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February 1, 2021
Air Force opts not to fly F-16s over Gila Written by Geoffrey Plant on February 1, 2021
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Mike Ferris, shown testifying, was one of more than 500 people who showed up to a December 2019 public hearing at the Grant County Veterans Memorial Business and Conference Center regarding the draft environmental impact statement related to the proposed expansion of military training flights in southern New Mexico. The hearing was one of eight that were held in affected communities across southern New Mexico.
According to a final environmental impact statement released last week, the U.S. Air Force has determined that expanding military airspace over the Gila National Forest and Silver City in order to accommodate an annual 10,000 F-16 training flights out of Holloman Air Force Base is not the best way to fulfill its goal of “optimizing the training airspace
Entity not backing down from its Gila diversion designs scdailypress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scdailypress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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A proposed pipeline project in southern Utah would transport water from Lake Powell to fast-growing communities in the state s southwest corner. The proposal hit political headwinds this year, as other Colorado River users objected to it.
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2020 has been a tough year for some of the Colorado River basin’s long-planned, most controversial water projects.
Proposals to divert water in New Mexico, Nevada and Utah have run up against significant legal, financial and political roadblocks this year. But while environmental groups have cheered the setbacks, it’s still unclear whether these projects have truly hit dead ends or are simply waiting in the wings.