Muck traps cranes at drained Jemez Reservoir
More than two dozen migrating sandhill cranes were stuck in the muck left after Jemez Reservoir drained to aid the Rio Grande silvery minnow. Only about 10 survived. one crane was rescued. The Corps will use searchlights, whistles, and loud horns for three weeks to deter landings on the drying lakebed as cranes migrate toward Bosque del Apache.
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Santa Ana Pueblo
Jemez Reservoir
Rio Grande
Susan Shampine
Albuquerque District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Shampine
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
New Mexico School Ratings Updated Across 30 Public Schools
The state Department of Education revised ratings for 30 New Mexico schools and 675 of 766 overall. Las Cruces Mayfield and Onate high schools rose to exceeds standards while Albuquerque Mission Avenue Elementary dropped to probationary status requiring an improvement plan.
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Santa FE
State Department of Education
New Mexico
Mayfield
Onate
Las Cruces
Mission Avenue
Albuquerque
Senator removes provision on uranium mining subsidies
Crownpoint and Navajo Nation leaders pressured Senator Pete Domenici to strike a $30 million government subsidy plan from major nuclear power legislation. Tribal officials and residents argued mining brought illness to families in the uranium region and lobby efforts succeeded.
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Crownpoint
Senate
Navajo Nation
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Lawmakers back stronger regulation of domestic wells in New Mexico
A legislative panel recommended expanding the state engineer office powers to deny new domestic wells, cap production, and require meters in water-stressed areas. The measure would cover regions risking interstate compact violations and aquifer depletion, funded partly by nearly 90 million in Indian gambling payments to a water trust fund.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Interim Water and Natural Resources Committee
Pecos River
Estancia
D.L. Sanders
State Engineer's Office
Tom Turney
Turney
Pat Lyons
R-Cuervo
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