustin Water Coalition, PO Box 613, Datil NM 87821. Designate your donation for the “Hydrology Fund.” OR, go on line to the Southwest Research and Information Center http://www.sric.org/ and contribute to the Augustin Plains account. SRIC administers our grant funds, but also takes individual donations. The investment you make to save our community will also protect the investment you’ve made in your home and/or business. 3)
The third front in our water battle is political. While I'm not suggesting that
anyone be a one-issue voter, I do suggest that you consider voting for those who
stand with our community on this issue. If this project is approved it will set
a precedent that can harm all of New Mexico's rural communities. May
3, 2018 - April 26, 2018 -
Augustin Plains Ranch OpEd makes astounding claims -
Download
April
26, 2018 - 'We'll survive': Officials: Farmers have water despite early drying
Rio Grande - Chieftain
April
18, 2018 - Jichlinski
responds to Sen Heinrich article in the Chieftain
APRIL
17, 2018 Alex
Reinhart presentation slides.
April
6, 2018 - (East
Mountain) Water dispute has statewide implications. Mountain
View Telegraph April
5, 2018 - April
5, 2018 - April
4, 2018 - Letter from Rep Gail Armstrong to Zinke, head of the Deptartment
of the Inetrior regarding the removal of their "objection" to the APR
project. Armstrong
Letter April 4, 2018 - Anyone who has had an unreasonable experience with Socorro Electric Coop (SEC), our Electricity provider. ... We are currently compiling complaints and experiences yourself/others may have encountered with SEC, in an effort to collaboratively address SEC. Call Bonny Dexter 505-205-6658 April
2, 2018 -
March
24, 2018 - VIDEOS
March
27, 2017 - Letter from Senator Heinrich to US IN terrior re: Interrior removing
APR form their "protest" to the project. Download
here This orginaztion
supports the fight against the water grab:
March 15, 2018
- March 15,
2017 - Bhasker
vows to go after the electric cooperative
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December
13, 2017 - Videos of the Hearing |
December
15, 2017 -
Order
memorializing the Stay of Proceeding and Denial of Protestant hand's Motion to
Strike Applicant's Reply to Water r Rights Division's Response. 
December
13, 201 7 (3 Documents) -
From
OSE - Notice
regarding Protestants' Motion for Telephonic Appearance.
Entry of Appearance
- Christopher
D Shaw of NM Interstate Stream Commission and related:
Withdrawal of Counsel - Kim Bannerman Interstate Stream Commission.
December
12, 2017 -
Applicants Response in Opposition to the Hand Protestants' Motion to Strike
December 7, 2017 -
OSE Unopposed Motion for Telephone Appearance at Dec 13th hearing on behalf of
NM and Catron County Farm and Livestock Bureaus.
December
6, 2017 - December 6, 2017 - from OSE - Entry
of Appearance for Christopher Lindeen, OSE
Litigation Unit.
December
4, 2017 - From Wild Earth -
Protestant WildEarth Guardians' Reply to Applicant's and Water Right Division's
Responses to the Community Protestants' Motion for Summary Judgment.
November
29, 2017 - New motions:
1 - from
office of Montgomery, Draper, et al - APR reply to response to the New Mexico
Environmental Law center motion for Summary Judgment
November
24, 2017 -
Catron County Board of County Commissioners' Reply in Support of Motion for Summary
Judgment - From
Domenici Law Firm.
Water
fight continues with oral arguments scheduled - Chieftain 
November
18, 2017 -
NOTICE OF HEARING - Please addend to show support -
Oral Argument for both Motions for Summary Judgment matter is scheduled to commence
at 1pm on Wed, December 13, 2017, in Reserve, NM.
OSE
Notice of Oral Argument
November
17, 2017 -
Mining
fossil water will leave community 'high and dry - by Carol Pittman
November
8 2017 - from OSE: Response
to Catron County Motion for Summary Judgment.
November
6, 2017 -
Water Rights Division rejects protestants’ arguments . ...
Another round of legal wrangling took place at the Office of the State Engineer.
