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Dear NMCGA Members & Friends

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

by Pat Boone NMCGA President

A Pat Boone President Elida Tom Sidwell President-Elect Quay

Jack Chatfield Vice President at Large Mosquero Dustin Johnson NW Vice President Farmington Blair Clavel NE Vice President Roy Jeff Bilberry SE Vice President Elida Randell Major SW Vice President Magdalena Shacey Sullivan (Russell) Secretary/Treasurer Albuquerque Jose J. Varela Lopéz Past President La Cieneguilla Rex Wilson Past President Ancho Caren Cowan Executive Director Albuquerque

pril was a whirlwind month in the air and at the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association. Cindy and I started out attending the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Convention in Fort Worth. We met new friends and were able to reconnect with some long-time ones.

Perhaps the most significant happening this past month was the loss of NMCGA past president Phillip B. Bidegain. Phillip gave a lot of himself and his family to our Association and the beef and horse communities across the nation. We were blessed to have him in our ranks and he will be sorely missed. I was humbled to be a part of the celebration of Phillip’s well-lived life.

Work continued on the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse front with several meetings in April. There are allotments in both the Lincoln and the Jemez that are struggling to figure out how they are going to manage in the face of fencing that keeps them off the waters they have used for generations. Representatives of both the US Forest Service (USFS) and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) at the highest levels came to a meeting called by Congressman Steve Pearce to discuss the situation. It is a sticky one for more reasons than the obvious. The USFS is the enforcer for the FWS, so they are agency taking the bullets from allotment owners. It is true that communication has rarely been the USFS’ main event, but it appears there is more common ground than one might expect. One can only hope that we can work with the FWS enough to gain some relief for our members.

The Mexican border issue remained in the forefront. The U.S. House Resources Oversight & Investigations Committee held a hearing in Washington, D.C. on the issue toward the end of the month. NMCGA was ably represented by Tricia Elbrock from Animas. She rang a cord with the Chairman of the Subcommittee and was able to spend some extra time with him after the hearing. Tricia and Michelle made the rounds with the New Mexico Congressional Delegation as well. On the day of the hearing we release the latest NMCGA YouTube video focusing on the border. It already has over 200 views. If you haven’t seen it you can go to: https://youtube/rAQ8r-kaih4 .

The long awaited New Mexico Supreme Court hearing on the constitutionality of the state’s agricultural workers’ compensation insurance exemption was also late in April. I want to thank everyone who took the time to attend the hearing. The courtroom was full and the good-sized overflow room was plenty full as well. There weren’t a lot of warm and fuzzy feelings leaving the courtroom, but I am told that is typical. The law is clear.

Regulations and court rulings since the statute was put in place make the issue extremely complicated. We will not wait for a ruling.

The Interstate Stream Commission’s (ISC) attempt to claim all the “unappropriated water” on a part of the Canadian watershed for “non-consumptive” in the name of the endangered Arkansas shiner continues on. The Protestants have been unable to reach a settlement with ISC staff. The issue will now go to hearing at some point in the future.

The solution most of the Protestants are seeking is for the ISC to withdraw the current application and submit one that accurately describes what they are trying to do. Additionally, we are perplexed as to why the ISC will not follow the strategic water reserve statute where they can buy or lease water.

NMCGA is also spending a lot of time working in the selection of a new dean for the New Mexico State University College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences.

A recommendation for a replacement may be made by mid May. I hope you will take the time to review the candidates and let Caren know your thoughts on the candidates.

Then, as always, there are the wolves. The FWS has released more wolves. We applaud the New Mexico Department of Game & Fish for their filing of a notice of intent to sue.

We hope you will come to the Mid Year Meeting in Ruidoso on June 12 to 14 to learn more about all of these issues… and many more.

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TO THE POINT

by Caren Cowan, Executive Director, New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association

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ew Mexico might have an impact on a presidential primary election two candidates decided that New Mexico and some other states are up for a trade. That may not sit well with the natives in these states.

As some should have learned from Barry Goldwater, it doesn’t do anyone any good to try and dictate to the people who they are going to be representing. Of course, we all know how that turned out for one party — the renegade Goldwater won the nomination only to be soundly defeated by Lyndon B. Johnson. Not predicting anything, just recounting history. There are lessons to be learned anyway you look at it.

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Just When You Thought…

Speaking of politics…

A round of applause is due a bunch of legislators at the state and federal level.

Congressman Pearce has once again taken on the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), this time over the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse.

He apparently got some attention and the folks in the Jemez were able to turn out on time. Work continues in the Lincoln. Pearce also assisted in getting an extension for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Planning 2.0 comments, which are now due on May 25, 2016. These proposed regulations will change the face of the West if we let them.Read more about them in Karen Budd-Falen’s story on page 26. You may

read the entire 244 pages at: www.blm.gov/ style/medialib/blm/wo/Planning_and_ Renewable_Resources/planning_images/ planning_image_folder.Par.33335.File.dat/ Planning_Proposed_Rule022516.pdf You may submit comments by any of the following methods: Mail: Director (630), Bureau of Land Management U.S. Department of the Interior 849 C Street NW., Room 2134LM Attention: 1004–AE39 Washington, DC 20240 Personal or messenger delivery: U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management

20 Street SE., Room 2134LM Attention: Regulatory Affairs Washington, DC 20003 Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov Follow the instructions at this Web site.

We hope Congressman Pearce and others have the same magic on the FWS to get an extension on the May 9, 2016 deadline for comment. The proposed revision to the FWS Mitigation Policy is available for review at http://www.regulations.gov under docket number FWS–HQ–ES–2015– 0126. You may submit comments by one of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov.

In the Search box, enter the Docket number for the proposed policy, which is FWS–HQ–ES–2015–0126. You may enter a comment by clicking on the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ button. Please ensure that you have found the correct document before submitting your comment.

U.S. mail or hand delivery: Public Comments Processing Attn: Docket No. FWS-HQ-ES-2015-0126 Division of Policy, Performance and Management

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service “slowing water down” and fencing it off from 5275 Leesburg Pike, ABHC-PPM cattle to create marsh lands for the mouse.

Falls Church, VA 22041-3803 Because other watering locations are in If we are successful in getting an exten- place or are being contemplated and the sion to the comment deadline we will post water will eventually go to downstream on our website at www.nmagriculture.org users, the federal agencies believe that they are not impairing valid and existing A letter to the New Mexico State Engineer water rights. The hope is that the State Engineer will (was drafted) requesting action in the prov ide som e water rights issues surrounding the New Mexico clarity on the issue — and soon.

These efforts meadow jumping mouse. See the story on page are much appreciated and we look 70 of this issue.” forward to seeing and on the NMCGA Facebook page as well the presentation of this united front on as sending out an email. several other issues that are impacting A little closer to home, some 50 New ranchers and farmers across New Mexico.

Mexico Representatives and Senators from both sides of the isle joined together on a First They Came For… letter to the New Mexico State Engineer There are several stories that start out requesting action in the water rights issues this way, not many with a happy ending. surrounding the New Mexico meadow Today’s story is about elephants and whales. jumping mouse. See the story on page 70 After more than 150 years of shows around of this issue. continued on page 15 >> At the direction of the FWS, the USFS is

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Earth and to say goodbye to the elephants, they had to pass protesters, some with the country and the world, late April saw graphic signs, according to ABC News. the last performance of elephants in RingAlthough the elephants will now reside ling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circuses. at Ringling’s Center for Elephant ConservaAlthough the company spent millions tion (CEC), one protestor said “The winning a court case challenging their care elephants are going to be supposedly of the elephants, owners knew the chal- going to what they call a sanctuary. They’re lenges and nothing more th e d ow n than a breeding right lies ground.”

One wonders if anyone would never It has been said, stop. So they understands animal husbandry “The activists say bowed to the they will continue pressure of a at all. If you don’t breed them, how to protest shows small but very until the circus vocal group gets rid of all of its will they be saved?” of activists animals.” and brought the tent down on that part of The CEC is a 200-acre elephant facility in the show. central Florida dedicated to the care and How sad it is that future generations will conservation of these critically endangered never have the opportunity to see the giant animals. In total, there will be 40 elephants animals performing under the big top, per- at the CEC, representing the largest Asian formances that entertained not only elephant herd in the Western Hemisphere. sold-out crowds, but the elephants too. The CEC has been in place for more than 20 They had a job to do and they enjoyed it. years.

But even that wasn’t enough for animal One wonders if anyone understands rights extremists. As dozens of families animal husbandry at all. If you don’t breed headed inside to see the Greatest Show on them, how will they be saved?

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In a different approach, SeaWorld linked arms with the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) last year and announced that they would stop their orca whale shows. Like Ringling, SeaWorld has a conservation program for the killer whales.

It has been asked if there is a SeaWorld without these whales… better yet, does anyone other than HSUS want a SeaWorld without orcas?

Winston S. Churchill said “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.”

You cannot fault these giant corporations for making decisions that may allow them to stay in business. But what comes after the elephants and the whales?

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comes to paid time off from work: new pet owners,” she writes.

Meternity is the belief that childless women should get maternity leave too.

That is opposed to “menternity” — my own creation for men who take maternity leave with their wives.

Read more at: www.nationalreview.com/ ar ticle/434714/meternit y-meghann foye-new-york-post-interview “Paw-ternity” leave is already a reality in the UK — the US pet-insurance provider Petplan found that nearly five percent of new pet owners in the UK were offered time off to care for their four-legged kids,” Putnam states. “(Not surprisingly, the UK is also light-years ahead of the US when it comes to maternity leave, offering up to 39 weeks of paid leave for new mothers.)”

Putnam continues by saying “According to Psychology Today, pet owners have better self-esteem, fitness, sociability and happiness than non-pet owners. They also have lower blood pressure and cholesterol.”

Go ahead… keep laughing. If I cannot bring my nipping dog to work, shouldn’t I be allowed more time at home with her???

Sure, I can probably have all the time I want… without pay.

Back to reality

The mere announcement of this action We pray for the day that this column generated swift action from the New won’t have to talk about wolves, when Mexico Department of Game & Fish youngsters, pets and livestock are allowed (NMDGF) in the form of a 60-day notice of to roam free in their natural habitat; when intent to sue. The notice which says the we can listen closely for the sounds of NMDGF will seek declaratory and injunctive laughter and play or the occasional moo as relief was based on the failure of the feds a cow looks for her to “cooperate to the calf safely exploring maximum extent its surroundings.

Paw-ternity” leave is practicable with the That is certainly State of New Mexico not the reality today already a reality in the regarding release of and it won’t be Mexican gray anytime soon. Conwolves.” This is a UK — the US pet-insurance trary to New Mexico violation of Section state regulation, the provider Petplan found that 6(A) of the EndanFWS released ninegered Species Act day-old gray wolves (ESA). nearly five percent of new pups in the state. No It will be June 20 the pups weren’t just before the actual pet owners in the UK were dumped out… comsuit can be filed. It pletely. They are part can be filed in New offered time off to care for of an experiment to Mexico and not see if wolf puppies combined with the their four-legged kids ...” can be cross-fostered current litigation in to wolves already in the “wild” (aka your the Tucson Federal District Court that pasture or maybe your barn yard). One NMCGA and many others are involved in might ask that animal husbandr y challenging the 2015 rule-making by question again. the FWS.

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The actions of the NMDFG and its leadership are much appreciated.

In a ruling in yet another wolf case in Arizona, the FWS settled with the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) on when a recovery plan is to be completed. The recovery plan will be done by December 2017, the date the FWS had already announced for the plan completion. However, the agency agreed to pay the CBD $56,000 for their troubles.

Cochise County, Arizona took one for the team in April in a hit piece from the CBD entitled “Cochise spending thousands to keep endangered wolf out of region.” It ran on the BORDERLAND / SUSTAINABILITY page of cronkitenews.azpbs.org where the only mention of ranchers came in the form of a complaint from Linda Searles, the CBD’s director and founder, regarding a conversation she had with a rancher.

“He said, ‘It took us 100 years to get rid of the damn things, and now you want to bring it back,’” she said.

It is true that Cochise County is a substantial contributor to the ongoing Tucson case. One might venture to say that this story has backfired big time. Rather than degrading the county, this Cochise County native and landowner, and countless others

appreciate the efforts.

It is worth noting that in the story the CBD’s Michael Robinson admitted that there could be wolves in Cochise County in five years

Fun Facts Vegans Have Blood on Their Hands says www.consumerfreedom.com. While People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and (HSUS) both continue to push their vegan agendas, most people reject the claim that animals—especially the lowliest, infestation-causing insects—are equivalent to people. And while trendy East Coast newspapers may harp on the supposed contradictions of omnivores, the contradictions of veganism are just as prominent.

Perhaps that’s why even an animal liberationist public opinion research group found that 84 percent of people who try to become vegetarian go back to eating meat.

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awhide is an American Western TV series starring Clint Eastwood that aired for eight seasons. Set in the 1860s this classic portrays the challenges faced by the cowboys on a cattle drive. Situations ranged from anthrax to parched plains to cattle raiding bandits.

A few weeks ago the Wagonwheel CowBelles participated in their very first event.

Wagonwheel had a booth at the first annual Rawhide Days in Tucumcari. Thousands of people attended this event with many traveling down Rt. 66. Wagonwheel had the Beef Bi-products banner displayed and answered questions as well as handed out tasty beef rub. The streets of Tucumcari were decorated in 1860’s fashion and Texas Longhorns and wagons occupied main street. The past and the present came together to, possibly, see life as it was in the 1800s.

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different than today Ag producers still face challenges. Endangered Species, water, droughts, animal rights and radical environmental group plague the landscape as the bandits of today. Another bandit of today is striking a balance between the past and the future. While we strive to honor the traditions of the past and embrace the changes in the future we may find ourselves at a crossroad, a crossroad that determines if we want to adapt to the changes while honoring tradition or remain status quo.

