Middle Rio Grande regional water resource planning: the pitfalls and the promises

Article Abstract:

The author outlines efforts of the Middle Rio Grande Water Assembly to create a sustainable water management policy for the Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico. Pueblo Indian water rights, federal laws and policies, and the process of developing a regional water plan are discussed.

Planning, Water supply, Watershed management, Rio Grande Valley

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Transportation of transuranic nuclear waste to WIPP: a reconsideration of truck versus rail for two sites

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The authors analyze the respective costs and benefits of shipping transuranic nuclear waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, New Mexico, by truck and by rail. Recommendations for saving public funds and reducing risks are provided.

Transportation, Radioactive substances, Radioactive elements, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

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The perils of prescribed fire: a reconsideration

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The author outlines the history of the debate over prescribed burning by the National Park Service and the Forest Service in the Western States. The justifications and risks for controlled burning are analyzed.

Analysis, Fire prevention, Forest policy, Wildfires

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