Category Archives: Old News
Senator Steve Neville’s Senate Memorial No. SM37
Senator Steve Neville’s Senate Memorial No. SM37 requesting Congress to Approve the Navajo Water Rights Settlement, the text of which is below and also attached. We should oppose all of this – please pass this on to others. Get people … Continue reading
House Memorial 43
HOUSE MEMORIAL 43 48th legislature – STATE OF NEW MEXICO – second session, 2008 INTRODUCED BY Paul C. Bandy A MEMORIAL REQUESTING CONGRESS TO APPROVE THE NAVAJO WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATED BY NEW MEXICO AND THE NAVAJO NATION. WHEREAS, resolution … Continue reading
NAVAJO RESERVOIR RELEASES
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 Mike – as per your phone message, here’s the latest info on the operating plan for Navajo Reservoir. This planned operation does 3 things: 1) It meets the operating criteria contained in the San Juan … Continue reading
Navajo Reservoir Releases
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 NAVAJO RESERVOIR RELEASES Mike – as per your phone message, here’s the latest info on the operating plan for Navajo Reservoir. This planned operation does 3 things: 1) It meets the operating criteria contained in … Continue reading
Indian tribes exercising water right
By Karl Puckett, USA TODAY GREAT FALLS, Mont. — For decades, ranchers and farmers across the West have tapped into rivers and streams on or near Indian reservations. Now, as drought conditions plague big parts of the region, they’re concerned … Continue reading
The Great Water Grab
Most people don’t pay attention to the San Juan River, far off in the northwest corner of New Mexico. Some people don’t realize that the San Juan contains 60% of all the surface water in New Mexico – more than the … Continue reading
Lake Mead Could Be Within a Few Years of Going Dry, Study Finds
February 13, 2008 By FELICITY BARRINGER Lake Mead, the vast reservoir for the Colorado River water that sustains the fast-growing cities of Phoenix and Las Vegas, could lose water faster than previously thought and run dry within 13 years, according … Continue reading
No funding for Navajo-Gallup project in Bush budget
By Kathy Helms Dine Bureau The Gallup Independent — 5 February 2008 WINDOW ROCK — President Bush’s fiscal year 2009 budget proposes no funding for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, zero funding for the Jicarilla Apache Rural Water Project, eliminates … Continue reading
Western States Agree to Water-Sharing Pact
December 10, 2007 By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9 — Facing the worst drought in a century and the prospect that climate change could yield long-term changes on the Colorado River, the lifeline for several Western states, federal … Continue reading