New Mexico
New Mexico’s congressional delegation sponsors drought relief legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are sponsoring two landmark payments, which they hope will preserve the water working.
“I feel that crucial factor to say about them is they’ll present the instruments and sources to assist our communities have water for generations to return,” U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, a Democrat representing New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District, stated in a digital information convention Thursday.
She was joined by U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell, a Republican representing New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District, and U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, a Democrat representing the third Congressional District.
The trio is working collectively to sponsor drought aid laws.
The primary proposal is called the Water Information Act, which might create a nationwide framework for utilizing, sharing and accumulating data that may assist with water high quality points, drought and flooding.
It might additionally direct federal businesses that accumulate water information to work collectively and kind partnerships with native governments, farmers, ranchers, and utility firms. It’s one thing that lawmakers say is required.
“A lot of the info proper now, it’s obscure,” Herrell stated. “It’s arduous to search out, so this may carry us the instruments we want.”
Leger Fernandez stated the knowledge might additionally assist communities entry the long-term impacts of wildfires on land and crops.
“It’s this sort of laws that can assist us get the info that we have to say what’s going to the influence be on such a giant hearth on all these areas that feed, on this case, into the Pecos,” she stated.
The second piece of laws is the Rio Grande Water Safety Act. If enacted into regulation, it could set up a long-term water useful resource administration plan to assist meet the water wants of communities alongside the Rio Grande, in addition to restore the huge iconic river.
Moreover, the regulation would create a working group tasked with arising with suggestions to strengthen the infrastructure, preserve water and construct partnerships all through the basin to fulfill water wants.
“This invoice will assist to carry a coordinated response to drought and water safety all through your entire 1900 miles of the river and assist put these instruments into the fingers of our communities,” Stansbury stated.
She added that New Mexico U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján help each payments.
Each items of laws are scheduled to be heard by the Senate Vitality and Pure Assets Committee Wednesday.
Stansbury stated the Home is predicted to take the measures up June 16.
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The CSU-Pueblo football team exploded for a 67-28 win over New Mexico Highlands.
The Thunderwolves reached the 66 point mark for the second straight week.
CSU-Pueblo improves to 5-1 this season.
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Eastern New Mexico volleyball falls to 0-4 in conference play after loss to Angelo State
PORTALES, N.M. (KFDA) – The Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds volleyball team was not able to get their first conference win, falling to No. 14-ranked Angelo State on Saturday in Portales on Homecoming.
The Greyhounds got some life after winning the first set (25-23), which is the first set they’ve won in their last three games.
That momentum wouldn’t hold, as the Rambelles took the last three sets (22-25, 15-25, 13-25) to end the day.
Evelyn Torres from Angelo State finished with 15 kills and 20 digs in the match.
The senior from Hereford high school, Darcy Dodd, was the only Greyhound with 10 or more kills and tied for fourth for the most digs on the team.
ENMU will be on the road in Oklahoma for their next match against Cameron on Wednesday.
Following this loss, they now sit at 3-11 on the year and are 16th in the Lone Star Conference.
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