Chieftain
November
6, 2017 -
From OSE: Water
Rights Division Response to Catron County's Board of County Commissioners' Motion
for summary Judgement.
January
2017 - OP-ED: Douglas Meiklejohn / The New Mexico Environmental Law Center’s
Top Ten Environmental Issues to Watch in 2017. ... Trump and Martínez:
A Double Whammy for New
Mexico’s Environment and
Communities.
October
20, 2017 -
A
list of Parties Entitled to Notice from OSE
Bureau
of Geology & Mineral Resources -
Hydrogologeologic Projects in New Mexico
NMBGMR Magdalena
information
San Agustin
Plains & Alamosa Creek Study
November 2, 2017 -
October 30, 2017 Document from APR attorneys Montgomery& Andrews and Draper
and Draper. In the matter of the Corrected Application filed by APR LLC for Permit
to Appropriate Groundwater in the Rio Grande Underground Water Basin in the State
of New Mexico - Document title: Applicant's Consolidated Response in Opposition
to the Environmental Law Center Protestants' Motion for Summary Judgement (62
pages)
Errata
(4 pages)
Exhibits
A Thru H in ZIP format
Exhibits
H-1 Thru O zip format
Or,
exhibits can be downloaded from the
Montgomery & Andrews website
Click here)
(recommend only download 4
at a time)
November 1, 2017 -
Water
Rights Division's Response to the NMELC Protestants' Motion for Summary Judgment
October
27, 2017 -
Sen. Pearce signs this legislation:
Congressmen push Jeff
Sessions to call environmentalists terrorists. ... Four Democrats join 80 Republicans
on letter asking the Attorney General to treat pipeline sabotage as domestic terrorism.
ThinkProgress
.
October
26, 2017-
Order
(from Office of the State Engineer) Granting Extension of Time.
October
18, 2017 -
Catron County Commission. Three documents - :
- Notice
of Joinder.(9 pages)
- Unopposed
Motion for Deadline Extension
- Catron
County Board of County Commissioners Motion for Summary Judgment and Memorandum
in Support
(32 pages)
October
19, 2017 -
Water
Politics comment clipped from from
NM Blogspot.
(Original
article here dated October 18) Related:
August 31, 2017 - Santolina
takes Another Step Forward. Abq
Journal
New
Mexico Governor Martinez Accused of "Wholesale Disregard of the Law"
... "Martinez is an environmental demon with this huge industrial agenda."
... Members of her administration routinely - and quite aggressively - opposed
measures designed to protect our water supply.
TruthOut
Wall
Street Cash Flows Into New Mexico, Despite Pay-To-Play Rule. MapLight
New
Mexico Project Would Pipe Rural Groundwater 150 Miles to Big City. ... An absentee
property owner aims to tap ancient groundwater for delivery to Albuquerque, but
ranchers in the arid valley worry it will dry up their livelihood and the water
will never return. News
Deeply
or
Website
October
16, 2017 -
WildEarth
Guardians Joinder.
Entry
of Appearance of Co-counsel for the Navajo Nation and Navajo Nation's Joinder
in the Community Protestants' Motion
for Summary Judgment.
October
13, 2017 -
Joinder
- Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy Districts and NM Farm & Livestock Bureau
and Catron County Farm and Livestock Bureau's....
Seeking Summary Judgment
Joinder
by the Pueblos of San Felipe, Santa Ana, Sandia, and Isleta in the Community Protestants'
Motion
for Partial Summary Judgment
October
12, 2017 -
3 members of Interstate Stream Commission resign in 24 hours.
... The resignations of three members of the Interstate Stream Commission, including
allies of Republican Gov. Susana Martinez, follow the departure of several senior
water policy staff members from state government in the past year. Santa
Fe New Mexican
October
11, 2017 -
Joinder
in Community Protestants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Advocates for Community
& Environment
Example
of proposed law changes in Nevada worth reviewing:
Statutory
Changes Proposed to Legislative Commission Sub-Committee to Study Water
October
10, 2017 - Update on:
Community Protestants' Response in Opposition to the
APR Expedited Motion to Extend Briefing Deadlines on the ELC Protestants' Motion
for Summary Judgment
And - The Community Protestants' Supplemental
certificate of Service
Connecting
the Santolina dots - who gets paid off - who does the paying. Eye
on Albuquerque
October
6, 2017 -
New
OSE Documents.
