Sept. 17
G’day all:
Hope you had a stupendous weekend. I spent mine hauling hay for my fat horse and hauling rocks for landscaping – all part of my maneuver to avoid things I should have been doing, like balancing my budget. Some day I will write “The Art of Avoidance” and make millions off fellow procrastinators looking for inventive ways to delay their "to do" lists.
If you are free Sept. 19 at 7 p.m., head to the Unitarian Church on 107 W. Barcelona for a talk by Trout Unlimited’s Melinda Kassen on “How Water Policies Can Restore Western Rivers.” Kassen heads the group’s Wester Water Project and will talk about what can help restore the Santa Fe River based on her experiences in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming.
Let’s hope in this case our former Gov. Wallace’s prediction is wrong, that what works elsewhere is doomed to fail in New Mexico. The talk is sponsored by the
Santa Fe Watershed Association.
Down south this week, state Environment Department Secretary Ron Curry and others will convene with the New Mexico-Chihuahua Rural Task Force. They’ll be talking about binational efforts to improve public health, air quality, water quality and ecosystems along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Guess they’ll probably be talking about how a stupid, useless, expensive fence will make their efforts more difficult. (I can make that biased statement because I don’t cover immigration issues for the New Mex.) There has to be a better way to protect rural ranches and lands along the border without a fence that people will simply find a way to go over, under or through. I’m wondering if the fence even has to go through an Environmental Impact Statement?
Taos retired geohydrologist Bill Brown passed along
this article from the LA Times regarding how much better prepared they are for the current drought.
Have a great day!