Rawhide Days has opened another door for NM CowBelles to participate in Beef promotions. What we take for granted others can be clueless about such as in the case of where food comes from. As Ag producers we know where our food comes from yet there is still the assumption that food comes from the grocery store. CowBelles love the opportunity to dispel the myths any chance we can.

New Mexico CowBelles also had the honor of hosting the Region VI meeting April 29-30 in Las Cruces. A HUGE thank you to the committee who organized and put together an amazing agenda. We had some great speakers lined up and enjoyed seeing you all there.

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he Grant County Copper CowBelles met March 27, 2016. President Kim Clark opened the meeting. The Pledge, creed and Cowbelle prayer were read by hostesses Kathy Davis and Judy de Pedro.

Guests were introduced as FSA County Executive Director, Mackey Irwin and trainee Shelby Johnson. There was discussion about partnering with the local rodeo association to sponsor Penny Conway who runs a program called Cowboys and Kids.

She visits schools and shares information about rodeo animals and how well they are treated and provides booklets about rodeos. The decision was tabled until the next meeting. The Grant County Copper Cowbelle sign at the rodeo arena has been displayed for several years with no fees being charged. All signs are coming down this year to be redone and only put back up if box seats are purchased at a minimum of $800. It was decided that this was cost prohibitive unless enough members wanted to go together and buy the tickets for personal use. Bobbie Neal Little announced that the ranching exhibit at the Silver City Museum has been postponed again due to the retirement of the director. She is certain continued on page 20 >>

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that it will eventually be opened. A tally was made of the members who intend to go to Margie McKeen’s Ranch Days April 19 and 20. Pat Hunt will call her to say who is volunteering to help. Pat Hunt made a report about attending the District III meeting held in Las Cruces on March 17. The upcoming Shindig was discussed for the remainder of the meeting. Committee chairs are making progress but the biggest concern is obtaining items for the silent auction.

Tickets were distributed to the members for them to sell. Submitted by Pat Hunt Chamiza CowBelle’s April meeting was called to order at 12:10 p.m. by President Nancy Phelps in Johnny B’s Restaurant in TorC with 10 members present. The group recited the Pledge followed by the CowBelle Prayer and CowBelle Creed read by Kaye Diamond. Minutes from the previous meeting were approved as presented. The treasurer’s report was given by Robbie and approved. Nancy reported on the cheese factory tour along with others who had made the trip. It was a pleasant and learning experience for all who attended. Cathy reported on the brand throw project and are now in the process of finalizing and fine

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tuning the pattern. Discussion was held will contact the local high school regarding regarding how much to charge for addi- scholarship applications. A decision regardtional throws. It was decided to charge $40 ing the next recipient will need to be made per throw. The Region IV meeting will be at the May meeting. Mention was made of held at the end of April and hosted by the possibility of setting up a booth at the ANCW. Four members from local are regis- Petersen Ranch Rodeo in August as well as tered to attend. Ag Day will take place on having a booth at the Winston Fiesta.

April 15. The Cowbelles have been asked to Robbie offered the use her front yard for help serve the dutch oven baked peach the Winston Fiesta booth. Any further discobbler and ice cream. Approximately 400 cussion was tabled until next meeting. Kaye children and 100 helpers are expected to Diamond won the door prize of free lunch! attend. The most recent scholarship recip- Meeting adjourned at 1:10 p.m. Submitted ient, Ramon Carrillo, was injured in an auto by Cathy Pierce accident on his way back to college. A Powderhorn Cattlewomen met in benefit dinner and dance will take place at Santa Rosa at the Blue Hole Tourist Center the local fairgrounds on April 16. Silent with Brenda Copeland and Francis Speight auction items are being requested for this hosting. Kelsey McCollum reported the benefit and the Cowbelles agreed to Style Show was a huge success and thanked donate a brown brand throw blanket. Dis- everyone who helped to make it a success. cussion was held regarding entering a float Memorial gift was sent to Pat Nowlin Scholin the TorC Fiesta, the Winston Fiesta, and arship Fund for Phil Bidegen. Kelsey the Elephant Days parades. Kaye Diamond reminded that the group will be helping the offered to look into the price of having a DeBaca County Extension Agent, Aspen heavy-duty banner made to use in all Achen, with Ag Day in Ft Sumner on April parades. She has a friend who does this 13th. And the group will be helping the kind of project. Robbie offered the use of revived Tucumcari CowBelles with Rawhide her old tractor to carry the banner. If not Days in Tucumcari on April 15-16. The Powthe tractor, Sherry offered the use of her derhorn Cattlewomen are excited to help bright red pickup. A decision was made to with this celebration that focuses on Agriparticipate in all the local parades. Nancy culture in the State. The group will also be

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Next meeting in May discussion will be on the Barbecue in June which is group’s big fund raiser for scholarships for DeBaca/ Guadalupe students. Submitted by Joan Key, Secretary Minutes from Chuckwagon CowBelles - April 12, 2016; Call to Order - 10:30 a.m. at the Valencia County Extension, Los Lunas.

After the CowBelle Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, and CowBelle Creed the group passed the bucket to collect funds for “FFA” in the amount of $90. Roll call, reading and approval of minutes. Officer & Committee Reports: Treasurer report was submitted for audit. There were no bills. Unfinished Business: ANCW Region VI meeting – Las Cruces April 29 & 30; Lyn Greene will attend New Mexico Indian Livestock Days – May 11-13, 2016; Bosque Ag Days – Ruth Romero volunteered to “steer” this committee on May 12 and 13; Carolyn attended and had a booth at the Beef Production workshop.

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NMCGA & CowBelle Midyear meeting – Ruidoso June 12-14, 2016; Program: by Welda Grider – “Different Types of Deeds” Lunch: Teofilo’s Restaurant, Los Lunas, Hostesses: Cindy Robison & Tommie Aber Announcements: Next Meeting Cain Homestead (S. of Gran Quivira) Hostesses: Patsy Fitzgerald & Cookie Conant. Potluck Everyone. Submitted by Lyn Greene New Mexico CowBelles: Thank you to all who have submitted their news to Jingle Jangle. Please send minutes and/or newsletters to: Jingle Jangle, Janet Witte, 1860 Foxboro Ct., Las Cruces, NM 88007 or email: janetwitte@msn.com by the 14th of each month

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he U.S. Senate has again blocked a Republican proposal that would have forced the Obama administration to withdraw a federal rule to protect small streams and wetlands from development and pollution.

An amendment sponsored by North Dakota Senator John Hoeven did not get the 60 votes needed to stop the provocative rule. There were votes for and against from both sides of the isle.

Mid April’s vote was the latest effort to check the water rule, which they call an example of President Barack Obama’s overreach.

Most Democrats support the Environmental Protection Agency rule, saying it will safeguard drinking water for 117 million Americans.

The Senate has voted multiple times in the last year on GOP measures to thwart the rule, which has been put on hold as federal judges review a series of lawsuits by states and groups representing farmers and other businesses.

Republicans and some Democrats representing rural areas say the water regulation is costly, confusing and amounts to a government power grab, giving federal regulators unprecedented control of small bodies of water on private land.

The clean water rule, sometimes called the Waters of the U.S. rule, clarifies which smaller waterways fall under federal protection after two Supreme Court rulings left the reach of the Clean Water Act uncertain.

The government should be doing everything it can to help farmers and ranchers, but instead is “stifling growth with burdensome regulations that generate cost and uncertainty,” Hoeven said.

GOP efforts to thwart the rule have moved forward when a simple majority was required, but failed when 60 votes were needed. Fifty-six senators, including four Democrats, supported Hoeven’s amendment.

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ustice Anthony Kennedy made waves in environmental law in late March when he called the Clean Water Act “arguably unconstitutionally vague.”

For critics of U.S. EPA’s new Waters of the U.S. rule, or WOTUS, that was a welcome sign that the conservative justice who’s often the high court’s swing vote might be willing to help strike the Obama administration’s contentious water regulation.

“This is not an offhand comment,” Mayer Brown attorney Tim Bishop said at an environmental law conference held recently.

“Saying ‘arguably unconstitutionally vague’ is not something a justice says at argument in an offhand or careless way.”

Bishop, who’s representing industry groups challenging EPA’s rule in court, said he saw Kennedy’s comments signaling how he leans in litigation over the rule that’s still pending in lower courts but is widely expected to wind its way to the high court.

“I would like to say that means WOTUS is dead,” Bishop said, but it remains unclear who will fill the seat left vacant by the death of

Justice Antonin Scalia. “We have a 4-4 court, and we don’t know who the ninth member will be when the WOTUS rule eventually gets to the court, so we can’t say that yet.”

Kennedy’s remarks were also ironic, Bishop said, because “it’s Kennedy who is responsible for all of this, by writing his opinion in Rapanos.”

In 2006, Kennedy penned a stand-alone opinion in the case Rapanos v. United States, where he set criteria for when a stream or wetland warrants federal protection. At the heart of his approach is the notion that waters must have a “significant nexus” to navigable rivers and seas in order to qualify for federal protection (Greenwire, June 5, 2015).

“He is clearly having regrets,” Bishop said today. “He is very, very concerned about

what he wrought in Rapanos and what has now come home to roost in the WOTUS rule that appears to embrace most water in the country.”

EPA, for its part, contends that its new regulation – which is also known as the Clean Water Rule – will help make it clearer which waters are covered under the Clean Water Act, making the permitting process easier and faster for businesses and landowners.

Kennedy’s comments came as the court heard oral arguments in a case over when landowners can go to court to challenge government determinations about water permits.

Lisa Jones, deputy assistant attorney general at the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division,

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She said Kennedy’s comments about the Clean Water Act were likely “somewhat a surprise” for Deputy Solicitor General Malcolm Stewart, who argued the case on behalf of the government.

Jones also got a sense of déjà vu, she said, since the arguments bore some similarities to the case Sackett v. EPA, another case involving property owners where the court ruled 9-0 against EPA and in favor of landowners.

“I’m not going to give you any predictions,” Jones said at the conference hosted by the American Bar Association. But “it did harken back to the days of Sackett, and there was a lot of animosity in discussing the issues.”

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n February 11, 2016, the Bureau of agency’s previous planning rules and in Land Management (“BLM”) intro- some cases a significant departure for the duced new draft planning regulations agency’s interpretation of FLPMA. In my (“draft Planning 2.0”) to “enable the BLM to view, these changes are detrimental and more readily address landscape-scale issues severely limit local governments’ involve. . . and to respond more effectively to envi- ment in the BLM planning process. The ronmental and social change.” The statutory BLM’s rationale for these changes makes no authority for the BLM to adopt these new sense. Words mean something; thus, if planning regulations is the Federal Land there is no change “in practice” as the BLM Policy and Management Act (“FLPMA”). claims, why is there a change in the lanFLPMA was adopted in 1976; that Act (1) guage being used to support that changed the BLM’s mission from the dis- practice? posal of public land to retention of these The comment period on the draft Planlands, (2) required the BLM to prepare land ning 2.0 rules ends May 24, 2016. I and resource management plans (“RMP”) recommend that you review the following which govern all activities on the BLM-man- sections as you prepare your comments to aged lands, and (3) required that BLM lands this draft. Note that this analysis ONLY perbe managed for “multiple use and sus- tains to the significant changes in local tained yield.” government influence in the BLM planning FLPMA itself, as well as the current BLM process. The BLM draft Planning 2.0 reguregulations, mandate the involvement of lations cover many other issues as well that State and local governments and Indian are not the subject of this opinion.

Tribes (collectively “local governments”) in A. General Comments: the BLM’s decision making process. 1. The draft Planning 2.0 regulations However, although the BLM claims that the would eliminate the mandatory draft Planning 2.0 regulations do not notification requirements from the change the BLM’s “practice” in developing BLM to impacted local governments RMPs, some areas in the draft rules are a and replace them with a requirement significant departure or the language of the that the BLM only notify those local

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2. Throughout the draft Planning 2.0 regulations, the BLM proposes to replace the word “shall” and replace it with the word “will.” Although some courts have determined that the word “will” denotes a mandatory action, others have held that the word “will” must be read in context to determine its meaning. On the other hand, I found no court cases that held that the word “shall” can have any other meaning except a mandatory command. If this BLM change denotes “no change in practice,” it is hard to understand why this change is necessary.

3. FLPMA requires management of BLM lands for multiple use and sustained yield. Nowhere in FLPMA does Congress allow the management of BLM lands for “social changes.”

However, according to BLM draft Planning 2.0, “Goal 1” is to “improve the BLM’s ability to respond to social and environmental change in a timely manner.”

4. It is not clear how the draft Planning 2.0 rules intersect with the requirements for environmental, economic and “custom and culture” analysis pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act. For example, the draft Planning 2.0 rules describe BLM’s planning as a two-step process with the first step being for the BLM and public to understand the current “baseline in regards to resource, environmental, ecological, social and economic conditions in the planning area.” NEPA also requires that baseline information be gathered and additionally, that the status quo management be the “no action alternative.” I believe it is critical to ensure that the “status quo” or “no action alternative” accurately reflect the current baseline and not be some continued on page 28 >>

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departure from analysis that accurately describes exactly the conditions as they exist.

5. The comment period for review of draft land use plans is shortened from 90 days to 60 days and the comment period for review of land use plan amendments is shortened from 90 days to 45 days.

B. Local Government Involvement in BLM Land Management Plan Decisions.

The BLM draft Planning 2.0 regulations represent a significant departure in the way that local governments can become involved in the BLM decision making process. Specifically the draft regulations provide less opportunity for local governments to have meaningful and significant input in violation of FLPMA.

1. Consistency Review With Local Land Use Plans, Policies and Programs

a. The draft Planning 2.0 regulations strictly limits the types of local government plans that the BLM will consider as part of its consistency review.

Existing BLM regulations state that: The BLM is obligated to take all practical measures to resolve conflicts between federal and local government land use plans. Additionally, the BLM must identify areas where the proposed [BLM] plan is inconsistent with local land use policies, plans or programs and provide reasons why inconsistencies exist and cannot be remedied.

