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After hot debate, county backs anti-diversion bill Written by Geoffrey Plant on March 15, 2021
Copious time was again spent on the Gila River diversion group’s fate at last week’s regular meeting of the Grant County Commission.
Discussion at the Thursday meeting was dominated by arguments for and against a nonbinding resolution in support of legislation that seeks to place the state Water Trust Board into the role currently played by the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project, advising the state on how $80 million in water project funding
should be spent throughout Grant, Catron, Hidalgo and Luna counties.
March 12 For native Santa Feans, the field trip to the watershed in 5th grade epitomizes outdoor learning. But recently, few students have made their enduring visit with the Santa Fe Watershed Association. We haven t been able to do in-person field trips since fall of 2019, says Morika Hensley, director of planning, education and restoration at the association. Field trips make up the bulk of students outdoor education, relegated to a few sessions per year, including the well-known Audubon New Mexico and Santa Fe Botanical Garden trips offered to elementary school students. When shared indoor environments like classrooms became uninhabitable last March, shuttering schools across the state, formal outdoor learning opportunities also stopped.
By Robert Nott, Santa Fe New Mexican |
March 12, 2021
In some ways, it was a historic legislative moment.
The Senate Finance Committee renowned as being the morgue for repeated efforts to draw permanent fund money for early childhood education held a hearing Thursday to discuss that proposal, known as House Joint Resolution 1.
But the committee did not vote on the legislation. Instead, as committee Chairman George Muñoz explained, the hearing was intended to educate members on the initiative before taking further action.
What that action will be remains unclear, although compromise and change seem likely, based on Thursday’s testimony.