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Pipeline plan exposes dated water laws
The New Mexico State Engineer’s Office has denied the request twice before on the grounds that there was no buyer to put the water to beneficial use, but the ranch is back for a third try, this time before a new state engineer. The New Mexico Environmental Law Center is representing local ranchers and the […]
Santolina Strikes Again
We continue to fight approval of mega-development west of Albuquerque In June, we told you about a tremendous victory that we won in state Court in this case: the judge reversed Santolina’s zone change from “Agricultural” to “Planned Community”. We need you to help stop this juggernaut! Please join us at the Bernalillo County Commission’s […]
Martinez Administration Moves to Weaken Water Rules
Water polluters look for a final hurrah under pro-industry governor…but NMELC, Amigos Bravos and the Gila Resources Information Project are standing in their way – and we need your help! Over the past year, Staff Attorney Jaimie Park has challenged an attempt by the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) to weaken statewide rules governing the […]
Commission to Consider Santolina Despite Unanswered Questions
The Bernalillo County Commission (BCC) has scheduled a hearing on Tuesday, August 15 for the proposed Santolina Level B.1 Master Plan. At that meeting, the Commission will also consider a recommendation by the County Planning Commission that the BCC strip proof-of-water conditions for the development. The Level B process marks the last […]
Rural residents continue decade-long battle against San Augustin Ranch water project
Like Hand, Douglas Meiklejohn, executive director of the New Mexico Environmental Law Center, worries what approval of the application could mean not just for local residents, but other rural New Mexicans. “The main thing to understand is that if this can happen to an area like the San Agustin Basin, then it can happen elsewhere […]