43 C.F.R. §§ 1610.3-1(d)(1), (2), (3) (Emphasis added).

In contrast, the draft Planning 2.0 regulations would eliminate any consistency review for local land use “policies, programs and processes” and only consider inconsistencies with “an officially adopted land use plan.” This change would require a local government to have a “land use plan,” and not just a land use policy or program for consistency review. This type of language will limit many local governments’ ability to take advantage of the consistency review requirements if they do not have an “officially approved or adopted land use plan.”

b. The draft Planning 2.0 regulations eliminates this entire section from the existing regulations: (d) In developing guidance to Field Manager, in compliance with section 1611 of this title, the State Director shall: (1) Ensure that it is as consistent as possible with existing officially adopted and approved resource related plans, policies or programs of other Federal agencies, State

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agencies, Indian tribes and local govern- so long as the guidance and resource manments that may be affected, as prescribed agement plans are also consistent with the by §1610.3–2 of this title; purposes, policies and programs of Federal (2) Identify areas where the proposed laws and regulations applicable to public guidance is inconsistent with such policies, lands, including Federal and State pollution plans or programs and provide reasons why control laws as implemented by applicable the inconsistencies exist and cannot be Federal and State air, water, noise, and other remedied; and pollution standards or implementation plans.

(3) Notify the other Federal agencies,

(b) In the absence of officially State agencies, Indian tribes or local gov- approved or adopted resource-related plans ernments with whom consistency is not of other Federal agencies, State and local achieved and indicate any appropriate governments and Indian tribes, guidance and methods, procedures, actions and/or pro- resource management plans shall, to the grams which the State Director believes maximum extent practical, be consistent with may lead to resolution of such officially approved and adopted resource inconsistencies. related policies and programs of other Federal 43 C.F.R. § 1610.3-1(d). agencies, State and local governments and In other words, local government Indian tribes. Such consistency will be accominvolvement would be limited to ONLY BLM plished so long as the guidance and resource land use plans and not the guidance pro- management plans are consistent with the vided from the BLM State Director to policies, programs and provisions of Federal develop such land use plans. laws and regulations applicable to public

c. BLM is also proposing to weaken lands, including, but not limited to, Federal its consistency review requirements by and State pollution control laws as impleadding that consistency with local land use mented by applicable Federal and State air, plan will only be “to the maximum extent water, noise and other pollution standards or the BLM finds practical and consistent with implementation plans. the purposes of FLPMA and other Federal 43 C.F.R. § 1610.3-2(a), (b). law and regulations applicable to public In other words, under the existing regulands, and the purposes policies and pro- lations, so long as a local land use plan, grams of such laws and regulations.” policy or program was consistent with In contrast, the existing regulations Federal statute, the local land use plan, require that: policy or program would be included in the

(a) Guidance and resource manage- consistency review analysis by the BLM. ment plans and amendments to management Under draft Planning 2.0, the local land use framework plans shall be consistent with plan is required to be (at least in the opinion officially approved or adopted resource of the BLM) consistent with Federal law, and related plans, and the policies and programs “the purposes, policies and programs of contained therein, of other Federal agencies, such laws and regulations.” Requiring that State and local governments and Indian tribes, local land use plans be consistent with BLM policies and programs significantly diminishes the ability of local governments to influence these same BLM policies and programs. For example, FLPMA mandates “multiple use and sustained yield.” Describing the policy for how such multiple use is to be achieved is exactly the type of information that can and should be included in a local land use plan. Under the draft Planning 2.0 regulations however, the local government would be prohibited from including a policy to achieve multiple use VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME! in a local land use plan that is different from the BLM’s policy for achieving multiple use.

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Asked what makes her most proud, Mary responds “number one hay slinger and self? You don’t want this breed that she is most pleased with the continued support calf puller” at the Lazy D Ranch in Lovington, NM. ... for any number of reasons.”

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ments. Specifically, under the draft 2.0 Planning regulations, the BLM will only consider inconsistencies with a local land use plan if the BLM is specifically notified, in writing, about a specific inconsistency.

e. The BLM is proposing to change the phrase “assist in resolving, to the extent practical and consistent with Federal law, inconsistencies between Federal and non-Federal government plans.” (Emphasis added). The original word used on this section was “practicable” rather than “practical.” Although the BLM claims that the change in wording is simply for readability, these two words have different meanings. Practicable is a more narrowly defined term meaning “capable of being put into practice.” In contrast, “practical,” in this context, means capable of being put to use.” To understand the distinction, synonyms of “practicable” are possible, doable, and feasible; a synonym of “practical” is useful or sensible. In terms of the consistency review, the BLM then would propose to change the meaning of the requirements from, the agency must assist in resolving inconsistencies to the extent possible (practicable) to resolving

inconsistences to the extent sensible or could certainly be used by the BLM to useful (practical). strictly define a local government’s special

2. Local Governments as Cooper- expertise or to determine that local governating Agencies ment participation is not “feasible or

a. Although the BLM claims it is appropriate” if adopted by the draft Planonly trying to be consistent with existing ning 2.0 regulations. practices and current BLM terminology, the

c. Additionally, the BLM authoBLM is eliminating the term “cooperating rized officer would no longer be required agency” as used in NEPA and replacing it to notify the BLM State Director if a request with the term “eligible governmental entity” for “cooperating agency” is denied. Under as described in the Department of the Inte- the existing regulations, if a BLM authorized rior regulations at 43 C.F.R. § 46.225(a). officer denies a request for cooperating According to the BLM regulations, an “eligi- agency, he shall notify the State Director ble governmental entity” can be considered who shall conduct an independent review as a “cooperating agency.” Although it to determine if the denial was appropriate. appears that the definition of an “eligible That State Director’s review would be elimgovernmental entity” is similar to a “coop- inated under the draft planning 2.0 erating agency,” I think this change in regulations. language is going to cause great confusion

3. Coordination and may certainly exclude some local govFLPMA requires that the BLM “coordiernment participation if the local nate” its plans and programs with those of government does not understand that an State and local governments, although the “eligible governmental entity” is the same statute is silent on how such “coordination” as the more familiar “cooperating agency.” is to occur. Under any definition however,

b. Of greater concern is the BLM’s “coordination” implies some measure of addition of the term “as feasible and appro- input and trying to work together. In conpriate” given the eligible governmental trast, under the draft Planning 2.0 entities’ “scope of their expertise.” Although regulations, “coordination” would only BLM states that it intends no change from include the BLM providing to local governcurrent practice or policy, this language ments “the opportunity for review, advice

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and suggestions on issues and topics which may affect or influence other agency or governmental programs.” Additionally, while currently “coordination” is to occur “consistent with Federal laws,” the draft Planning 2.0 regulations would also add that “Coordination” would occur consistent with “the purposes, policies and programs of use [Federal] laws and regulations.” The policies under the Federal statutes can change with the President, Secretary of the Interior and BLM Director in control at the time. That may limit the ability of local governments to coordinate in some circumstances.

4. Governor’s Consistency Review The new draft Planning 2.0 rules place more work on the Governor during the “Governor’s Consistency Review.”

a. The Governor is required to identify inconsistencies between State and local government plans to bring to the attention of the Director of the BLM. The BLM will only consider “identified” inconsistencies between State and local plans and the proposed resource management plan if such inconsistencies are noted by the Governor.

b. BLM will only accept the Governor’s recommendation if the BLM Director determines that the Governor’s recommendations “provide for a reasonable balance between the national interest and the State’s interest.”

In sum, I believe that these draft Planning 2.0 regulations detrimentally deprive local governments of the ability to influence BLM land use plans. By placing such significant constraints on local governments, the entire premise behind the “government-to-government” interaction is weakened. I strongly urge your participation in this rulemaking effort by providing comments to the BLM on draft Planning 2.0 regulations.

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AGGIE NOTES From the Animal Resources Dept.

Cooperative Extension Service, NMSU

Trichomoniasis – or “trich” for short

by John Wenzel, Extension Veterinarian

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richomoniasis—or “trich” for short—is a sexually transmitted disease of cattle caused by the protozoa Tritrichomonas foetus. The disease is characterized by an increase in open cows detected at pregnancy check and/or an increase in dry cows at spring branding. Trich can cause an increase of both calving interval and overall length of the calving season. All of these effects can result in a severe and rapid economic loss for ranches. To protect the cattle industry and to control the disease in New Mexico, trich became a reportable disease in July 2005. The disease has rules and testing requirements in place for breeding cattle. The acting State Veterinarian, Dr. Alexandra Eckhoff, has placed a renewed emphasis on rule enforcement and testing requirements to regain control of this very important disease of cattle. Contact the New Mexico Livestock Board (www.nmlbonline.com) for a copy of these rules.

Diagnosis The disease is very difficult to diagnose in the cow. It requires five successive negative tests, with at least one week between each test, to classify a cow as negative for the disease. The test is performed on cervical mucus samples. For this reason, most testing is done on the breeding bull.

In New Mexico, the official test is called a PCR test (polymerase chain reaction test).

PCR is based on the DNA of the organism and is both very specific and sensitive. This test is performed on samples collected by scraping the penis and prepuce of the breeding bull. The samples can only be collected by veterinarians certified to test by the New Mexico Livestock Board. A list of certified veterinarians is available from the Livestock Board or on their website at www.nmlbonline.com.

General Requirements for a Trichomoniasis Positive Premise 1. All bulls testing positive for T. foetus will be identified by NMLB approved method, quarantined and removed from herd.

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A third negative bull battery test must be completed within 12 months after initial tests and after exposure to the cowherd for breeding (following designated breeding season).

All bulls 12 months of age or older added to the bull battery must have an official negative T. foetus test within 60 days prior to addition, and be verifiably segregated from cows from test date until added to herd.

Bred cows being sold must be certified pregnant 120 days or greater by an accredited veterinarian or licensed pregnancy diagnostician unless sold for slaughter only.

Open cows being sold must be verified by Affidavit as being segregated from bulls for 120 days or greater or be sold for slaughter only.

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leaving quarantined premises will bear Slash N Brand or other NMLB approved ID indicating origination from a positive herd, either as an individual or as a group, depending on destination and determined by NMLB with on premise inspections only.

8. Maintain all testing results and accurate records on all bulls; Account for all bulls in battery that are not reflected on a test chart and meet all testing deadlines as required.

9. The NMLB will be notified of any stray bulls entering a positive premise. The bull will be quarantined at owner’s ranch pending a negative official T. foetus test prior to being turned out.

Testing will be at owner’s expense and will be tested as soon as possible after 7 days of isolation. The NMLB will notify the positive premise, on which the stray was detected, with the results of the test only if the stray tests positive.

10. Only onsite inspections will be allowed for shipments from a positive premise. No cattle of any age or class will be allowed to leave the premise unless an onsite inspection has taken place. Other requirements may be placed on a premise as determined by the State Veterinarian’s office on a case by case basis.

Guidelines and Requirements for Ranches Adjacent to a Trichomoniasis Positive Premise 1. You will be notified by the NMLB that your ranch is adjacent to a premise where Trichomoniasis has been diagnosed.

2. With this notification you may be required to test some or all of your bull battery within a time frame set by the NMLB at the owner’s expense.

Testing requirements will be set by the State Veterinarian’s office based upon an epidemiological investigation and risk assessment.

3. Other requirements may be necessary based on testing results or other factors and will be considered on a case by case basis by the State Veterinarian’s office.

4. If any of your bulls test positive for T. foetus, you will be considered a positive premise and a herd management plan will be required within 30 days.

It is suggested that you contact your veterinarian as soon as possible after you are notified, and inform them that you are adjacent to a positive premise so a biosecurity and/ or biocontainment plan can be developed.

Frequently Asked Questions 1. How do I know I am under quarantine?

- A Quarantine Notice will be issued by a

NM livestock inspector.

2. What do I do with my positive bulls?

Can I keep them?

- All T. foetus positive bulls will be sent to slaughter branded with an N brand, tagged with a Red N brand ear tag or unbranded/untagged in a sealed trailer.

3. What about the rest of my bull battery?

- All other bulls will have to be tested a total of 3 times: twice at least 7 days apart before being turned out to pasture and once when the bulls are removed from the cow herd. All testing should take place within 12 months.

- Prior to each test, bulls will need to be kept apart from cows for a minimum of seven days before sample collection.

4. Can I move my animals if I am under quarantine?

- Any movement of cattle will require an onsite inspection from a NM livestock inspector.

- Calves can move freely under quarantine.

- Cows that are confirmed greater than 120 pregnant by an accredited veterinarian or pregnancy diagnostician can move despite quarantine.

- Cows that have been sexually rested, verified by Affidavit from owner, for 120 days or more can move despite quarantine.

5. How long will I be under quarantine?

- Quarantine will be released after all bulls have tested negative for Trich three times within 12 months with the third test performed after the bulls have been removed from cows after the designated breeding season.

- At that point, a NM livestock inspector will issue a Release of Quarantine and your veterinarian will be informed by the NMLB of the issued release.

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For More Information For information about state regulations, testing requirements, or import requirements for breeding stock, contact the New Mexico Livestock Board at 505/841-6161 or on the web at www.nmlbonline.com.

For more information about trich prevention and control programs, contact your local veterinarian. For more general information about trichomoniasis, contact the author at jwenzel@nmsu.edu or 575/5347562, or the Department of Extension Animal Sciences and Natural Resources.

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tion and gravitational waves at the BICEP2 data analysis techniques after looking at experiment in Antarctica, and the supposed the results of each and choosing the more discovery of superluminal neutrinos at the favorable.”

Swiss-Italian border — have now been Then there’s everything in between retracted, with far less fanfare than when human error and outright fraud: rounding they were first published.” out numbers the way that looks better,

by Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, theweek.com What explains this? In some cases, checking a result less thoroughly when it cience is broken. human error. Much of the research world comes out the way you like, and so forth.

