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Headline
News
for the week ending June 6, 2003
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...Beat
the summer heat
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Dry
Lake Complex Fire grows to 2,500 acres
A Northern
Rockies Fire Use Team from Montana on Tuesday took over management of the
Dry Lakes Complex Fire in the Gila National Forest.
Posted
6-5-03
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Eleven
lightning-caused fires
reported
on Gila National Forest
Over the
weekend, lightning sparked an additional 11 fires on the Gila National
Forest.
Posted
6-3-03
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Ground
breaks for Veterans Memorial Park
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The
Veterans Memorial Park, which will become the permanent home of the
Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall, officially broke ground Saturday morning
in Truth or Consequences with local and state dignitaries and over 200
people attending the ceremonies. Click on either photo above to begin
series.
Posted
6-1-03
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Aquatic
habitat along Rio Grande
to be improved with wildlife grant
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Working
in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation and the New Mexico
Department of Game and Fish, the Sierra Soil & Water Conservation
District has begun the implementation of their plan to improve the aquatic
habitat in certain portions of the Rio Grande below Elephant Butte Dam.
Posted
5-30-03
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…Getting
cooled off
Sisters
Paris and Vuki enjoy a swim in their pool as summer quickly approaches in
Truth or Consequences.
DJ
photo by Bill Johnson
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Dry
Lake Complex Fire grows to 2,500 acres
SILVER CITY
- A Northern Rockies Fire Use Team from Montana took over management of
the Dry Lakes Complex Fire on Tuesday, June 3.
The Dry
Lakes Complex Fire started Friday, May 30, when dry lightning passed over
the area starting two fires near the Dry Lakes Mountain in the Gila
National Forest.
By Tuesday
evening, the two fires merged together as one.
The fire is
about 2,500 acres in size. The fire is spreading in all directions but
primarily to the northwest toward Corral Canyon and Turkey Creek.
The Dry Lake
Complex Fire is located about nine air miles southwest of the Gila Cliff
Dwellings and 27 miles northwest of Silver City, NM.
It is
burning in heavy brush that includes some manzanita, ponderosa pine, and
some Douglas fir and Pinon Juniper.
Trails
nearest to the fire include the Turkey Creek Trail No. 155 to the north
and west, the Miller Spring trail No. 159 to the northeast, the Granny
Mountain trail No. 160 to the east and the Gila River trail No. 724 to the
south. All of these trails remain greater than three miles from where the
fires are burning.
Natural
caused fires in wilderness areas are often managed for the benefits they
provide to the area’s natural resources while keeping impacts to a
minimum.
Because of
the steep terrain and remoteness of the area, management of this fire is
complex.
The Fire Use
Team is evaluating the fire to determine when, where, and if it will be
necessary to take any suppression action.
There are
many areas around the fire perimeter that are of concern due to the amount
of dry and dead material that can carry and spread the fire.
Key factors
in management decisions include: firefighter, aviation and public safety;
Threatened and Endangered Species habitat for the Mexican Spotted Owl,
Gila Trout, Gila Chub, and Mexican Wolf; and one structure, the New Mexico
Fish and Game cabin.
The Dry
Lakes Complex Fire will be monitored and evaluated daily until it is
completely out. None of these factors are currently threatened.
A 20-person
crew is working on clearing the Turkey Creek trail about four miles west
of the fire.
For fire
restriction updates and fire information, call 505-388-8416.
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(posted
6-5-03, 2nd Update)
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Eleven
lightning-caused fires
reported
on Gila National Forest
SILVER CITY
- Over the weekend, lightning sparked an additional 11 fires on the Gila
National Forest.
Lightning
started two fires on the Silver City District, two on the Black Range
District, four on the Wilderness District, one on the Glenwood District
and two on the Reserve District.
Firefighters
have put out most of the fires. The Lake Fire and Dry Fire in the Gila
Wilderness will be managed to improve wildlife habitat and long-term
watershed conditions, to reduce unnatural fuels buildup and to provide for
firefighter safety.
The Lake and
Dry fires are about 12 air miles northeast of Gila, NM. They are in a very
remote portion of the Gila Wilderness and are burning in brush, with
Ponderosa Pine stringers in bottoms and on ridges.
The trails
nearest to the fires are the Turkey Creek Trail to the north and west, the
Miller Springs trail to the northeast, the Granny Mountain trail to the
east and the Gila River trail to the south. All of these trails are
greater than three miles from where the fires are presently burning.