Order Adopting Briefing Schedule and Order dismissing certain
protestants. View
both
Connecting
the Santolina dots -Eye
on Albuquerque
FYI:
1877
Desert Land Act
October
4, 2017 -
Why does Barclays want to build a city in the middle of the
New Mexico desert? ... Santolina,
a planned 38,000-home mega-development on the outskirts of Albuquerque, has got
local residents deeply concerned that it will suck up desperately needed water
amid warnings of a future megadrought. Full
story from The Guardian
Related
links:
http://mesadelsolnm.com/
- another development started in 2005.
August
16, 2017 - Controversy Swirls Around Santolina Water Plan Delay (KUNM)
-
Stop the Santolina (FaceBook)
-
Santolina Master Plan ( Bernalillo County website)
-
Contra Santolina
Santolina
website is defunct. However, links to it are
here:
and their twitter account here
Related:
São Paulo - anatomy of a failing megacity: residents struggle as water
taps run dry … In the first in a series looking at Brazil's largest city,
Claire Rigby reports that many paulistanos are hoarding water in their apartments
- and some are even drilling homemade wells - as they prepare for possible rationing.
Guardian
October
4, 2017 -
From
the office of the State Engineer:
Partially
Unopposed Motion Requesting An Extension of the Time to Fill Response (see
below)
The Community Protestants Motion for Summary Judgment (On APR application
Part
1 of 2
Part
2 of 2
[October
2, 2017 -
Comments
on the September 29, 2017, public meeting with the State Engineer.
Handouts at the meeting:
-- Instructions
for Parties in State Engineer Administrative Hearings
-- Scheduling
Order
Sept
28, 2017 -
San Augustin Plains water, aquifer focus of meeting.
Chieftain
September
27, 2017 -
The Community Protestants' Motion for Summary Judgement (On APR
application
Part
1 of 2
Part
2 of 2
September 22, 2017 -
San
Augustin Plains water, aquifer focus of meeting
Chieftain
September 21, 2017 -
REMINDER: THERE IS A HEARING ON THE WATER GRAB (APR) PROJECT AT MACEY CENTER, AT NEW MEXICO TECH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 6PM.
PLEASE COME!!! WE NEED TO SHOW UP AND MAKE IT CLEAR THAT OUR INTERESTS ARE IMPORTANT.
The purpose of this hearing, according to the State Engineer’s Scheduling
Order is “to provide information on the administrative hearing process, alternate
dispute resolution, and to provide APR an opportunity, if amenable, to a description
and summary of its application, and for protestants to succinctly state their
positions other than those stated in the respective protest letters.”
It appears that APR will have the opportunity to make a presentation while
we may be limited in who can speak and what we can say. Very, very important that
we show up in large numbers!!!
September 7, 2017 -
New
Mexico Project Would Pipe Rural Groundwater 150 Miles to Big City. ... An absentee
property owner aims to tap ancient groundwater for delivery to Albuquerque, but
ranchers in the arid valley worry it will dry up their livelihood and the water
will never return.
News
Deeply
.pdf
version
View
of (SEC) contract harmful? The City of Socorro’s offer to buy out Socorro
Electric Cooperative is the reason behind the Co-op’s decision not to let
City Administrator Donald Monette review its contract with Tri-State Energy last
month. Chieftain
Related: July
2016- Tri-State presentation to SEC
September
2, 2017 -
Thousands weigh in on wolf recovery plan ... Just hours before the
Tuesday night deadline approached for the public to weigh in on a proposed federal
management plan for the endangered Mexican gray wolf, more than 9,000 comments
had been posted online. Thousands more had been submitted to U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service by mail — most opposing a wolf recovery plan that many criticized
as too restrictive to allow the species to thrive.
New
Mexican
August
31, 2017-
How do Socorro Electric Co-op rates stack up.