That’s the thesis of a must-read exploded in rage and mockery when it was Still, shouldn’t the mechanism of indearticle in First Things magazine, in found out that a highly popularized finding pendent checking and peer review mean which William A. Wilson accumulates evi- by the economists Ken Rogoff and Carmen the wheat, eventually, will be sorted from dence that a lot of published research is Reinhardt linking higher public debt to the chaff? false. But that’s not even the worst part. lower growth was due to an Excel error.

Well, maybe not. There’s actually good Advocates of the existing scientific Steven Levitt, of Freakonomics fame, largely reason to believe the exact opposite is research paradigm usually smugly declare built his career on a paper arguing that happening. that while some published conclusions are abortion led to lower crime rates 20 years The peer review process doesn’t work. surely false, the scientific method has later because the aborted babies were dis- Most observers of science guffaw at the “self-correcting mechanisms” that ensure proportionately future criminals. Two so-called “Sokal affair,” where a physicist that, eventually, the truth will prevail. Unfor- economists went through the painstaking named Alan Sokal submitted a gibberish tunately for all of us, Wilson makes a work of recoding Levitt’s statistical analysis paper to an obscure social studies journal, convincing argument that those self-cor- — and found a basic arithmetic error. which accepted it. Less famous is a similar recting mechanisms are broken.

Then there is outright fraud. In a 2011 hoodwinking of the very prestigious British For starters, there’s a “replication crisis” survey of 2,000 Medical Journal, in science. This is particularly true in the research psycholto which a paper field of experimental psychology, where far ogists, over half with eight major Peer review isn’t any good too many prestigious psychology studies admitted to selecerrors was subsimply can’t be reliably replicated. But it’s tively reporting mitted. Not a at keeping flawed studies not just psychology. In 2011, the pharma- t h o s e e x p e r i single one of the ceutical company Bayer looked at 67 ments that gave 221 scientists out of major papers, but it can blockbuster drug discovery research find- the result they who reviewed ings published in prestigious journals, and were after. The the paper be deadly efficient at silencing found that three-fourths of them weren’t survey also concaught all the right. Another study of cancer research c l u d e d that heretical views.“ errors in it, and found that only 11 percent of preclinical around 10 percent only 30 percent cancer research could be reproduced. Even of research psychologists have engaged in of reviewers recommended that the paper in physics, supposedly the hardest and outright falsification of data, and more than be rejected. Amazingly, the reviewers who most reliable of all sciences, Wilson points half have engaged in “less brazen but still were warned that they were in a study and out that “two of the most vaunted physics fraudulent behavior such as reporting that that the paper might have problems with it results of the past few years — the a result was statistically significant when it found no more flaws than the ones who announced discovery of both cosmic infla- was not, or deciding between two different were in the dark.

This is serious. In the preclinical cancer study mentioned above, the authors note that “some non-reproducible preclinical papers had spawned an entire field, with hundreds of secondary publications that expanded on elements of the original observation, but did not actually seek to confirm or falsify its fundamental basis.”

This gets into the question of the sociology of science. It’s a familiar bromide that “science advances one funeral at a time.” The greatest scientific pioneers were mavericks and weirdos. Most valuable scientific work is done by youngsters. Older scientists are more likely to be invested, both emotionally and from a career and prestige perspective, in the regnant paradigm, even though the spirit of science is the challenge of regnant 20’ & 40’ New/Used paradigms.

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All of this suggests that the current system isn’t just showing cracks, but is actually broken, and in need of major reform.

There is very good reason to believe that much scientific research published today is false, there is no good way to sort the wheat from the chaff, and, most importantly, that the way the system is designed ensures that this will continue being the case.

As Wilson writes: Even if self-correction does occur and theories move strictly along a lifecycle from less to more accurate, what if the unremitting flood of new, mostly false, results pours in faster? Too fast for the sclerotic, compromised truth-discerning mechanisms of science to operate? The result could be a growing body of true theories completely overwhelmed by an ever-larger thicket of baseless theories, such that the proportion of true scientific beliefs shrinks even while the absolute number of them continues to rise. Borges’ Library of Babel contained every true book that could ever be written, but it was useless because it also contained every false book, and both true and false were lost within an ocean of nonsense.

[First Things] This is a big problem, one that can’t be solved with a column. But the first step is admitting you have a problem.

Science, at heart an enterprise for mavericks, has become an enterprise for careerists. It’s time to flip the career track for science on its head. Instead of waiting until someone’s best years are behind her to award her academic freedom and prestige, abolish the PhD and grant fellowships to the best 22-year-olds, giving them the biggest budgets and the most freedoms for the first five or 10 years of their careers.

Then, with only few exceptions, shift them away from research to teaching or some other harmless activity. Only then can we begin to fix Big Science.

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ay 20 is the deadline to apply for the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association’s (NMCGA’s) Young anta Gertrudis Breeders Int’l (SGBI) Cattlemen’s Leadership Committee (YCLC) and Mexico Santa Gertrudis Associa$1000 Graduate Scholarship. tion have agreed to implement a “With this scholarship, we want to help common genetic evaluation allowing proyoung people who come from an agricul- ducers of Santa Gertrudis cattle on both tural background further their education,” sides of the border to evaluate cattle utilizsaid Pat Boone, NMCGA President, Elida. “As ing the same genetic selection tools. SGBI they pursue those advanced degrees, we Exec. Director John Ford and Mexico Assoc. hope to also broaden production agricul- Pres. Carlos Sellers announced the agreeture awareness in non-typical agricultural ment at a genetic planning meeting March fields.”

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Court Rejects ESA Challenge to County’s Local Land Use Planning

Collier County is home to two endan- required a landowner to obtain all other gered species, the Florida panther (Puma federal and state agency permits prior to concolor coryi) and red-cockaded wood- clearing agricultural land or constructing a pecker (Picoides borealis). In 2013, the single family residence, and therefore the Florida Wildlife Federation and Collier policies & regulations were complimentary

by Ben Rubin, Endangered Species Law & Policy County Audubon Society filed a lawsuit to and not less protective than the ESA. n April 8, 2016, the United States Dis- alleging that the County’s written policies The district court also found that the trict Court for the Middle District of and regulations relating to the clearing of policies and regulations did not result in a Florida held that Collier County’s agricultural land and issuance of building “take” in violation of section 9, stating: (County) land use planning regulations permits for single family residences in “Collier County’s land clearing authorization were complimentary, not contrary to the certain designated areas, and planned and single family home building permits Endangered Species Act (ESA). The court future extension of a roadway violated simply authorize the clearing and building also held that the County’s planned future section 6(f) and section 9 of the ESA. Spe- if the landowner otherwise complies with roadway extension did not violate the ESA, cifically, the lawsuit alleged that the federal law. In order for a take to occur, a because the roadway project was only in County’s policies and regulations were less third party must violate Collier County’s the initial planning stages and the County protective than the ESA in violation of regulations and the ESA. Defendants acknowledged that compliance with the section 6(f), and that the policies, regula- cannot he held liable for such conduct.”

ESA was required before any construction tions, and roadway extension did or would Finally, with respect to the planned road activities could take place. result in a “take” in violation of section 9. extension, the district court found that the Under Florida law, a county is required Section 6(f) of the ESA states that “[a]ny plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that the to develop a comprehensive land use plan State law or regulation respecting the preliminary planning actions resulted in a to guide and control use and future devel- taking of an endangered species or threat- “take” in violation of the ESA. In reaching this opment within the county. This land use ened species may be more restrictive than conclusion the court noted that the County plan must be updated every decade. In the exemptions or permits provided for in acknowledged that before any construcaddition to a land use plan, a county must [the ESA] or in any regulations which imple- tion activities could take place, the County adopt local regulations to implement the ments [the ESA] but not less restrictive than would need to obtain all necessary federal comprehensive plan. Pursuant to Florida the prohibitions so defined.” 16 U.S.C. § permits and approvals, including those law, Collier County adopted a comprehen- 1535(f). The district court found that the required under the ESA. sive land use plan and land use County’s policies and regulations did not regulations. run afoul of section 6(f), because they

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have been waiting for my big bosses to send me out on assignment to cover a big event for them, but I realized it’s just not going to happen, as they are afraid of what I might come back with. Being a well traveled horseshoer I know how to get around to places pretty well, so I recently took off to visit with the presidential candidates about ranches. I was trying to get a perspective on how each one might help the ranching families of the West if they became President.

The first thing I asked them was to define: HORSE. Hillary C: “That’s what Bill and I used to do back in the 1970s, in Arkansas.”

Bernie S: “A horse is what my ancestor’s used to plow Vermont. Oh, maybe that was Brooklyn.”

Donald T: “I employ thousands of horses.

We use them on our track, at our casino.”

Ted C: “Let me tell you about Donald...”

John K: “For 18 years I was a work horse in Congress and we balanced the budget and God said it was good.”

The next question was to define: COW. Hillary C: “Let’s see, I’m trying to remember her name, I think it was Monica something?”

Bernie S: “I think everyone in America is entitled to own one. If there was a cow at

every home those families would always have milk, butter, and leather to make shoes.”

Donald T: “No, I will not let them graze on my golf courses! We do great work on those courses, great, great, work!”

Ted C: “I think cows are sacred, at our home in Canada, I mean Texas, we like cows.

It’s Donald that doesn’t like cows.”

John K: “As Governor, I proposed that we let all cows vote for me in the primary. I love cows.”

Finally, I asked them to define: COWBOY. Hillary C: “Oh my Bill, he’s a cowboy. He can round’em up! I don’t know if that is good.”

Bernie S: “I do not like cowboys, because they always killed all the Indians on TV when I was growing up.”

Donald T: “I have a proposal on my desk right now, to buy the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders.”

Ted C: “I am a Senator from Texas and I have seen a cowboy. Yes, now I remember, it was the naked cowboy playing the guitar in Times Square when I was on my way to Goldman Sachs.”

John K: “I think that the people see me as a cowboy. I am the only one with experience. A cowboy to help those in need such as, seniors and distressed widows, just like my cowboy hero Gene Rogers.”

Then I got down to the real questions: “Candidates, what would you do to help Arizona and New Mexico?”

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Donald T: “Arizona and New Mexico, I wouldn’t hesitate. I would buy them as a package deal and get Mexico to pay for it.”

Ted C: “If they are west of the Mississippi, I would put Donald there so he doesn’t attack my wife.”

John K: “I know how people in Arizona and New Mexico feel about issues and I want to help them. I would put all of our military forces into capturing Geronimo and Billy The Kid. I don’t expect Wyatt Earp to work both states by himself.”

As you can see my interview with the presidential candidates did reveal how much they will contribute to the plight of the rancher if elected. However, we still have to pick one of them to vote for or we can stay home.

I have a solution to the problem for upcoming elections. On your slate of candidates down at the bottom you could have a box to check entitled “None Of The Above”. If “None Of The Above” got the most votes then you bring out a second slate of candidates and see how that goes.

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he long-standing prescription for mesquite control can be adjusted to better fit New Mexico and the Trans-Pecos region of Texas, says a New Mexico rangeland expert.

The physiology of the mesquite plant remains the same, but the timing to capitalize on that for control can be different, says Dr. Kirk McDaniel. It has to do with weather patterns.

McDaniel is the long-serving Extension range scientist and researcher now retired from New Mexico State University. In a series of spray trials from 2009 through 2013, he documented that the best time to spray mesquite is a moving target, but a recognizable one.

McDaniel’s studies also indicate a slightly different herbicide treatment for arid-country mesquite.

For more than 30 years, range scientists have pointed to the environmental factors that affect mesquite control with herbicide: soil temperature, foliage condition and the timing of carbohydrate translocation after bud break.

Developed in areas of Texas with more predictable spring rainfall, the guidelines have worked well in arid country when there is sufficient moisture. In southern New Mexico, that’s at least 2 to 3 inches of precipitation from January through May. With that moisture, the typical spray season is late May through July, if the other factors align.

But that’s not the prevailing pattern, McDaniel says. About six out of 10 years are dry through winter and spring.

Droughty mesquite foliage will be sparse, undersized and usually pale or yellow. Don’t spray if the foliage is reduced by 25 percent from normal. Wait.

If moisture in July and August is above average, mesquite can produce enough healthy foliage to spray late in the summer, McDaniel says.

After a big rain, mesquite will put on new, light green foliage. When that foliage matures to a uniform dark green — usually one to three weeks after the rain — the spray window is the next two to three weeks. “You can spray into early September if you pick the right year,” McDaniel says.

“Evaluate foliage conditions — that’s the key.”

Unique herbicide mix McDaniel also compared different herbicide mixes for their rootkill of the mesquite typical of the area.

He achieved the best results with a tank mix of Sendero® herbicide with Remedy® Ultra herbicide. This mixture root-kills more mesquite than Sendero alone or the old standard of Reclaim® herbicide with Remedy Ultra.

For New Mexico and the Trans-Pecos, that mix is now the Dow AgroSciences rec-

ommendation, says Dr. Charlie Hart, a range scientist and market development specialist for the company. The mix is Sendero at 28 ounces per acre with Remedy Ultra at 8 ounces per acre.

Another challenge facing managers in the region is a lower growth form of mesquite.

In areas with more soil moisture, mesquite may grow into a small tree. But in arid country, mesquite is usually a low-growing shrub with many stems. This disparity in plant height is due in part to different varieties of mesquite, but mostly it’s a response to the local soil moisture environment, McDaniel says.

Taller, single-stemmed mesquite is easier to kill than the shrubby, multi-stemmed mesquite. The lower the plant stature and the more stems it has, the more difficult mesquite is to kill. Use that pattern to prioritize your treatment sites, McDaniel advises. If possible, treat first the more robust upright plants with fewer stems.

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Unique weather pattern In southern New Mexico and the Trans-Pecos, about 65 percent of annual precipitation usually falls from mid-July to early October. May and June are among the hottest, driest months of the year. That weather pattern is different from where the old guidelines were developed in Texas.

Given that difference, managers in New Mexico and the Trans-Pecos may be able to spray later than the old standard recommendation. Precipitation and foliage are the key, McDaniel says.

