NEWS
ARTICLES AND COMMENTARY
 August
3, 2019 -
“Voices of the Gila” – local community members
who love the Gila River and believe it should be protected for generations to
come through Wild and Scenic designations. Voices
 January
30, 2019 -
Board Member Harry Browne OpEd on the Gila River NMELC
March
2019 -
NM Environmental Law Center Green Fire Report
Mt. Taylor Mind;
LANL Consent Order; HB 220; HB 255 - Legislation
update  October
22, 2018 - PROTEST COPPER FLAY MINE -
The New Mexico Mining and Minerals
Division (MMD) is holding a public hearing October 23
-24 on the Permit Application Package and Draft Environmental Evaluation
in consideration of issuing a new mine operation permit for the Copper Flat Mine,
5 miles northeast of Hillsboro and 30 miles southwest of Truth or Consequences.
More information: Action
Network
or NM Enviromental Law Center
or Michael Jensen at (505) 362-1063 or mjensen@nmelc.org Download
flyer September
4, 2018 -
Senator Heinrich: Gila not appropriate for flyovers.
NM
Wild June
26, 2017 -
Attend a rally in opposition to the Gila River diversion and then
join us to make public comment at the NEPA scoping meetings scheduled for 4pm
to 7 pm. More
info New
Analysis Demonstrates Importance of Gila National Forest-Northern Arizona Wildlife
Corridor for Mexican Wolf Recovery. NM
Wild
Or PDF
file June
4, 2018-
Importance of Gila National Forest For Mexican Wolf Recovery. Wildlands
Network 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 January
7, 2018 - Though New Mexico's national monuments appear to have avoided the sweeping
acreage roll-backs happening in Utah, the Interior Department's recommendations
for Rio Grande del Norte National Monument and Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks have
many worried. Taos
News
The
Gila National Forest has released their Draft Wilderness Inventory maps, and the
public is invited to submit comments. The draft maps total more than 1.2 million
acres. New Mexico Wild volunteers have worked for the last four and half years
helping to influence these draft maps. Public input is critical to ensure that
these areas make it into the Final Wilderness Inventory, and your personal experiences
and comments are essential to making that a reality.The
Wilderness Homepage for the Gila National Forest June
20, 2017 -
Defending New Mexico’s Public Lands.
ProgressNow
NM June
19, 2017 -
Stealth Logging in the National Forests.
Counter
Punch June
11, 2017 -
Nature Conservancy puts hold on Gila River diversion project.
... The Gila River diversion project has run into a snag: The Nature Conservancy,
which owns the land at the proposed site, won’t grant access to the property.
Abq
Journal April
2016 -
Legislative
update from NM WIlderness Alliance:
Senate Bill 340, which would require
legislature approval and a showing of feasibility before money is spent on large
diversion projects like the one proposed for the Gila river, was passed by the
Senate Conservation Committee but was tabled (and dead for the Session) by the
Senate Finance Committee. We expect this bill to be reintroduced in future Sessions.
July
25, 2016 - several articles at the New Mexico WIlderness Society website on the
Gila
River Project May
4, 2016 - The
Gila River - the last free flowing river in New Mexico (Video) January
7, 2016 - The
Battle to Save New Mexico's last Wild River
(Artile on TruthOut) July
25, 2014 - Groundwater
in SW (Colorado basin) disappearing
Sept
27, 2011 National
Geographic article: Still Wild and Free, New Mexico’s Gila River is Again
Under Threat NM
Unit Fund Stream Commission Actions
SPECIFYING THE PROCESS FOR APPROVING ENCUMBRANCES AND EXPENDITURES FROM THE NEW
MEXICO UNIT FUND AWSA
Update: NM CAP Entity’s Financial Capacity Called into Question as Deadline
Looms
Fiscal
Impact of HB 301 Natural
Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Section - State Bar of NM 2011 Report How
federal dollars are financing the water crisis in the West - Killing
the Colorado Central
Arizona Project - 2002 UCB Report Groundwater,
Drought, California/Arizona, and Miscounting Water Inside
the power plant fueling America’s
drought Farmers
in the Gila River basin have already sucked down $500 million in government pork....
rest of the story available
here Udal
Releases Report on How to Handle Droughts in NM Related
to the article:
April
5, 2013 -
Drought
Tests the Rio Grande
March
28, 2013 - Plains designated a ‘most endangered place’
(Letter - D Chieftain)
Arabian use of non-renewal Aquifers
UN water agenda risk of being hijacked
by big business
Texas files water suit against NM (D Chieftain)
National Geographic Water Currents
Global Water Policy Project
IATP - Institute for Ag. and Trade Policy
USGS Augustin Plains search results 
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