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Tensions rise over Cleveland acequia dispute

Nothing new about actions in water dispute » Albuquerque Journal

.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... T.S. Last wrote the July 18 Journal North article “Caught in the Middle” about Mora County rancher Richard Fresquez and the neighboring Acequia de los Vallecitos Association, run by three locals, Carla Gomez, Rey Villa and Wendy Capek. They diverted the water from Richard’s land in Encinal Canyon, stopping the water both to Richard and to families down-canyon who have relied on this water flowing continuously for countless generations, without interference. Last tells us that a Mora County record filed in 1938 establishes the legality of the acequia water rights on Richard’s land. Last also states that, for over a century, this acequia has been used for irrigation by families below Richard’s property, as well. The document further shows his senior water rights.

Caught in the middle

.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... Richard Fresquez, left, talks with Betty Montoya and her grandchildren, Lisa Jaye Gandert, 1, and Herminio Espinoza, 12, at her home in Encinal Canyon near Cleveland, N.M. Montoya and about 12 other homes in the area have been without water for a year. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal CLEVELAND, N.M. – Although they live below the acequia that has irrigated their property in Encinal Canyon for more than a century, about a dozen families find themselves caught in the middle of a dispute between a local farmer and the association that has taken over managing the Acequia de los Vallecitos de San Ysidro.

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