If mesquite is drought-stressed, it will be obvious in the foliage by the normal spray window — 45 to 90 days after bud break.

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Oregon Counties Will Sue BLM Over New Management Plan

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he Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released its latest proposed management plan for 2.5 million acres of timberland in western Oregon. Seventeen Counties in western Oregon announced they would challenge the plan in federal court.

“We have no choice but to litigate, and we are on firm legal ground in doing so,” said Commissioner Tony Hyde of Columbia County. Commissioner Hyde is the President of the Association of O&C Counties (AOCC), which will lead the lawsuit. “The BLM refused to even consider revenues for Counties as an objective in developing its plan. There are many ways the BLM could have balanced jobs and revenues for vital County services while creating habitat for endangered species, providing clean water, recreational opportunities, and improving fire resiliency,” said Commissioner Hyde.

“Once again, the federal government has failed the communities where these lands are located.”

The law governing management of the BLM lands states that all timberlands shall be managed for sustained yield production, with the revenues shared with Counties to help pay for public services. The law also mandates a minimum harvest each year of 500 million board feet. The BLM’s final plan violates both requirements, with more than 75 percent of the lands locked up in permanent reserves, and a projected harvest little more than half the required minimum.

The O&C lands were once in private ownership. After the lands were taken back by the federal government, they were set aside by congress to provide permanent sustainability of the communities they border. By law, the Counties receive 50 percent of the revenues generated from the sale of timber, and the revenue pays for all kinds of public services: mental and public health, sheriff patrols, jails, libraries, social and many other services. County budgets have been decimated in recent years and several counties are on a path to insolvency, increasing crime and poverty. The BLM lands are also intended to supply timber to support employment in local mills and manufacturing. Federal mismanagement has

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contributed to unemployment rates in some rural counties that are nearly double the unemployment rate in the Portland area.

The BLM has been planning almost continuously since 2003, at an expense of tens of millions of dollars. A plan proposed by the BLM in 2009 was shelved by the Obama administration, which opted to begin a whole new planning process that is just now concluding. “The Counties have been involved with the BLM from the beginning as formal “cooperating agencies.” As elected officials we did a lot of cooperating with the BLM, but unfortunately, the BLM did almost no cooperating with us,” said Commissioner Tim Freeman of Douglas County, Treasurer of AOCC. Multiple failings of the draft plan were the subject of extensive comments and positive suggestions the Counties provided to the BLM on August 20, 2015. “There is no indication the BLM took seriously any of our suggestions,” said Commissioner Freeman.

“Getting mired down in litigation is the last thing any of us wants to do,” said Simon Hare, Commissioner from Josephine County and Vice-President of AOCC. “The only alter-

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“The last two decades of ineffective management by the BLM has to stop,” said Commissioner Hyde, President of AOCC. “To that end, the AOCC has retained the Stoel Rives law firm of Portland to carry out litigation on behalf of the Counties.

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Winters Rancher to Serve as TSCRA President New Leaders Elected

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he Texas and Southwestern Cattle R ais e r s A ss o ciati o n ( T S CR A) announced Richard Thorpe, Winters, as their new president on Sunday during the closing session of the 139th annual Cattle Raisers Convention.

Thorpe was elected a TSCRA director in March 2006. He most recently served as the first vice president alongside Pete Bonds, Saginaw, who served as president from September 2013 to April 2016.

“TSCRA has been critical to the strength and stability of the cattle industry for well over a century,” said Thorpe. “It is truly an honor to serve and lead this organization in my new role as president. Also, I appreciate Pete for his leadership and commitment to TSCRA. Most importantly, I thank my family for always supporting me. I look forward to all that’s ahead for this incredible association.”

Thorpe, his wife Karen and their family, own and operate Mesa T Ranch headquartered in Winters. The Thorpe’s operate a cow/calf operation as well as stockers and quarter horses. Thorpe also earned his medical degree from Texas Tech University.

Bobby McKnight, Fort Davis, will serve as first vice president. Hughes Abell, Austin, was elected as a new officer in the role of second vice president.

New directors include: Donnell Brown, Throckmorton; Seth Denbow, Weatherford; Heath Hemphill, Coleman; Ty Keeling, Boerne; Leslie Kinsel, Cotulla; Carl Ray Polk Jr., Lufkin; and Gary Price, Blooming Grove.

Leslie Kinsel, Cotulla; Brian McLaughlin, Midland; and Clay Jones, Brady, were

elected as executive committee members.

The Cattle Raisers Convention ended with over 4,500 cattlemen and women across Texas, Oklahoma and the Southwest in attendance.

TSCRA is a 139-year-old trade association and is the largest and oldest livestock organization based in Texas. TSCRA has more than 17,000 beef cattle operations, ranching families and businesses as members. These members represent approximately 50,000 individuals directly involved in ranching and beef production who manage 4 million head of cattle on 76 million acres of range and pasture land primarily in Texas and Oklahoma, but throughout the Southwest.

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Wildlife & Sport Fish Restoration to Distribute $123 Million in the Southwest

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he U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) recently announced the nationwide distribution of more than $1.1 billion in revenues generated by Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Acts. All four states in the Service’s Southwest Region have the opportunity to share in this distribution of conservation funding.

In 2016, $123,356,617 will be available to the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. The money supports essential conservation endeavors performed by state fish and game agencies and is derived by excise taxes, a user-pay user-benefit system, paid on gear for fishing, boating, shooting and hunting.

“Hunters, shooters, anglers and boaters have done more to fund essential conservation work than any other group,” said Cliff Schleusner, Chief of the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration (WSFR) Program in the Service’s Southwest Region. “The Service delivers the money to on-the-ground projects that prove beneficial to fish and wildlife and access to outdoor recreation. The WSFR Program has a profound influence on conservation and the economy and our heritage of outdoor pursuits.”

The WSFR Program has facilitated impressive conservation partnerships since

1937. Over these intervening 79 years, more than $18 billion has been generated for the betterment of wildlife, fisheries and boating access. Fishing and hunting license revenues paid to state fish and game agencies by hunters and anglers are used in part to match the conservation funding coming from WSFR, approximately $5 billion to date.

This conservation funding goes to where it is needed—on the ground or in the water—for projects that directly benefit fish and wildlife or improve access to outdoor endeavors. The four states are eligible to use the following amount of funds in 2016: Arizona $25,896,359; New Mexico $20,830,305; Oklahoma $23,945,446; Texas $52,684,507.

Some recently completed projects exemplify the use of WSFR funding.

Arizona: The world-class Ben Avery Shooting Facility, owned by the Arizona Game and Fish Department in north Phoenix, hosts more than 120,000 shooters of all ages each year, including regionaland national-class shooting competitions.

Hunters hone their skills and young shooters might pull their first trigger on the firing line with trained safety officers nearby.

New Mexico: The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish trapped 47 wild

turkeys near Cimarron, New Mexico, and released them in the Guadalupe Mountains inside the Lincoln National Forest, following prescribed burns and forest thinning designed to improve wildlife habitat.

Oklahoma: The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation improved boat ramps, docks, lighting and fish cleaning stations at Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees near Tulsa, Oklahoma. The lake was the site of the recent Bassmaster Classic.

Texas: The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department recently used WSFR dollars at the Sea Center Texas, at Lake Jackson; CCA Marine Development Center, Corpus Christi; and the Perry R. Bass Marine Fisheries Research Station in Palacios, Texas, where scientists research and raise red drum, spotted seatrout and southern flounder— sport fish species important to the economy and coastal ecology. The red drum population in Texas bays has rebounded to near-record highs. Red drum are stocked in nine bays along the Texas coast.

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Meet Dustin Johnson — NMCGA Northwest Vice President

by Callie Gnatkowski Gibson

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or Dustin Johnson, Northwestern Regional Vice President of the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA), farming and ranching is much more than a way to make a living. Johnson, who was elected in December, grew up steeped in agriculture – farming on his father’s side of the family, ranching on his mother’s – and is proud to be doing his part to carry on those traditions.

Ranchers’ and farmers’ love of the land and what we do is something that develops over time, he noted. “People ask, why farm, why ranch?” he said. “I tell them, I grew up with it. There’s something about listening to the breeze blow through the grass, watching babies you raise grow up to be good mamas and produce calves of their own, knowing how the water moves and seeing things grow. It’s hard to explain but it’s worth the story.”

The third generation farmer and fourth generation rancher is a tribal member of the Navajo Nation, and is of the Bit’ah nii Clan (Folded Arms People) born for the Todich’ii’nii Clan (Bitter Water People). His maternal grandmother, who worked as a range technician for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) taught Johnson about range management – things like preventing overgrazing and how to count grasses.

On the farm, he learned to watch for erosion and to make sure only to irrigate with clean water. “As kids, we spent our summers up on the farm or out on the ranch, and learned the things all farm and ranch kids learn – how to take care of the land and livestock.”

Johnson and his family, including his grandmother, uncle, sisters and brother, run Angus/Hereford cross commercial cattle on two ranches, one on the Moncisco Mesa in San Juan County about 20 miles south of Farmington, and the other near the Becenti area in McKinley County. Many years ago, he explained, the herd was purebred Hereford. Over time, they incorporated Red Angus, then black Angus in response to the market. Today, they are adding more Hereford bloodlines back into the mix. “For me, it’s always Hereford,” he said. “Red cows are the best.”

On the farm, located on the San Juan River near Upper Fruitland, Johnson helps his father raise alfalfa, both for use on the ranch and for sale.

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The family strives to raise hardy cattle that are suited to northwestern New Mexico.

However, drought is always a determining factor, and they are rebuilding after selling about half of their cattle a couple of years ago. “It’s hard, because you’re not just selling a cow, you’re selling years of genetics,” he noted. They also have a small flock of Suffolk sheep, which was started with gifts of lambs to Johnson’s grandmother when she retired from the BLM. Johnson attended school in Farmington through his sophomore year in high school, then went to live with his aunt in Phoenix for his junior and senior years. He then attended Adams State University in Alamosa, Colo., for two years. “I spent enough time away from home to figure out how much I liked it here,” he noted.

After he returned home from college, getting involved with the NMCGA and the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau (NMFLB) was just the next step. “There are certain issues that we as farmers and ranchers have taken a beating on and need help with,” he explained. “All of us – big producers, small producers, grass fed, organic – we need to work together. In the end, we all put on the same hat and go out and do the same work.”

He says that seeing how his mother

interacted with customers at the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry (NAPI), and watching his grandmother help people with questions on BLM and tribal regulations helped Dustin Johnson, NMCGA him realize the NW Regional Vice President importance of agricultural trade organizations, just to keep up with current information.

For Johnson, the network of experienced producers is a big benefit of the NMCGA and NMFLB. “If I have a problem, like with a windmill or drink trough, I can call any number of people who have probably dealt with the same problem, and get some good ideas or information. Our organizations are just an extension of what we’ve always done – neighbors helping neighbors.”

Johnson has worked as a lease operator for two independent oil companies for the past eight years, and says that he sees a lot of similarities between oil companies and agricultural producers – in that both are working on something that will last longer than themselves, that helps pay the bills now but will still pay into the future. “We have had oil and gas producers in our part of the state for as long as I can remember,” he noted. It’s something we work with.”

In addition to this position, he has served for several years on the NMCGA’s Board of Directors and as Vice Chairman of the Cross Cultural Committee. In the NMFLB, he has been very active at the county level, has served on the State Board of Directors and as the Young Farmers and Ranchers State Chairman, and on the National Committee.

In his “spare” time, Johnson is an active volunteer. He served as a volunteer firefighter for ten years, and while in high school did volunteer work for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation on projects to improve wildlife habitat. He also has a niece and nephew who are interested in and active on the farm and ranch, and he enjoys helping show them the ropes.

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LONG BEFORE DAYLIGHT Johnson Memoir relates Lea Ranch History of 20th Century

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ea County rancher Carl Lane Johnson is not an easy man to like, especially if you happen to be a politician, political pundit, political appointee, poacher, or a person who takes a check from the public payroll, anyone from the president on down the government food chain, those folks at whom he regularly throws a little verbal fire.

However, if you read his memoir published recently by the Lea County Museum Press, Way Before Daylight, Long After Dark: A New Mexico Rancher’s Story, you will find a man with more than much to admire. As an example, Johnson is a tenacious preserver of cattle, land, and Western American traditions, customs and practices that he inherited and learned from his mother Mary, his father Carl, Jr., and his two grandfathers, Carl Johnson and Joe Lane.

If the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, I would like to have met all four of those individuals.

It was both nature and nurture that produced Johnson who this year is 77-years-old and feeling the bruises and battered bones from having been thrown from more than his share of horses, trampled by too many steers, and gone with too little sleep because he has been working from before the sun comes up until long after it goes down.

Now, some Johnson detractors – the politicians and pundits, for example, who have felt the fire from his objections to their intrusions into his life – some of those individuals might say Johnson’s tenacity is really just his dogged stubbornness, relentl e ss inf l e x ib ili t y, an d s te ro i d a l steadfastness.

However, with his book, and whether or not he intended to say it, the narrative in his memoir moves within a deeper current that flows through much of the history of the American West and with the history of ranching.

Johnson is a man who even as a boy never really wanted to do anything but be a cowboy, stay on the land, and raise cattle,

and it is true that in part of his memoir he writes of the joys of a wild and raucous youth, but in his book he also remembers the personal and historic tragedies that befell him, his family, and the family of ranchers to whom he belongs. The book is a memoir, but its context is the ranch history he witnessed growing up during the last century.

In his preface, Johnson writes that his words are for those folks a century from now who want to know what it was like to live in the ranch country of the American Southwest in the 1900s.

As an example, an early chapter in the book is titled “Feeding at Diamond and a Half During the 50’s Drought,” and it paints the ugly picture of one of the 20th century’s hardest times for ranchers during an extremely dry period in the Southwest.

Hundreds of farmers and ranchers went bankrupt and left the land during the period.

