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Friday, November 7, 2014

COURT DECLINES TO JUMP IN THE WATER, DROUGHT UPDATE

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 From Albuquerque Business First
The New Mexico Supreme Court has denied a
 motion to dismiss an application for a massive
 water project proposed by Augustin Plains Ranch LLC.
The motion was filed last month by the New Mexico 
Environmental Law Center on behalf of  a couple living
 in western New Mexico. They claimed that the application
 filed by Augustin is identical to one rejected by
 the state engineer several years ago.
Read the entire article here:
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Carol and Ray Pittman

"We continue to fight the water miners' efforts
 to take the water from the Augustin Plains
 basin.  It is important to understand that the
 refusal of the Supreme Court to hear our
 petition, while it was a disappointment, does
 not mean that we are out of options."
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 "Remember that Bruce Frederick
 has to fight this battle for us on the
 basis of legal technicalities,
 as the water miners have provided no
 substantive information.  The applications,
 both new and old, fail to meet the requirements
 of the law.  Submitting a "new" application is a
  game being played by the Augustin Plains Ranch.
  And we need to stop the game."
Carol Pittman
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 And here's an article from the Socorro Defensor Chieftain:

Supreme Court side-steps water grab issue

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 The drought monitor is important for numerous
reasons.  But in the San Augustin case it's helpful if
the foreigners can't use the drought to promote their
cause.  It's scare tactics - not unusual for mafia types.
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A Storm Across the Valley, Tim Cox
      
Long Range Precipitation/Drought Outlook 
The official NOAA Climate Prediction Center
outlook for New Mexico precipitation during
November 2014 favors above normal
precipitation over much of the state. The
 outlook from November through January 20 
also leans toward better chances of above
 normal precipitation, especially across
southern New Mexico.
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1 Month Precipitation CPC Outlooks
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 3 Month Precipitation CPC Outlooks 
ON THE RIO GRANDE - SAN ILDEFONSO, 1905, Edward S. Curtis
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  Below is an animation of the weekly U.S. Drought monitor for
 2014 (through early October) across the United States. Note
 how the drought worsens over New Mexico through most of
 May before improving from late May through this summer.
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 11/16
The Sangre de Cristo Range in Colorado and New Mexico,
 as well as the San Juan Mountains further west,
 all got their first major blast of winter this week.
The Rio Grande snowpack is off to a good start.

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STOP THE WATER GRAB!
“There can never be any real freedom on earth
 as long as people try to exert ownership over
 the natural resources of the world.”
 Bryant McGill, Voice of Reason 
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