(Part 1 of 2)
Chieftain
(Part
2 coming)
August
28, 2017 -
Rio Grande Aquifer System. Composite Hydrograph Well Location Map.
USGS
August
25, 2017 -
Hydrogeology of the San Agustin Plains
by Alex Rinehart,
Daniel Koning and Stacy Timmons. New Mexico Bureau of Geology. 62nd New Mexico
Water Conference August 16, 2017. Download
August
23, 2017 -
Why Charter Schools Are Losing Support From Democrats. TruthOut
August
15, 2017 -
Sen. Udall speaks at water conference. Chieftain
August
17, 2017 -
Pence's Indiana 'Cautionary Tale' for Privatizing Infrastructure
Projects. White House plan touts partnerships with private sector while Indiana
residents navigate aftermath of roadway privatization approved by Pence, their
former governor. CommonDreams
Reclaiming
Public Services. ... How cities and citizens are turning back privatization.TNI
August
11, 2017 - New
Mexico State Engineer Scheduling Order. issued August 10, 2017
August
10, 2017 -
Would you support a City of Cororro buyout of the SEC? Vote
here
August
3, 2017 -
Mayor
proposes buyout of SEC: Options outlined at Co-op board meeting - Chieftain
.pdf version
NEW WATER GRAB ISSUESOctober
2012 - Groundwater
in NM Report August
4, 2017 - Next stop
for Texas-NM water dispute: Supreme Court. NM
Political Report City
(Jal, NM) gave ranch million-dollar water discount, documents show. NM
Political Report Maps
of declared groundwater basins home page - home page Map
of NM Basins Over
view of basins in NM. |
August
2, 2017 -
Socorro Electric Co-op member survey -
In the upcoming months,
SEC will be conducting a phone survey with members to received input on a variety
of issues. We are interested in how we are doing as your provider. The SEC has
hired a professional firm to conduct this survey, with the hopes of giving honest
feedback about the service. The survey will ask questions on a variety of topics,
such as the price of electricity, renewable energy, responsiveness to inquires,
and internet service.
July
27, 2017 -
Letter
from Socorro Mayor, Ravi Bhasker, to the
SEC board
Call
to the Wild - Mexican gray wolf recovery program faces challenges. Chieftain
Landowners
support (SunZia) road restrictions -
Chieftain
July
21, 2017 -
Goals discussed at wolf recovery meeting ... If the Mexican gray
wolf population averages 320 in the wild in the United States over an eight-year
period, the animal could be removed from the endangered species list.
Chieftain
July 17,
2017 -
Speak up for Wolves - Attend upcoming meetings:
July
20th - T of C - 6 - 9pm
Civic Center, Ralph Edwards Auditorium, 400 W
4th
July
22nd - Albuquerque, NM (Facebook
Event) -
Crowne Plaza Albuquerque 1901 University Blvd NE, Albuquerque,
NM 87102
(Prep
at the Wolf Den: 11 am - 12:45 pm
Rally: 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
FWS Meeting:
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
July
16, 2017 -
25 Percent of Australian Homes Have Switched to Solar, and Other Green Triumphs
This Week TruthDig
July
13, 2017 -
Co-op defends situation with TDS - Chieftain
or download
pdf version
July 7, 2017 -
Mexican
Wolf Draft Revised Recovery Plan released Chieftain
PDF
version
Release
range and spotting map:
Could
SunZia supply SEC? Chieftain
pdf
version
Albuquerque
Journal - Boarder Aquifers |
July 6, 2017 -
Court
Throws Out Feds’ Misguided Policy Limiting Prosecution of Killers of Endangered
Wildlife. ... Late yesterday, a federal judge threw out the Department of Justice’s
flawed ‘McKittrick Policy’ under which the government only prosecuted
killers of animals on the Endangered Species Act’s (ESA) list of imperiled
species when it could prove the killer knew the exact biological identity of the
species s/he was harming. The decision came as a result of a challenge brought
by WildEarth Guardians and the
New
Mexico Wilderness Alliance in 2013.
