Jonathan P. Thompson: https://xitter.cf/t.co/ia5kqWjR7g; author of River of Lost Souls, Behind the Slickrock Curtain, Sagebrush Empire; contributing ed. @highcountrynews;
Western U.S. and beyond
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The Land Desk retweeted
“Arizona Department of Water Resources Director Tom Buschatzke announced Friday that the state filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit by the neighboring state.”
“the federal plan “would devastate Arizona’s economy.”
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The Land Desk retweeted
Just in: El Nino looms large over U.S. Winter Outlook
Expected impacts include warmer North, wetter South and East
--> News release + map images at noaa.gov/news-release/el-nin…
Via @NWS @NWSCPC
#WinterOutlook #ElNino
NEWSWIRE: The soaking of the Southwest continues, plus a lot more, and the Animas River in Durango hits its yearly peak (nearly 2x spring runoff) @Land_Desk open.substack.com/pub/landde…
The Land Desk retweeted
New: @Rep_Stansbury comes out against BAAJA, as backlash from Tribes builds over National Historic Preservation Act changes.
“Tribal sovereignty and consultation…will always be my line in the sand—which is why I cannot support this bill in its current form.”
A Lake Powell water year in review and some thoughts from the oil and gas fields following two pipeline explosions in New Mexico (and permitting reform)
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The Land Desk retweeted
The Los Pinos wildfire started yesterday afternoon in San Juan county, New Mexico, near the Colorado border after a gas pipeline exploded. What a crazy fire to respond to.
Fire resources from Los Pinos Fire Protection District, mutual aid resources, and utility crews responded, and the line was shut down. Crews then addressed the resulting timber fire. The cause of the explosion is not yet known, no injuries have been reported.
I went down the wormhole trying to find out who is behind the newest batch of Bears Ears NM mining claims. Hobbyists? I don't think so. open.substack.com/pub/landde…
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Excellent article by @Land_Desk on Alfalfa in the #ColoradoRiver basin. Fact based
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Chaco Canyon National Park is expected to be closed through at least Thursday after heavy rain caused a "catastrophic road collapse". kob.com/news/top-news/chaco-…
The Land Desk retweeted
🚨NEW VIDEO:🚨 Flooding is overtaking I-25 in Hatch, NM (Near Las Cruces) as heavy rain soaks the southwest.
Firefighters are performing water rescues as the Rio Grande swells beyond its banks. #NMwx
The Land Desk retweeted
Potentially life-threatening flash flooding expected from the Southwest into the southern High Plains into early Wednesday.
ALT National Weather Service warning: considerable flash, urban, and river flooding possible across New Mexico, west and central Texas into Oklahoma and the Central Plains with widespread 2–6 in. rainfall (locally higher); map shows heaviest rain over Texas/Oklahoma—avoid travel.
The Land Desk retweeted
❄️ Snow is already accumulating across the peaks of the San Juans in Colorado, and New Mexico could be next!
The Sangre de Cristo Mountains in northern New Mexico could see around an inch or two of snow above 10,000 feet Wednesday night into Thursday morning!
#NMwx
Come for the news about Bears Ears NM mining claims; stick around for the tale of the 26k-ton radioactive waste pile entombed in Lake Powell’s silt. landdesk.org/p/more-mining-c…
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Doug Burgum was once seen as a conservationist. Reality shows otherwise. hcn.org/articles/how-the-int…
The Land Desk retweeted
Dangerous surge of monsoon moisture will cross today through Thursday night with heavy rainfall, scattered occurrences of flash flooding, and some river and tributary flooding. Heavy rainfall will become more localized Friday with a continued risk of flash flooding. #NMWx
Check out the Land Desk’s new feature, the NEWSWIRE: human-curated and contextualized summaries of the week’s Western lands and communities news and headlines @Land_Desk open.substack.com/pub/landde…
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The problem is not how the water is used. The problem is that the law, on both sides of the border, incentivizes draining the river 100% dry.
Most people commonly misunderstand the problem, and therefore can't identity an appropriate solution.
This Endangered Species Act memo is some seriously rotten shit. Me for the LandDesk open.substack.com/pub/landde…
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Tribal police officers received a report around 12:30 a.m. about people being washed away near the community of Newcomb in northwestern New Mexico. santafenewmexican.com/ap/nat…
