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Ken Hughes, a Santa Fean who attended the climate change conference as part of the Sierra Club national group, is back and called the trip "amazing." here's some of his pictures and videos from the trip:
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Santa Fe River Restoration project at La Cienega Community Center
December 17, 2009 from 6pm to 8pm
BLM and the Santa Fe National Forest are hosting a public meeting tonight to gather comments regarding a proposed restoration project on the Santa Fe River from La Cienega to La Bajada
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Santa Fe River Restoration project at La Cienega Community Center
December 17, 2009 from 6pm to 8pm
BLM and the Santa Fe National Forest are hosting a public meeting tonight to gather comments regarding a proposed restoration project on the Santa Fe River from La Cienega to La Bajada
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What does 'sustainability' mean to you?
Living well without detracting from the ability of future generations to live well by protecting and supporting healthy land, water, wildlife and communities.
What do you do to try and live green and what would you like to learn more about?
I live in the country in a stick-built home made with thermal windows and top insulation and situated for solar gain. I don't have to use lights most of the day. My daughter and I try to conserve water, recycle, etc.
What I really is need is a big truck converted to run on greasel and would like to learn how to do that. Also still dream of building a strawbale/adobe off grid home - a little jewel box of a house, comfortable and self-sustaining.
What concerns you most about the issues facing the environment, whether locally or globally?
Locally - that NNM has all the ingredients to create a model, self-sustaining region but lacks the right social/economic structure to make it happen. Too many hardworking people can't afford to live decently in SF, meaning they spend all their time trying to pay bills instead of having time to learn about living lighter on the planet.
Globally - that for all our human savvy (space exploration, bigger weapons, faster computers) we still haven't figure out how to get along well enough to feed everyone, house everyone and stop killing each other. So essentially, we haven't progressed a whole lot further from where we were 4,000 years ago.

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Tap water contaminants

Check out the LA Times story regarding contaminants in tap water.

Posted on December 17, 2009 at 10:04am — 1 Comment

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A flood's lasting impacts

Ten years ago a flood and mudslides devastated Vargas state in Venezuela. A decade later, a whole lot of devastation remains and reconstruction projects remain unfinished according to the BBC. An estimated 10,000 to 30,000 people were killed, some buried in the mudslides.

the Latin American Herald Tribune reports the same… Continue

Posted on December 17, 2009 at 10:02am —

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Love your sanitation system

Hi water geeks:

It's World Toilet Day, so hug your toilet and be thankful for your wastewater treatment guys!

More later today about Judge Jerald Valentine's decision yesterday in the Lower Rio Grande adjudication, after I've had a chance to read through the latest. All I know is Scott Boyd was practically shouting for joy. Perhaps he sees some light at the end of his families more than 100-year battle with the feds over their RG water… Continue

Posted on November 19, 2009 at 9:33am — 2 Comments

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Resource managers for the future

If any of you know people interested in natural resource management, here's an opportunity to check out:

Natural Resource Managers for Future
National recruiting for summer 2010 Conservation Intern Program (CIP) posts throughout the Northeast Region is expected to begin again in December. The CIP program is meant to increase racial and ethnic diversity in the natural resources ranks. Just as last year, there will be 30 slots to fill.
To learn more:… Continue

Posted on November 10, 2009 at 9:17am — 2 Comments

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Farmland to urban growth

AP's story on the desire of Arizona cities to acquire agriculture water has a familiar ring.

In particular I like this quote: "We don't want to get into a situation of saying 'My use is better than yours,' " said Tom Davis, general manager of the Yuma County Water Users Association. "But there needs to be a better way than just whoever has the most money gets the most water."

Arizona's cities, along with Las Vegas, Nev and sou… Continue

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At 8:14am on September 17, 2009, Alan Gregory said…
Here's a photo of the infamous Jeddo Mine Tunnel in Luzerne County, Pa., per my earlier blog note. Abandoned mine drainage is one of the most challenging environmental problems that we face in Pennsylvania and our neighboring states, particularly West Virginia. The Jeddo is one of the largest of these drainage areas and is located near the sprawl town of Drums. This amazing tunnel was developed between 1891 and 1934 to drain water-filled underground anthracite coal mines (see http://www.standardspeaker.com/History/jmarkle.htm for an interesting history of this tunnel) and now puts out around 40,000 gallons per minute of polluted water that kills Little Nescopeck Creek. Ultimately, the polluted water enters Chesapeake Bay where it contributes to this estuary's declining biological health. Above where the mine water enters, the Little Nescopeck is a high-quality, cold water fishery, below it is dead. The challenge here is the magnitude of flow. This volume of water can’t be treated by the relatively cheap passive treatment. It needs a more expensive, active water treatment facility. Plans are underway to implement such a project, but the cost is significant, not just for building a facility, but also its annual operation and maintenance. Heavy metals in the water include selenium, all byproducts of our society's appetite for dirty coal. For those interested, the early 70s movie "The Molly Maguires" starring Sean Connery and Richard Harris, was filmed in an around a nearby historic mining village known as Eckley (long a state historic site). All for now. Enjoy your blog.

At 9:07pm on August 26, 2009, Eric Perramond said…
Staci - Yep, acequias, and here in S.Fe for 6 months (well, 5+ mos now). So if you hear of anything interesting on the adjudications or acequias, please keep sharing on the blog. Interesting piece today on the Elephant Butte/Mesilla Valley farmers controversy -- I'll follow this as it evolves...best, Eric Perramond
At 8:20pm on May 2, 2008, erika said…
Staci
Thanks for the feed back...I am currently living in Rio Rancho so the community college is not an option for now. Thanks for opening the dialog
Erika
At 6:54pm on April 22, 2008, erika said…
Staci
That would be awesome...thats what I was hoping for. I am completely clueless on how to start.
Erika
 
 

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