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Note #40 - Water Rights Trial 1 message
Keep Our Wells Mailing List <[email protected]> To: Jo Ann Gasper <[email protected]>
Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 12:00 AM
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Water Well Note #40 - Water Rights Trial
Note #40 Date: February 17, 2019
The trial to decide water rights has started. This trial will determine how much of our water the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) gets to take. Their claim has been reduced from 44,000 acre-feet of water to 33,150 acre-feet of water.
BLM and environimentilist have focused on "enhancing" rather than conservation and protection. The "enhance" provision is a significant problem in the authorizing legislation. Various individuals and groups disagree over what constitutes enhance and what is overreach. There is simply no end point to enhancement. No matter what is done—more can be always be done to enhance the SPRNCA.
BLM could have reduced its water needs with better management. BLM has allowed mesquite to flourish on the SPRNCA lands. The amount of water the trees consume is approximately 13,000 acre feet of water. This is over 1/4 of BLM's original demand and over 1/3 of BLM's reduced demand. While suing to take water, BLM has not removed mesquite to conserve water for the SPRNCA.
The Herald/Review is reporting on the trial. They plan on providing "gavel-to-gavel" coverage. Their articles on the first portion of the trial are avaliable at http://keepourwells.info/articles. The following is a listing of the articles avaliable on our website and a link to the article. [On our website, the articles are number 40 - 52.]
• Open Arguments Begin in Highly Anticipated Water Rights Trial [Herald/Review January 29, 2019] Link
• BLM Witnesses Express Water Needs in Cochise [Herald/Review January 30, 2019] Link.
• Riparian Ecologist Explains Studies in Day 3 of Water Trial [Herald/Review January 31, 2019] Link
• BLM Witness Expresses Water Needs in Cochise [Herald/Review February 1, 2019] Link
• SPRNCA Species Discussed in Day 4 [Herald/ Review February 3, 2019] Link
• Water Rights Trial Stalled [Herald/Review February 5, 2019] Link
• Fishy, Hydrology Experts Highlight Tuesday Testimony [Herald/Review February 6, 2019] Link
• NDVI Technology Tracks SPRNCA Vegetation [Herald/ Review Feb. 7, 2019] Link
• Local Rancher Testifies in Water Rights Trial [Herald/Review February 10, 2019] Link
• Hydrologist Explains Modeling Report at Water Trial [Herald/Review February 12, 2019] Link
• Water Rights Trial Defense Biologist Testifies About SPRNCA [Herald/ Review Feb. 13, 2019] Link
• Another Long Day For Carothers in SPRNCA Water Rights Trial [Herald/Review February 14, 2019] Link
• SPRNCA Water Needs Assessed by Both Sides in Water Rights Trial [Herald/ Review Feb. 17, 2019] Link
The remaining trial schedule : February 25 - February 28 March 4 - 7
March 11 -14
Support the Amendment at: http://keepourwells.bravesites.com/Support
Flyers and other materials are available at: http://keepourwells.info/Support
Well Notes are available at: http://keepourwells.info/well-notes-archives
Keep Our Wells is an unincorporated group of neighbors in the San Pedro sub-watershed whose wells are at
risk of expropriation by BLM and who are working for adoption of legislation to protect their homes. The
community group operates without funding and has no connection with any developers, governments, or other
organizations.
Background about the history of the San Pedro River Conservancy Act, BLM's water claim, the text of the
proposed amendment, and other pertinent information is available on the group's website
at: http://keepourwells.info/
Keep Our Wells website: http://keepourwells.info PO Box 218
Phone: 817.319.5778 Hereford, AZ 85615
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