Lake Eagle Nest value debated as state weighs purchase
Lee Brown estimates Eagle Nest Lake at 118 million if acquired as public asset with state lease. CS Cattle Company offers 20 million sale and charitable contribution of excess. An appraiser values the lake 25 million, while 30,000 anglers sustain a 21.4 million local economy yearly. Dam remains in excellent condition per engineers, with maintenance ahead but no major concerns for 80 years.
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Lee Brown
Davis
South Dakota
State
CS Cattle Company
CS Cattle Com
Pany
Eagle Nest Lake
Game and Fish
A. Phillip Spice
Southwest Water Consultants of
Santa Fe
Cimarron
Raton
Springer
Howard Boggs
Taos County Opposes Gross Receipts Tax for Education
Taos County Manager Dale Morrison and county officials object to a proposed gross receipts tax that would fund schools and UNM Taos. They warn it could raise county taxes, harm infrastructure funding, and threaten a planned detention center and judicial complex. Senate debate highlights constitutional concerns and diverging views on how funds would be allocated.
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Taos County
Dale Morrison
Mary Lane Leslie
Mike Trujillo
Trujillo
Mesa Vista
Morrison
New Mexico
Commission
Taos
University of New Mexico-Taos
Pesasco
Questa
UNM
Anna Crook
R-Curry County
Gonzales
Donald Whitaker
D-Lea County
Peralta
Whitaker
Senate
Cisneros
Mark Boitano
Albuquerque
Manny Aragon
New
Mexico
Aragon
Roman Maes
Santa Fe
House
Gary Johnson
Controversy Over Antimycin Use in Northern New Mexico
Debate centers on using the antibiotic antimycin to eliminate nonnative brook and rainbow trout threatening cutthroat populations in Taos and surrounding areas. Officials defend the method as proven and safe, while locals and conservationists urge study of additives and long term ecological impacts, citing past wildlife and water quality concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Rainey
Brian Shields
Amigos Bravos
Taos
Peter Wilkinson
Gila National Forest
West
Greg Lewis
State Environment Department
Water and Waste Management Division
State Department of Game and Fish
Itkinson
Canaries
Department of Game and Fish
Colorado Division of Wildlife
Vermejo Park Ranch
Robert Mundy
Casiones Creek
Poss Creek
Jicarilla
Mundy
Stephen West
Taos County
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Mike Stauffer
Runty
Peekapoo
Ranchitos Road
Police Department
George J. Chavez
P.O. Box
Fortis Investors, Inc
St Paul
Red River
Town Hall
Brian Simsovic
Brian
Taos and
Penasco
Las Trampas
Larry Torres
Josephine
Issac Martinez
Church of Las Trampas
Los Hermanos
Morada of
Jose Maria Conde
Geniveve Martinez
Janell
Andy
Cecilia Torres
Agnes
Lawrence Romero
Joey Cruz Jr
Antonio Gonzales
Rebecca Lopez
Tranquilo Martinez
Leroy Aguilas
Moises Jemenez
Larry
Bernie
Frank Lopez
Rosemary Vigil
Renae Cruz
Janell Vigil
Penasco Woods
Carlos Pacheco
Joey Cruz
Carlos Abeyta
Rep. Gonzales
Delfido Lopez
Bob Kriebel
Jesse Mermejo
Centinel Bank
Jeff, Melinda and
Scott
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