Charles
Elliot, Fire Management Officer on the Wilderness District, said Monday
the Lake and Dry fires probably will burn together within the week.
Since these
fires will likely burn for an extended period or time, the Northern
Rockies Fire Use Team will be brought in to help manage the fires. This
will free up Gila National Forest fire fighters for suppression actions on
other fires that will start as continued dry lightning storms move through
the area and allow Gila Nation Forest personnel to continue to manage the
46,000-acre Boiler wildland fire use fire east of Beaverhead.
For fire
restriction updates and fire information, call 505-388-8245; check the
website www.fs.fed.us/r3/fire, or call toll free 1-877-864-6985.
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6-3-03)
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…Ground
breaks for Veterans Memorial Park
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contributors to the Wall & Park and local and state officials –
State Representative Dianne Hamilton and U.S. Congressman Steve Pearce are
among them, along with local dignitaries and military service personnel
– shovel dirt at the new Veterans Memorial Park that is next to the New
Mexico State Veterans Home on South Broadway in Truth or Consequences. The
groundbreaking ceremony marks the beginning of the work to begin on the
Park and the erection of the Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall that will
find its final resting place at the park.
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Wall was acquired by the Truth or Consequences/Sierra County Chamber of
Commerce on behalf of the community as a means to save the New Mexico
State Veterans Home, according to Bobby Allen, vice chairman of the
Chamber Board and coordinator of the project. Allen, who was master of
ceremonies Saturday morning, said the Wall and Veterans Memorial Park
should strengthen the overall position of the Veterans Home. Allen said
the initial phase of the eight-acre park should be completed by Veterans
Day this year, and that space has been set aside for a museum in which to
display memorabilia and an additional adjacent 30 acres are available for
development, including burial plots for deceased veterans and their
families.
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Congressman Steve Pearce, R-NM’s 2nd Congressional District,
said a few of his friends’ names are engraved behind him on the Vietnam
Memorial Traveling Wall that will be installed at the new Veterans
Memorial Park in T or C. The Wall contains about 60,000 names of American
soldiers killed as a result of action in the Vietnam Conflict, of which
Pearce too is a veteran. Pearce spoke jubilantly of the recent American
war victory liberating Iraq from longtime dictator Saddam Hussein and his
regime. Pearce pledged to help the community with whatever support he can
give to the new park, which is expected to honor veterans of all the ages
of American history.
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member of the National Guard’s New Mexico Defense Force dusts off the
panels of the Vietnam Veterans Traveling Wall before groundbreaking
ceremonies begin for the new Veterans Memorial Park in T or C. Several of
the panels, which span 250 feet in length when completely erected, were
held by military servicemen throughout the ceremonies Saturday morning.
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sketch of the new Veterans Memorial Park in T or C is presented to U.S.
Representative Steve Pearce. The park’s design is shaped like a star to
resemble the Medal of Honor of those Veterans who served and made
sacrifices for their country.
(series
posted 6-1-03)
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Above
photo series by Bill Johnson
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Brent
Tansy, resource management specialist with the Bureau of Reclamation, and
Brent Bason, technician with the Sierra Soil and Water Conservation
District, give each other a congratulatory shake over the success of
acquiring a grant to improve aquatic habitat along the Rio Grande. The
rocks behind them will be used for stream barbs in the project.
Photo
courtesy of Sierra SWCD
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Aquatic
habitat along Rio Grande
to
be improved with wildlife grant
One-mile
of river south
of
Williamsburg selected
Working
in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation and the New Mexico
Department of Game and Fish, the Sierra Soil & Water Conservation
District has begun the implementation of their plan to improve the aquatic
habitat in certain portions of the Rio Grande below Elephant Butte Dam.
Two years ago a
subcommittee was formed of the Rio Grande Corridor Improvement Task Force,
with the committee to focus on improvement of the aquatic habitat along
the stretch of the Rio Grande between Elephant Butte Dam and Caballo Lake.
The group, with the
Sierra SWCD serving as the lead agency, developed a plan to improve a
one-mile stretch between the Cuchillo-Negro bridge and the bridge over the
Rio Grande below Elephant Butte Dam.
The City of Truth or
Consequences agreed to sponsor the area upon completion of the
improvements, which included removal of the salt cedar and re-vegetation
with native riparian plants.
Since that time, the
Sierra SWCD was fortunate enough to receive funding from the State of New
Mexico and a grant from the U.S. Forest Service to complete most of that
work.