Here is a short paragraph from Johnson’s chapter about life on one of his family’s ranches: “As time went on, and the drought continued, Daddy sold down to 45 head of little poor heifer yearlings on 100 sections. They were so poor they would walk up into a mesquite bush and lick the dead leaves off the ground for roughage. They all had sort of a dry hack and when they would cough they would poop straight cottonseed meal and water, wouldn’t even lift their tails. All of them had big gobs of crap stuck to their tails. It was horrible, and very sad, plus costing an arm and a leg.”

The Diamond and a Half was located west of Jal, New Mexico. The other Johnson ranches include the Hackberry and the

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Nines, both located north and west of Tatum. The family also had ranches in other parts of New Mexico and in Arizona, and ranch related businesses in Texas.

Johnson was born in Abilene in 1938, but by the time he was five years old, the family had moved to Lea County. Because his father was operating ranches in both northern Lea and southern Lea, the Johnsons bought a house in Lovington, Carl and his sister Jan both going to school in Lovington.

Johnson attended Arizona State University beginning 1956 and taking his degree, a Bachelor of Science in Range Management, in 1960. He worked on ranches during the summers. Other than those four years, he has made his home and worked on the Johnson family ranches all of his life. Two other family ranches in New Mexico were the 96 Ranch in Separ, and the Lovelace Ranch near Carrizozo.

After reading the Johnson memoir the first time, when it was at least one hundred pages longer than the 316 published pages, I thought of a number of individuals from the history and fiction of ranching in Texas and New Mexico. From history, I recalled George Littlefield, whose LFD Ranch stretched from the Texas state line to the Pecos River, a portion of the Littlefield land now in the boundaries of three Johnson ranches.

From fiction, the first two characters that came to mind were Homer Bannon and his son Hud in the Larry McMurtry novel Horseman Pass By, from which the movie Hud was made, starring Melvin Douglas as the father and Paul Newman as the son.

Homer was the traditional, quiet, and reserved rancher, and Hud was the hard-drinking man with the barbed-wire soul, as the film was advertised. Carl Johnson has some of both of those fictional men in him.

There have been some mighty sorrowful times in Johnson’s nuclear family, a divorce, the loss of a daughter Melanie, but he now has his sons Justin and Jerrod working their own ranches nearby, and Carl and his wife Barbara are enjoying some well-deserved leisure time.

It was a way of life that started early and ended late.

Long Before Daylight, can be purchased at the Lea County Museum in Lovington, with information at 575/396-4805 & www.leacountymuseum.org

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NMSU Tucumcari Bull Test Enhances Study With New Feeder Technology

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fficient use of resources is the key to a successful business. The same is true in agriculture, especially in raising livestock.

The value of cattle and calves in New Mexico amounted to $1.09 billion in 2014, according to statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

With the impact of drought on the semiarid rangeland, New Mexico cattle breeders realize the importance of improving their herd’s genetic trait of efficient conversion of forage and feed nutrients.

“Making a 10 percent improvement on feed efficiency can have a tremendous impact on our industry,” said John Heckendorn, owner of J-C Angus Ranch in Moriarty.

“It can have a billion-dollar impact on our industry.”

Since 1961, cattle producers have participated in the Tucumcari Bull Performance Test at New Mexico State University’s Agricultural Science Center at Tucumcari to see if their breeding stock is producing the best sires possible.

“Producers have entered their bulls into the performance test to see how each animal develops in our controlled feeding program,” said Marcy Ward, NMSU’s Extension livestock specialist and bull test director. “We track the bull’s average daily gain, feed efficiency and carcass development, while producing 30-day, 60-day, 90-day and 120-day performance reports.”

This year, a group of cattlemen has taken the study to the next level. The group purchased the latest feed intake technology to bring efficient conversion of feed to the forefront in the genetic selection process.

“Because of the extended drought, identifying bulls with genetics that make them efficient at converting nutrients from the high roughage diet they consume while grazing on our rangeland will help our animals be able to do more with less,” Heckendorn said.

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The Tucumcari Feed Efficiency Test LLC purchased state-of-the-art technology by GrowSafe Systems to document the amount of feed consumed by the individual animals.

“We’re excited about having the technology in New Mexico,” Heckendorn said. “It’s expensive technology, but we think it’s very important to identify those animals that are more feed-efficient.”

Prior to the new system, feed was placed in bunks for a pen of up to four bulls from the same sire group. Data on how much the individual animal ate was not available so breeders could only judge the quality of the animal by sonogram data regarding the carcass development.

The new system records each animal’s feeding activity. When the animal places its head into the feeder, an electronic identification tag is read and information is sent to the computer via radio frequency.

“The system recognizes which animal is at the feeder, at what time of the day, how long they stay at the feeder, and how much they eat,” Ward said. “It measures their consumption to the ounce.”

This system is used at other bull performance tests and feed lots around the country.

“It’s amazing the difference from individual animals,” Heckendorn said. “Some animals will convert 3 to 4 pounds of feed per pound gain, some are converting 10 to 12 pounds of feed per pound of gain. Obviously, we would prefer the consumption of 3 to 4 pounds of feed which equals less cost to produce that weight gain.”

To complement the new feeder system, the producers invested in facility improvements that have expanded the livestock pens to allow more than 300 square feet per animal for the 100 bulls, which in turn helps the animals’ physical condition.

“The combination of the high roughage diet, more ability to exercise and the commingling environment means the bulls are better prepared to hit the ground running,” Ward said.

The 120-day performance test concludes with a bull sale, where cattle producers can enhance their herd by purchasing a bull that has the genetic traits they desire.

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Alligators in the Moat: Politics & the Mexican Border

Reviewed by Nick Layman

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he dusty and rugged road was surrounded by ranch land and the Mexican border fence in Naco, Arizona.

My tour guide was Ed Ashurst and he went on to explain the different tactics and the lack of security of the border.

He would point around the landscape and share tidbits of information on Border Patrol and drug cartel tactics. The cat and mouse game is a real threat to national security and what would deem a simple country living life.

After my up close and personal tour of the border I picked up Ashurst’s book, Alligators in the Moat: Politics and the Mexican Border.

The book gives a great overview of the struggles the US border towns endure on a daily basis with illegal immigrants and drug cartels. Ashurst gives in depth accounts of murder, corruption, government cover ups, and ranchers running their business with this chaos going on around them.

Reading the accounts on the roadblocks Washington, D.C., politics has made for the communities it makes any true American patriot angry and want to find solutions.

The book offers many insights to how to fix and secure the border.

Alligators in the Moat: Politics and the Mexican Border is a worthy read for anyone wanting to quickly get educated on why our border is not secure.

2016 NM Youth Beef Ambassador Team Named

Bennett, a senior age contestant, is an Artesia High School junior with membership in the Artesia FFA chapter, the Cottonwood 4-H club, National Honor Society, the Jr. Angus Association, NM Cattle Growers and the Yucca CowBelles. he 2016 New Mexico Youth Beef She also enjoys showing steers at county, Ambassador competition, sponsored state, regional and national shows. Vallo is by the New Mexico CowBelles, was a 19 year old Crimson Scholar student in the held April 8 in conjunction with the State Animal Science Department at NM State FFA Career Development Contests on the University where she is active in the Theracampus of New Mexico State University. peutic Riding Association and the National Five contestants vied for the opportunity Society of Collegiate Scholars. Sean to be named to the three-member beef Owensby, of Folsom, also participated as a ambassador team of youth spokespersons senior contestant. that will travel throughout the state to The NM CowBelles, the NM Beef Council, educate consumers of all ages about beef NM Cattle Growers and local ranches have nutrition and preparation, food safety, all contributed funds to support the New stewardship practices and the beef industry Mexico youth beef ambassadors who also as a whole. The 2016 team members are receive monogrammed award jackets and Kellan Bennett of Hope (first place senior), shirts to wear as they travel throughout the Kari Vallo of Acoma (second place senior) state to educate both youth and adult conand Aubrey Brandenberger of Claunch (first sumers at county and regional fairs, beef place junior). The team members will industry conferences, agricultural based respectively receive $500, $350 and $150 in workshops, tours and conferences, and cash awards upon completion of their beef through social media in an effort to share ambassador duties. the positive aspects of beef.

Junior contestants, age 14-16, were Brandenberger, a Corona High School junior Shelly Hathorn, NM Beef Ambassador Chair, serves as who is active in National Honor Society, the state contest coordinator and advisor to the NM sports, and the National Angus and Charo- beef ambassadors. For more information about the youth beef ambassador program, call 575/447-7447 lais Associations as well as her local 4-H club or email at shporter@nmsu.edu.

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I n Memoriam ...

Bobbie Kay (Johnson) Orphey, 52, she touched from both communities and Deming, passed away unexpectedly at her surrounding states. home on Wednesday, March 9, 2016, of Phillip B. Bidegain, 92, Tucumcari, natural causes. Born March 13, 1963 in passed away on April 2, 2016 after a wellDouglas, Arizona, Bobbie was raised on a lived life. Phillip was born in Willcox, Arizona cattle ranch south of Animas. Her childhood on February 11, 1924 to Bernardo Bidegain was encompassed by participating in 4-H, and Jesusa Dievignau. Phillip helped his Future Homemakers of America and Girls father and brothers with the sheep and State activities in which she took great pride cattle while growing up. Phillip graduated in as a member of her community. Two from Benson High School in 1942 with 10 prominent women in her life, “Gram” Vir- athletic letters in baseball, basketball, footginia Slover and family friend Sheila Massey, ball and tennis. He was admitted to the mentored Bobbie in her youth. After grad- University of Arizona (U of A) in September uating from Animas High School, Bobbie 1942, but withdrew on February 24, 1943 pursued a Cosmetology Licensure. Mike after he was drafted. He entered Army “Opie” Orphey and Bobbie married on active service on the same day. He was sent Christmas Eve of 1982, six months after they to California to prepare for the European met and fell in love at a dance in Deming. Campaign. During the Battle of the Bulge The couple lived on several ranches in New he was captured and interned as a prisoner Mexico, including her family’s ranch, until of war in Germany. After being freed, Phillip they moved to the town of Animas in 1989 returned to the United States and was disto raise their children. Bobbie held various charged at Fort Ord, California on December occupations within the local schools, tavern, 5, 1945. His Discharge Papers showed the clinic and other businesses. Bobbie and following: Sergeant Co. C, 242nd Infantry, Opie relocated to Deming in 2013, where 42nd Division with World War II Victory Medal; she managed the local Dollar General and American Campaign; Good Conduct Medal; Tractor Supply stores. Throughout her European-African Middle Eastern Campaign adulthood, Bobbie was a well-loved Medal with Bronze Stars; Former Prisoner of member of both communities, where her War. Phillip went back to the U of A where everlasting vibrancy and irresistible charm he met Yetta Hoover while taking agriculaccredited her countless friendships. She tural classes. They married on April 9, 1948. spent numerous hours rallying charity work The couple returned to New Mexico and the through the Epsilon Sigma Alpha chapter T4 Ranch living at Conchas Dam where sorority for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, Phillip took care of the cattle, horses, windworked the voter’s registration booths con- mills, water gaps and so on for the ranch in tinuously, contributed to 4-H Leadership that area. In 1952 the family moved to the and Mentorship programs and gave generously to any cause or individual in need.

Bobbie was completely selfless and kindhearted, she never met a stranger and was deeply loved by many. She enjoyed country and rock music, cooking, baking, sewing, LLC crafting and attending social events. Her most treasured quality in life, however, was spending time with family and close friends; her cherished time with grandchildren meant the world to her. Bobbie is survived 575/653-4140 by husband Michael K. “Opie” Orphey, mendiola@pvtn.net Deming; her son, Frank W. Orphey (wife Gary Mendiola Karen), Eagar, Arizona; her daughter, Kelcie B. Hutton (husband Eugene), Datil; six Our service is delivery – We take care of all the work grandchildren, parents Bob and Fern Semi loads, half loads & individual troughs Johnson, Animas; and many others whom Serving Lincoln & Chaves Counties

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T4 Headquarters in Montoya and Phillip became ranch manager. Phillip and many friends enjoyed team roping, golf, bridge and visits. Phillip and Lewis Kincaid roped and played golf together. They challenged the world to a 10 steer team roping and 18 holes of golf. There were no takers. Phillip was active in the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) serving on committees and becoming president from 1980 to 1982. He was also active in the New Mexico Hereford Association and the National Cattlemen’s Association. Phillip was honored as the NMCGA Cattleman of the Year in 1987. Phillip has always been a loving family man. He is survived by his bride, Yetta; son Phil H. (wife Laurie), Montoya; daughter Julee, Santa Fe; grandsons, Donnie (wife Lacey) and Scott (wife Brooke) Bidegain, Louis Carman and Dana Coffman; six great-grandchildren all Bidegains.

Jack A. Davidson Jr., 87, Corona, passed away on March 27, 2016 on the family ranch.

He was born on January 11, 1929 in Corona to Jack A. Davidson Sr. and Ruby Killingsworth Davidson. Growing up on a ranch East of Corona, NM, homesteaded by his grandfather Davidson, Jack graduated from Corona High School in 1947 and remained on the family ranch, pursuing his passion for being a good steward of the land and raising good sheep In addition to being a rancher, Jack worked for the USDA Animal Damage Control for 25 years, retiring in 1996 with many memories, stories, and friendships. According to Jack, he was the luckiest man alive having lived where he wanted and done what he loved to do all of his life. He was well known, and respected, for his knowledge of both the land and livestock. He had a great love for working livestock horseback. A Cowboy with a dry wit and sense of humor, and a disposition that left no doubt about what was on his mind, he will be missed by all of his family.

