San Augustin court hearing cancelled

We have received word that the the hearing tomorrow (August 21) for the San Augustin Water grab is cancelled. Details are as yet not known, but R. Bruce Frederick, Staff Attorney with the New Mexico Environmental Law Center has just let SAWC know.

Stay tuned for more info as we find out more!

San Augustin Plains water grab decision appealed

Augustin Plains Ranch LLC (filing as Kokopelli Ranch LLC et al) has filed a Notice of Appeal against Judge Reynold's decision on the the January 3, 2013 Order on Protestants' Motion for Summary Judgment regarding the San Augustin Plains water grab. The Notice of Appeal was filed in the 7th Judicial District Court in Catron County, NM on January 22, 2013.

This is the first round of the next phase of appeal, which is in the Court of Appeals in Santa Fe.  The San Augustin Water Coalition's attorney, R. Bruce Frederick, with New Mexico Environmental Law Center,  should be briefing the Court of Appeals beginning later this spring.
CLICK HERE for PDF download of Notice of Appeal

Text of Augustin Plains Ranch flyer

Here is the text of the Augustin Plains Ranch flyer.  If anyone has a better image than I was sent, please email it to me, or post the text I can't read in the comments section below.  Thanks.

text here I can't read

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Augustin Plains Ranch

TOWN HALL

MEETING

Augustin Plains Ranch, the water project,

will hold a Town Hall Meeting in Magdalena -

to update the project status, answer your 

questions and take your comments.

6:00 - 8:00 PM

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Magdalena Senior Center

500 9th Street - Magdalena

Augustin Plains Ranch has put forward a proposal for a water

project to withdraw 54,000 acre-feet per year from under the

Augustin Plains, transport it to Socorro by pipeline, then north 

to the Albuquerque area.  The project could provide water for 

drought relief to the state while protecting existing water rights 

and providing benefits for Catron and Socorro Counties

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For more information call xxx-xxxx [and more text I can't read]