As a result of further
meetings with the NM Department of Game and Fish, it was decided the best
place for aquatic habitat improvement would be below the Village of
Williamsburg, where there is an adequate supply of water year around and
where large numbers of fish remain all season.
The Sierra SWCD had
applied for a Five Star Challenge Grant through the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation to complete some of the necessary improvements.
With the habitat emphasis
changing location, the Sierra SWCD, along with the DGF, met with
representatives of the Bureau of Reclamation on a proposal to locate
stream barbs on sections of the Rio Grande.
Stream barbs are
generally made of large rocks placed on areas of critical stream bank
stabilization areas, with the concept the barbs will slow the rate of the
river flow along the designated areas and will also cause the sediment in
the river to drop to the stream bank.
This, over a period of
time, will build-up sediment against the river bank, and as an added
bonus, will form small eddies and pools for fish to expel their eggs and
create major habitat areas for many varieties of fish.
The Bureau of Reclamation
agreed to the proposal and also agreed to have their engineers design the
stream barbs and their equipment operators place the barbs in areas
determined by DGF to be the best locations for aquatic habitat.
The Sierra Soil &
Water Conservation District recently purchased more than 400 cubic yards
of large rocks from a nearby quarry and has stored the rocks on Bureau of
Reclamation land until the rocks can be placed in the Rio Grande, which
should be sometime this fall.
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(posted
5-30-03)
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By
Bill Johnson
Editor
of the Desert Journal
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…Individualism
versus imperialism
In
America, you would think being independent would mean that you are
also successful – particularly financially successful and
perhaps even politically or socially successful in a country that
cherishes liberty.
In
the United States of America, individualism should reign as our
number one principle and it should permeate our belief system. Our
Bill of Rights ensure that individual rights reign over the powers
of government and corporations.
There
are many individuals who have risen to stardom and who appear
independent, but mostly they are not – most of them had to
sacrifice everything that did not conform to the Big Picture. And
whoever remains a nonconformist is kept out of the Big Picture or
mainstream corporate America.
Such
is the case of the Desert Journal with its anti-imperialistic and
anti-war stance. My only question is, what kind of person does it
take to be pro-war? Who possibly could love war?
If
you say the soldiers, think again. If you think America’s
military industrial complex, then you’re on the right track.
They love war, they promote war, they cause war. And according to
them, whomever goes against them is also going against America.
That is their propaganda – that is their lie.
The
individual is number one in America’s caste system, and
government at all levels must adhere to a code or value system of
public servitude that upholds the rights of individuals. Our
public servants from the President on down must honor that code
that puts the individual first. For without individual rights,
there are no rights.
Having
said this, I can now prove that everything is upside down – that
Americans don’t think for themselves and are being led like
cattle or sheep to the slaughterhouse where their liberties and
rights are sacrificed for “the greater good” as defined by the
country’s power brokers.
For
example, they convinced most Americans that it’s good for us to
kill Iraqi women and children and innocent men. It’s good NOT to
rock the boat and NOT make the President and Congress accountable
for finding those blasted weapons of mass destruction (WMD) that
Bush used as his excuse – the threat to national security - to
get us in the war against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in the first
place.
They
would have us sacrifice our freedoms for their brand of safety and
protection, which is NO safety at all if you examine their plans
closely. In fact, their plans either will shackle us with such
things as the so-called Patriot Act hanging over our heads, or
they will get us killed if we allow them to continue on their path
of destruction, which is expected to spread throughout the Middle
East, then elsewhere where America decides to act as Imperial Cops
– the ploy of the military industrial complex ever since the
Korean Conflict in the 1950s.
But
this isn’t just about war abroad – it’s about how the
current Administration has polarized Americans and about how our
tolerance for each other has diminished to the point of
intolerance and hatred.
There’s
a real war of wits going on at home. Perhaps that’s what they
want to further their program of divide and conquer, when the
program should be to seek justice against those who have committed
treason against We the People.
And
for those who sit with minority views – and even though these
views are politically correct – they are not shared by the
majority of Americans who are hell bent on burning with the Bush.
And
so now we are seeing dissenting individuals losing their jobs,
never mind losing many of their friends who have chosen evil over
good. The country is locked in and it’s questionable whether
it’ll ever free itself again from the ironclad shackles of
oppression and tyranny.
But
that is up to each and every American to decide – whether they
walk the path of righteousness and fight for what is good and
against what is evil.
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5-30-03)
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