Jack is survived by his children, son, Jack, (wife Sabra), Davidson, Corona; daughter, Janet, (husband Steve), Gholson, Sinton, Texas; and daughter, Carol, (husband Bobby) Carroll, Roswell; Beverly Husband, Palmdale, California; and David (wife Erin) Husband, La Quinta, California. Also surviv-

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ing are 13 grandchildren and 18 Herd expansion is likely still occurring, but great-grandchildren. He was preceded in at a slower pace in 2016. In contrast, the death by his parents; a sister, Sue Mays; his inventory of steers in feedlots on April 1 was first wife, of 39 years, Myrtle Austin David- by Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University down 1.3 percent from one year ago. son; and his second wife, of 23 years, Ruth Extension livestock marketing specialist This is the first year over year decrease Lackey Husband Davidson. In accordance in quarterly steer inventory in feedlots since with his wishes, a private family memorial he latest Cattle on Feed (COF) report July 2014. This follows the dramatic increase showed feedlot inventories (among in steers on feed in 2015 that coincided with on the family ranch will be held at a later feedlots with 1,000 head or more delayed marketings and a sharp increase in date.

Bert Smith, Marriott-Slaterville, Utah. capacity) on April 1 of 10.853 million head, carcass weights. Though the current steer The sign on Smith and Edwards, The 100.5 percent of year ago levels. March inventory in feedlots is still large, the Country Boy’s Store, in Farr West, Utah feedlot marketings were 107 percent of last decrease in quarterly supplies is a good sign proudly declares “We Have Anything You year and placements were 104.6 percent of that feedlots are moving steers at a more Want…If We Can Find It.” The store’s year earlier placements. There was one timely pace this year. Steer carcass weights founder, Albert Newell (Bert) Smith, died more business day in March 2016 compared are currently about 12 pounds heavier year peacefully at home on March 31, 2016. His to one year ago. There were no major sur- over year while heifer carcasses are running grandson, Craig Smith, has served as pres- prises in the report but it could be about 10 pounds more than one year ago. ident of Smith and Edwards since his dad, considered mildly bullish with placements However, both steers and heifer carcass Jim Smith, died of cancer in March of 2013 on the low end of expectations. Neverthe- weights have decreased seasonally in April. and will carry on smoothly with the help of less, this is the second month of year over The monthly Cold Storage report was over 100 loyal employees. Bert’s love of year increases in feedlot placements; a also released by USDA on in mid April. The country and the Constitution are evident trend that will continue as feeder supplies report indicated that cold storage supplies the minute customers walk in the door and continue to grow in the coming months. of beef continued to decline in March. This a visit with him always meant a lesson in The COF report showed larger place- follows considerable concern that develfreedom and liberty. Bert was still working, ments in the Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado oped in January as beef in cold storage buying and selling, going places and compared to Iowa and Nebraska. All of the reached the highest monthly totals since keeping in touch with friends and family increase in March placements were feeders November 2006. Cold storage inventories even though he was nearly 96. Bert has long over 700 pounds with the largest increase are indicative of market conditions and may been an icon in the private property rights in feeders 700-800 pounds. These cattle reflect changing short term beef demand movement. He toured the West for many will hit the market mid to late third quarter conditions and changing beef imports and years educating ranchers and rural commu- and in the fourth quarter of the year. exports. nities on how to use the US Constitution to This report also included the quarterly However, I think there is often misunderprotect themselves. He will be sorely breakdown of steers and heifers on feed standing of the role of cold storage and the missed. and indicates some changes. The total implications of changing cold storage inventory of heifers on feed on April 1 was levels. I received many questions early in up 4.5 percent year over year. This is the first the year about whether cold storage supEditor’s Note: Email caren@aaalivestock.com.

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ently is the USFWS’s definition of collaboration. The service has announced it will embark on an “aggressive” wolf introduction program in an expanded area of

by Frank Dubois New Mexico. In response, NMGF has called any introduction “unpermitted and illegal” and has served a notice of intent to sue.

“The department cannot stand idle and allow the USFWS to ignore the laws and regulations of New Mexico, just as the department does not allow others to do so” says a NMDGF official. n June of 2011, the NM Game Commission Kudos and a great big thank you goes withdrew from the Mexican Wolf Recov- out to the NM Game Commissioners. ery Program. Jerry Maracchini, former state director of the New Mexico Game & Of mice and water Fish Dept. (NMGFD) and at the time a I wrote last month of the designation of member of the Game Commission, said that 22 square miles of critical habitat for the NM he and the department had long opposed meadow jumping mouse, which includes the recovery program because 1) the areas 170 miles of streams and the adjoining land selected for reintroduction were not “tradi- area, and how the Forest Service is installing tional home range” for structures to fence the Mexican Grey Wolf. cattle off of water. “ The Mexican wolf ’s Now comes a letter primary habitat was and to NM State Engineer We don’t need a still is in Mexico…” said Tom Blaine signed by Maracchini. 2) there was stinking permit ...” 50 legislators claiman inadequate prey base in g th e f e d e r a l for the wolf in those areas government has overselected, 3) the States impacted were not stepped its authority and is trampling water brought in early on for plan development, rights and asking for his involvement. and 4) “the major criteria for high probabil“The New Mexico State Engineer’s Office ity of success, local public support, was not has historically worked diligently to protect acquired.” private water rights throughout our state” More recently, the Game Commission says Representative James Townsend. has declined to renew a permit for a captive In response, Blaine has ordered his staff wolf facility on Ted Turner’s ranch and to investigate, saying NM continues to be declined a permit to the US Fish & Wildlife concerned about federal mismanagement Service (USFWS) to introduce wolves in New of land and saying he is committed to Mexico. ensuring access to needed water.

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office will work to immediately terminate the actions of the USFS, but absent this required action, legislation will need to be approved in the next Legislature to protect New Mexicans private property rights” says Townsend.

Emphasizing the importance and urgency of the issue, NM Rep. Yvette Herrell says, “It is imperative that we resolve this as quickly as possible.”

Kudos to Townsend, Herrell and the other signers of the letter.

Let’s hope we will offering similar praise to Blaine in the near future.

Bears Ears Bears Ears is a proposed 1.9 million acre National Monument for southeastern Utah being pushed by the enviros and various Native American groups. The proponents argue the area needs protection from offroad vehicles and looters. Opponents, which includes most of the state legislators, say such a designation will hurt the local economy. “I’m here to tell you that a national monument will be devastating for my grassroots Navajo people,” said Rebecca Benally, a county commissioner in southern Utah.

The whole issue has taken on a new urgency as Secretary Jewell has just announced she will be coming to Utah this summer to hear about land conservation proposals.

In a counter-move, Utah Governor Gary Hebert is calling for a special session of the state legislature to address the issue. “It is absolutely irresponsible for the Obama Administration to consider a new national monument that is over two and a half times the size of Rhode Island without input from Utahns from across the state who will be significantly impacted by this decision,” Gov. Herbert said. “As governor of the State of Utah, I have stated repeatedly that I oppose such a declaration. Today, I am asking every member of the Utah State Legislature to go on record and join me in expressing our opposition to another unilateral national monument within the state.”

We are looking at a situation where the Governor is opposed, no doubt the legislature will express their opposition, and many locals have publicly proclaimed they are against such a designation. Will that be enough to carry the day? Or will Secretary Jewell visit for a day or two, call that sufficient, and then Obama will designate the monument as a payoff to the enviros while adding acreage to his “legacy”? We’ll be watching.

$6 million goats The Pentagon spent $6.1 million shipping Italian male goats to Afghanistan to mate with female Afghan goats to make cashmere in an effort to boost the Afghan economy after the war. John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, said the project was a “failure” and the personnel on the Task Force for Business and Stability Operations “had no idea what they were doing.”

I’ve been around a long time and witnessed many instances of government incompetence. But they can’t get goats to mate? Talk about wasting bucks on bucks.

They would probably fail with rabbits too.

We need to put these folks in charge of the wolf recovery program.

Till, next time, be a nuisance to the devil and don’t forget to check that cinch.

Droughts are not getting worse and they are not causing wars New briefing paper examines environmentalists’ claims

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new briefing paper published in late April by the London-based Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) examines environmentalists’ statements about droughts and heatwaves and finds them to be highly misleading.

Claims that droughts are getting worse are not supported in the scientific literature.

This is true for both on a global level and for the UK, where historical records indicate much longer and more severe droughts occurred long before human carbon dioxide emissions became significant.

Moreover, claims that “climate change” was behind the conflicts in Darfur and Syria are shown to be based on highly partisan scientific studies that ignore a host of conflicting evidence.

Andrew Montford, the author of the paper said: “Records of drought provide very little support for the idea that dry places are getting drier and this is true both of the UK and the world as a whole. Still, green activists are never going to spurn the opportunity to exploit every failure of the rains by blaming it on climate change.”

“Droughts are bad news for those who have to endure them. But for politicians to indulge environmentalists’ wild claims is dishonest.”

Frank DuBois was the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003, is the author of a blog: The Westerner (www.thewesterner.blogspot.com) and is the founder of The DuBois Rodeo Scholarship and The DuBois Western Heritage Foundation.

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any places in New Mexico are named for Don Diego de Vargas and his exploits are well known to those with even a casual interest in Spanish Colonial history. His nemesis, Pedro Rodríguez Cubero, however, has but one place named for him, and even that is questionable. Historian Robert Julyan in the Place Names of New Mexico says it is possible that the village of Cubero, in Cibola County, was named for the governor. He says it is also possible the name represents a family living in the area at the time. In any event, Rodríguez Cubero and his exploits are virtually unknown.

De Vargas, of course, was the Spanish hero of re-conquest after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. From 1693 until 1696 he subdued the various Pueblos after his initial reentry in 1692. De Vargas, popular in both Mexico City and Madrid, expected re-appointment as governor when his term expired in 1697, but instead, on July 2 of that year Pedro Rodríguez Cubero assumed the office.

How did that happen, and who was Rodríguez Cubero? New Mexico’s State Historian Rick Hendricks did much to clear up the record in a piece he did for the New Mexico Historical Review in 1993.

Rodríguez Cubero was born in 1656 at Huéscar in the province of Granada, which borders the Mediterranean Sea in southern Spain. He was the third son of his father’s second wife. By age 18 Pedro had enlisted in the infantry as a musketman in the Armada of the Ocean Sea. In 1689 the king made him warden and captain for life at Havana. But Rodríguez Cubero seems to have been an ambitious man and within a short time he was casting about for other appointments.

One application was for the governorship of New Mexico. With his request he included a donation to the crown of 2,000 pesos and a loan of another 4,000 pesos.

The king granted the application. Rodríguez Cubero was to become governor upon the completion of de Vargas’ term in 1697, or upon the death of de Vargas, should that occur first. Apparently to hedge his bets, Rodríguez Cubero also applied for a position at Maracaibo in Venezuela. That, too, was granted, his term to begin in 1695.

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Pedro Rodríguez Cubero, New Mexico’s Ill-Fated Governor Also in 1695, he seems to have changed In September 1697, the cabildo filed his mind about New Mexico. He petitioned numerous charges against de Vargas, the king to allow him to send someone of among them malfeasance, embezzlement, his choosing to Santa Fe, or, if that wasn’t moral turpitude, and exacerbating the possible, he asked that his money be effects of the recent famine. Rodríguez returned. His stated reason was that the Cubero wasted no time in finding de Vargas cold climate in New Mexico would be bad guilty as charged. In October, de Vargas for his health. Hendricks says it is probable was placed under house arrest, fined 4,000 that he learned there were no riches to be pesos, and all of his property was had on the far-northern frontier. His peti- confiscated. tion was denied and by early 1697 Rodríguez That settled, and with de Vargas, while Cubero was in Mexico City making prepa- not gone but at least confined, Rodríguez rations to travel north.

Cubero turned his attention to other While that was happening, Governor de matters. Probably because of his military Vargas made application to the viceroy for background, military action appealed to reappointment. The viceroy, though, found him, and he took to the field against the in favor of Rodríguez Cubero. Unfortunately Acoma, Zuñi and Hopi Indians of western for de Vargas, word of that decision did not New Mexico; an activity de Vargas had reach the king for nearly three years. begun in his efforts at re-conquest followThree years is a long time. De Vargas had ing the Pueblo Revolt. Initially, Rodríguez not made himself popular with local gov- Cubero seemed to be successful and in ernment minions in the Santa Fe cabildo 1699 he took an inspection tour of the area, (council); in fact he made it no secret that and hence the village of Cubero may have he held members of that group in contempt adopted his name. But all was not well. He as mere tailors, shoemakers and lackeys. He was obliged to fight the Hopis, unsuccesshad also practiced a policy of returning fully, in 1701 and he led an expedition Pueblo Indian captives to their homes, against the Navajo in 1702, which accomwhich deprived the local politicos of slaves. plished nothing.

As a new governor, Rodríguez Cubero was Along the way, in 1700, word from not fond of de Vargas, either. He knew that Mexico City reached Santa Fe that de Vargas his predecessor tried to bar him from the was to be released from house arrest. The job—albeit, a job he didn’t particularly former governor promptly returned to want. Rodríguez Cubero was further aggra- Mexico City where he filed a suit against vated when de Vargas showed no Rodríguez Cubero. In 1703, de Vargas won inclination toward leaving Santa Fe. his suit against Rodríguez Cubero, and the cibildo and the governor were required to pay court costs. De Vargas was also re-appointed governor and he soon began his journey back to the north. Rodríguez Cubero, fearing retaliation for his acts of cruelty against de Vargas, left Santa Fe under the pretext of a military mission www. against Indians. He never returned to New reveal4-n-1.com Mexico.

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Downstream From a Slippery EPA In the aftermath of the Gold King spill, the agency is holding itself to a lower standard than polluters.

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he bright yellow water that gushed from Colorado’s Gold King mine and into the Animas River last summer has dissipated, but the environmental disaster continues downstream. An estimated 880,000 pounds of lead and other metals poured out of the Gold King in August when the Environmental Protection Agency fumbled a construction project and blew out the mine’s plug.

This water raced down the Animas River in mountainous Colorado, and then meandered gradually through my state of New Mexico, the territory of the Navajo Nation and Utah, before dumping into Lake Powell.

Geography is important here: The slower the flow, the more that heavy metals drop out of the water and into the riverbed.

