Surface Water Management: Working Within the Legal Framework

There are six major reservoirs in New Mexico upstream of the Middle Rio Grande. This article provides some background on how those reservoirs are operated within the current legal framework and how those operations meet various purposes and needs within the Middle Rio Grande. Between the Colorado-New Mexico state line on the north and Elephant Butte Reservoir on the south, four major tributaries join the Rio Grande, including the Rio Chama, the Jemez River, the Rio Salado, and the Rio Puerco. The Rio Chama is the primary tributary, heading in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado and joining the Rio Grande just north of Espanola. Other significant tributaries include the Red River, Rio Pueblo de Taos, Embudo Creek, and Galisteo Creek flowing out of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains; the Jemez River flowing out of the Jemez Mountains; and the Rio Salado and Rio Puerco, which join the Rio Grande just above San Acacia. With the exception of the Rio Chama and the larger streams originating in the Sangre de Cristos, these tributaries are ephemeral, flowing only during snowmelt runoff or in response to heavy precipitation events. The six major reservoirs described here are Heron, El Vado, and Abiquiu on the Rio Chama; Cochiti on the Rio Grande; Galisteo on Galisteo Creek; and Jemez Canyon on the Jemez River. Reservoir storage is usually discussed in units of acre-feet, which is the amount of water that it takes to cover one acre to a depth of one foot, or approximately 326,000 gallons

The Impact of Full and Beneficial Use of San Juan-Chama Project Water by the City of Albuquerque on New Mexico\u27s Rio Grande Compact Obligations

In 2004, the New Mexico State Engineer approved a permit allowing the City of Albuquerque to divert from the Rio Grande the approximately 48,200 acre-feet per year of water it receives from the San Juan-Chama Project, a trans-basin diversion project that imports water from the Colorado River basin to the Rio Grande basin. Over the last 30 years, the City has consumed little of its San Juan-Chama water but rather has provided it to various third parties for their use. However, at the end of 2008, the City plans to commence surface diversion of its San Juan-Chama water and anticipates fully consuming its annual allocation by 2010. Critics of the State Engineer\u27s decision to issue the City a permit for the diversion contend that full consumption by the City of its San Juan-Chama water eventually will result in failure by the State of New Mexico to satisfy its delivery requirements to Texas under the Rio Grande Compact. This paper analyzes this issue and evaluates the conditions of approval under which the City may use its San Juan-Chama water

Promote Comprehension in the Reading Classroom

Students at 3 elementary schools in the southern region of the United States struggled with or failed to meet grade-level expectations in reading comprehension. School district leaders had little understanding regarding the perceptions of educators, care givers, and community supporters on the strategies to increase reading comprehension. To address that gap, the purpose of this study was to explore participants\u27 perceptions regarding reading strategies and comprehension instruction practices in the local setting. The conceptual framework was based on the elements of Fisher\u27s and Frey\u27s work: (a) effective teaching in reading strategies, (b) reading instructional comprehension practices, (c) effective caregiver involvement, and (d) strong community partnerships. The guiding questions examined reading instructional practices that the educator, caregivers, and other stakeholders perceived as the building blocks for supportive collaboration to improve reading comprehension. Using a narrative design, data were collected from 12 educators, 8 caregivers, and 2 community supporters via face-to-face surveys (26 questions) and personal interviews. The data were analyzed using open coding and iterative categorization to identify emerging patterns and themes. The findings suggested a need for improved training and openly communicative collaborative practices between all stakeholders. The implication for social change is that improved collaboration in reading comprehension instruction between educator, caregiver, and community supporter will help improve reading comprehension skills and will position the educator to better instruct struggling learners

Aid to the gatekeepers : design principles for technical assistance under coastal nonpoint source watershed management

Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1993.Includes bibliographical references.by Kevin Patrick Flanigan.M.C.P

IHOC Summary For Members - Helping Your Child’s Doctor Helps Your Child

IHOC’s goal is to improve the health of children. For example, many children in Maine do not get their vaccines on time. So IHOC will work with doctor’s offices to help more children get their vaccines on time. This will help protect all children in the state, by reducing certain contagious illnesses