July 5, 2017 -
The
new west: why Republicans blocked public land management . ... As ‘permanent
tourists’ move to the western US, the oil and gas-captured Republican party
is fighting to keep locals out of managing public lands. Guardian
Private
Money Goes After Trump’s Public Infrastructure Projects TruthDig
(Note: this is not the infrastructure list that includes the APR)
July 4, 2017 -
Water
and National Security - Council on Foreign Relations Discussion Paper.
Note: CFR
is a neo-liberal "think
tank" (sic). These are not supporters of honorable values.
June 29, 2017 -
City
releases electric utility feasibility study -
Chieftain
In light
of the Socorro City Council's recent release of its long awaited electric feasibility
study, Mayor Ravi Bhasker issued a formal letter to the Socorro Electric Cooperative
at its regular bi-monthly meeting. Chieftain
Download
the full report
or visit the Socorro city website. City
website.
Navajo
power plant likely to close despite Trump’s promises to save coal. Raw
Story
Climate
change is shrinking the West’s water supply ... Three new studies show dry
times ahead.
High
Country News
Can
private money solve public water problems?
As facilities age and public funding
declines, private companies may step in.
High Country News
June 26, 2017 -
Hundreds
file protests against water application.
Chieftain
I
would like to post a reminder of a meeting of the San Augustin Water Coalition
(SAWC) in Datil on June 27th at 6:00pm at the Datil Baptist Church. Everyone is
welcome.
Thank you, Linn Kennedy Chair
-----------------
As you are
aware from the recent meeting of the San Augustin Water Coalition, well monitoring
is a good idea for all of us. Monitoring will give us data that we will need to
show "impairment" if the APR get their project approved (heaven forbid!).
Below is a message from the folks in the East Mountains who are also fighting
a water grab attempt. I thought you might like to know their take on monitoring.
Note that the Office of the State Engineer is reluctant to use the data. By joining
the well-monitoring effort we become added pressure to force the OSE to pay attention.
Carol Pittman P.S. If you need another copy of the Well Monitoring flyer
from NM Tech, let me know and I will send it. pittray@gilanet.com
From
the Deep Well Project: -
Sara Chudnoff was with Bernalillo County, hired
by Dan McGregor to expand the well monitoring program here - and expand it she
did. She is great to work with and I'm really glad she will be putting together
a well monitoring program around the state. Here, she expanded the program to
200 wells, which are monitored at least twice a year using proper methods. And
that program has documented a reduction in water levels all over the area of about
2 feet per year - a number which should qualify us for being a Critical Management
area, according to the Morrison Criteria.
In any case, I hope many people
in your area will get their wells monitored - it's really good data to have (although
we find that the OSE is still reluctant to use the data. They would rather use
well drilling data, which may be very old and is certainly from a wide variety
of dates. Janet Winchester Silbaugh. Download
this announcement
NMT
- Aquifer Mapping Program
Well
monitoring brochure
North
14 Deep Well Protest (E. Mountains)
The schedule hearing on July 19, 2017 at the Office of State Engineer re: APR, has been postponed.
Border
Water at Risk - Report on aquifers along the US/Mexico Border. Albuquerque
Journal
or Download
the report
Building
on Regional Trend, Reading, Pa. Passes Anti-Privatization Measure. Food
& Water Watch.
June
21, 2017 -
How privatization could spell the end of democracy. ... Between
Trump and tech, never before have so many powerful people been so intent on transforming
government into a business. Guardian
Neoliberalism turned our world into a business. And there are two big winners.
... Fearmongering Donald Trump and optimistic Silicon Valley seem to epitomize
opposing ideologies. But the two have far more in common than you think. Guardian
(June
9, 2017) Congressional Progressive Caucus white paper on "21 Century New
Deal for Jobs" including concerns regarding infrastructure. Download
Proposed
House Bill by Juan Lujan: "To rebuild and modernize the Nation’s infrastructure
to expand access to broadband internet, rehabilitate drinking water infrastructure,
modernize the electric grid and energy supply infrastructure, redevelop brownfields,
strengthen health care infrastructure, create jobs, protect public health and
the environment, and for other purposes"
Download
March
21, 2017 - New Mexico Lobbyists report spending nearly $292K during session. New
Mexico In Depth