From the start, the EPA bungled its response to the spill. The first call alerting New Mexico that contaminated water was on its way didn’t even come from the agency. The water-quality manager of the Southern Ute Tribe, who live in Colorado right on the border with New Mexico, contacted my department with a warning on Aug. 6.

The New Mexico Environment Department quickly dispatched technical staff to take advance water samples, to establish a water-quality baseline. The Animas River is much more than a kayaking spot or a fishing hole for New Mexicans. The drinking water of eight communities—about 90,000 people—is drawn directly from the river, which also sustains crops and livestock, and supp or t s thousands of p eople’s livelihoods.

After failing to alert New Mexico promptly, the EPA to a large extent left the states and tribes downstream to fend for themselves. No one from the EPA’s regional office in Dallas showed up in New Mexico for nearly a week, by which time the plume had passed. New Mexico’s representative to the EPA’s Incident Command Center in Colorado reported that she was shut out of closed-door meetings where decisions were made.

When EPA staff did finally arrive in New Mexico on Aug. 9, they were rotated out of the state every few days. This led to redun-

dant briefings and inconsistent execution.

One EPA communications officer arrived in New Mexico with no capability to text, email or dispatch photos from the field.

As the spill wound its way downstream, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy repeatedly went on camera to say that the agency would hold itself to a “higher standard.”

Instead it engaged in a careful campaign of minimization and misdirection.

About two weeks after the spill, the EPA released an environmental standard for the Gold King mine sediment that was an order of magnitude weaker than those applied to other polluters. The agency used a “recreational” standard and suggested that lead in the soil at 20,000 parts per million would be “safe” for campers and hikers. But in New Mexico people live along the Animas, so a “residential” standard would be more appropriate. During a cleanup of a superfund site in Dallas, in the regional EPA office’s own backyard, the standard for lead in the soil was 500 parts per million.

The EPA released a chart that seemed to show lead levels in the Animas to be near zero. But the chart used a linear, instead of a logarithmic, scale. As any high-school science student can tell you, a linear scale can visually compress data and make it appear close to the zero line. In reality the lead levels had screamed past maximum contaminant levels for drinking water, defined as 15 parts per million. We advised communities that drew from the river to close their water intakes and rely on emergency backup supplies, which they did.

Even months later, although the yellow water has passed, the EPA’s data show that storms have disturbed contaminated sedi-

ment and pushed lead levels back above the tolerance for safe drinking water. The city of Farmington (pop. 45,000) still shuts its water intakes whenever storms or snowmelt increase water turbulence.

Yet the EPA persisted in claiming that the watershed had returned to “pre-spill” conditions. Such subterfuge made our job of educating the public on the consequences of the spill much more difficult. It seems clear to me that the EPA sacrificed truth on the altar of image management.

Today, New Mexico and Utah continue to work on a comprehensive long-term plan to monitor the Gold King spill’s effects on health, wildlife and agriculture. We have invited the EPA and the state of Colorado many times to join the effort. Both have refused, preferring to pursue a narrow, short-term plan that ignores critical issues such as damage to wildlife and groundwater. As Utah’s assistant director of water monitoring said at the beginning of February, the levels of contamination seen so far could be “the tip of the iceberg.”

Citizens who depend on the Animas River for their drinking water, crops and livelihoods deserve better. They deserve answers from the EPA, as they would expect from any other polluter.

Under Gov. Susana Martinez’s direction, the New Mexico Environment Department is vigilantly monitoring the water to ensure that lead and other heavy metals from the Gold King mine do not find their way into crops, wildlife, livestock or humans. We urge the EPA and Colorado to wake up, drop the charade of minimizing the disaster, and join us.

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The Power of Being Many

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ast year I read the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell and realized something of which I need to be reminded from time to time, we do not “make” ourselves, we receive help from others along the way. What differentiates people who have accomplished extraordinary things from the rest, hence outliers, is that they seize the opportunities others give them.

We rely on each other to advance ourselves and it is only through the true understanding of our values and goals that we can encourage each other to accomplish things that initially may have seen unsurmountable.

Last week at my Toastmasters Club one of the speeches was about friendships and the need to invest in them as they are the most valuable thing a human can have. The thought has lingered in my mind as I recall the many friends I have, including several from elementary school. Whenever I think about friends, I feel happy and energized, don’t you? It is with friends that I have been able to endure the hardest times in my life, like when I lost my parents or a dear friend; it is with friends that I have learned how the values taught at home can be applied in

real life; it is because of friends that I have ventured to travel and see the world physically or mentally; it is because of friends that I have discovered other friends; it is because of friends that I am here.

Not all friendships are meant to last a lifetime, however those that do, need our investment of time and effort. The same is true for leaders because they do not just happen, they are made and a great part of this happens with the assistance of others.

As leaders, we need to surround ourselves with people who are truthful to us and to themselves and eager to do their best regardless of the circumstances. As we build these networks of support, we learn about other people’s values and passions, and what makes them get up in the morning.

Let me tell you what gets participants of the New Mexico Agricultural Leadership program up in the morning? It is not the curriculum designed to give them the opportunity to learn about themselves, others, and about a variety of topics in different contexts. It is the friendships and connections they make while in the program. Our alumni report that they became friends with the people in their cohort or with those they met through the program’s visits. During the 18-month program, we speak with over 200 people and have rich conversations due to the small size of our cohorts. The interactions are very rich and personal, so true connections are formed.

We call on our alumni so we can continue to assist you in fostering and expanding your network. If you have moved, please inform us so we can keep you abreast of what is happening and invite you to participate in the various leadership development and networking opportuni-

ties we have for you. We also want your input and involvement; the program can only be stronger with your ideas and endorsement.

For those who have not participated in the program yet, please consider it. The purpose of NM Agricultural Leadership is to identify and support effective leadership within the food, agriculture, and natural resource industries of New Mexico. We accomplish our goal by offering an eighteen-month program that consists of nine seminars with experts in their respective fields, on-site tours, meetings with business and government leaders, issue awareness discussions, and study of social settings and political environments, both domestically and internationally.

Leadership requires a continuous desire to learn about ourselves, others, and the world around us. We need that understanding and the openness to engage with other people to accomplish things we cannot do alone. There is power in being many because each one of us brings different experiences, perspectives, motivations, and particular ways in which to be supportive. As leaders, we channel this diversity to accomplish various goals. Let’s be thankful for the people we have in our lives because they have helped us be who we are and get where we are. Let the power of being many rule!

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Scales & Equipment LLC “Accuracy is no Mistake” Michael Niendorf PO Box 10435, Albuquerque, NM 87184 505-227-7318 • scaleman505@yahoo.com

ROBERTSON LIVESTOCK DONNIE ROBERTSON Certified Ultrasound Technician Registered, Commercial and Feedlot 4661 PR 4055, Normangee, TX 77871 Cell: 936/581-1844 Email: crober86@aol.com

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Spring, Summer & Fall grazing for calves & feeder cattle. Yearlong lease for cows & calves. References upon request.

Please send detailed information to Pasture@ZiaAg.com or leave a message at 505.349.0652

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Nancy A. Belt, Broker Cell 520-221-0807 Office 520-455-0633 Jesse Aldridge 520-251-2735

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65+/- Acre Farm, Benson, AZ – 800 gpm well with a 450 gpm pump irrigating 23+/- acres of Bermuda pasture. Custom 3BR, 2 BA Home with hickory cabinetry in the kitchen, wrap around 11’ porch, large workshop with concrete floor, equipment shed and fish pond stocked with large mouth bass. $610,000 $550,000 279+/- Acres, San Simon, AZ Parcel 1, 222+/- Acres – $432,000.

Parcel 2, 57+/- Acres with 5 Ac of producing Pistachio trees $150,000. Shallow water in the area. Call Harry Owens 602-526-4965 +/-78 Acre Farm, Virden, NM – with 49+ acres of irrigation rights.

Pastures recently planted in Bermuda.

Currently running 50 head of cattle.

3 BR, 2 Bath site built home, shop, hay barn, 8 stall horse barn, unique round pen with adjoining shaded pens, roping arena. Scenic setting along the Gila River. Great set up for raising horses or cattle, hay, pecans, or pistachios, $550,000.

90 Head Cattle Ranch, Safford, AZ 40 Deeded Acres, BLM and State of AZ Grazing Leases. Desert ranch with five sets of corrals, four with wells and one with a spring. The ranch is well watered with 5 total wells, 6 dirt tanks and a spring. $425,500

*NEW* +/-38 Acre Farm, Sheldon AZ – This preppers paradise includes a large 4 BR 3 BA home; canning studio; root cellar; large workshop with covered outdoor work area; irrigated pasture with 600 gpm well, fenced and cross fenced for cattle/ horses; corrals; barn; chicken houses and pens; rabbit pen; garden area, fruit trees, pond and other various outbuildings. The property includes tractor implements; backhoe; and RV $410,000 *MAJOR REDUCTION* 240 Acres with Irrigation Rights, Elfrida, AZ – Suitable for hay, crops, pecans, irrigated pasture, homesite or future development. Includes 130 acres of irrigation rights, partially fenced, with corrals, & a well. $336,000 Reduced to $279,800 $215,000.

Terms.

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SCOTT MCNALLY www.ranchesnm.com 575/622-5867 575/420-1237 Ranch Sales & Appraisals

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HORSE PROPERTIES/LAND *NEW* +/-14 Ac Horse Property, Sonoita, AZ – Custom 2861 s.f. home in the Oaks with matching outbuildings including a 2-car garage w/upstairs apartment & a charming vintage carriage house/stable. Modern 4- stall horse barn with a front portico, tack room, and wash area.

Two arenas, and a round pen. Access to USFS. $795,000 *REDUCED* 20± Ac Horse Property, Pomerene, AZ – 2443± s.f., 4BR, 2 1/2 bath, home with covered porches, fireplace, pool, 2 car garage, RV barn with 15’ covered overhangs, round pen, 8 stalls – 4 covered, shop, tack room, wash area. $499,000 $485,000 San Rafael Valley, AZ – Own a slice of heaven in the pristine San Rafael Valley, 152 Acres for $380,150 & 77 Acres with well for $217,000

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*NEW* OW Ranch, Near Payson, AZ +/- 72 Deeded acre USFS inholding in the Tonto National Forest. 150 head seasonal USFS Permit June – Oct. Historic residence, guest house, foreman’s home, barns, immaculately maintained. Two – live, year round trout streams and ponds. Stunning meadow setting with majestic ponderosa pines. Sophisticated western charm at its best. $3.9M *REDUCED* 90 Head, Agua Fria Ranch, Quemado, NM – This is a scenic mid-size ranch with great prospects. Operating as a private hunting retreat, & a purebred Angus & Paint horse ranch. +/-1200 deeded acres, +/-80 acres of NM lease, & +/5220 acres BLM. 4BR, 2BA, mfg. home. Trophy elk, antelope, deer.

Elk & mule deer permits. Candidate for a conservation easement or land exchange with the BLM. $1,490,000 *NEW* 1450+/- Head Ranch, Vicksburg, AZ – Solid desert ranch ready to go with great improvements and excellent access. 442.54+/deeded acres, 21,814+/- acres State lease, and 257,000 +/- acres BLM grazing permit. Includes HQ with nice home, bunkhouse, tack house, workshop, and horse corrals; 17 corrals with wells; shipping corrals with hydraulic squeeze and tub. Has consistently run 500 +/- head yearlong but is Rated at 1450 head. $1,498,400 *PENDING* 207+/- Acre Farm, Benson, AZ – 165 +/- acres of tillable land, currently 115 ac in irrigated pasture, fenced and cross fenced for cattle. Carrying capacity one to two head per irrigated acre depending upon management. Includes home, equipment shed, work shop, barn,

shipping corrals. Shallow wells 110’ to 160’ deep two domestic wells.

Close to I-10. $1,200,000 52 Head Ranch, San Simon, AZ – Indian Springs Ranch, pristine & private, only 12 miles from I-10.

Bighorn sheep, ruins, pictographs.

1480 acres of deeded, 52 head, BLM lease, historic rock house, new cabin, springs, wells. $1,300,000 $975,000, Terms.

Harry Owens 602-526-4965

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WAGONMOUND RANCH, Mora/Harding Counties, NM. 4,927 +/- deeded acres, 1,336.80 +/state lease acres, 2,617 +/- Kiowa National Grassland Lease Acres. 8,880.80 +/- Total Acres. Substantial holding with good mix of grazing land and broken country off rim onto Canadian River. Fenced into four main pastures with shipping and headquarter pasture and additional four pastures in the Kiowa lease. Modern well, storage tank and piped water system supplementing existing dirt tanks located on deeded. Located approximately 17 miles east of Wagon Mound on pavement then county road. Nice headquarters and good access to above rim. Wildlife include antelope and some elk. Ranch has been conservatively stocked through dry spell. $2,710,000.

MILLER KRAUSE RANCH, Colfax County, NM. 939.37 +/- deeded acres with 88 irrigation shares from Springer Ditch Company. Approximately 200 +/deeded acres east of I25 Exit 414 (Springer north exit) and the balance west. Rolling country with big views, well on east side and water meter and dirt tanks on west side. Mature cottonwoods. Owner would consider offers on whole or in part. Property has been reduced to $559,900.

and facilities you need to summer your cutting horse operation out of the heat and far enough south to have somewhat mild winters. Approximately 6,200 ft elevation. Additional acreage available. $1,550,000.

MAXWELL FARM IMPROVED, Colfax County, NM. 280 +/- deeded acres, 160 Class A irrigation shares, 2 center pivots, nice sale barn, 100 hd feedlot. Last year was an exceptional growth year and this year with the lakes filling should be a good irrigation year as well. Owner financing available to qualified buyer.

Significantly reduced to $550,000.

MAXWELL FARM UNIMPROVED, Colfax County, NM. 200 +/- deeded acres, 170 Class A irrigation shares, all ditch system. Most water comes off Stubblefield.

Needs some work. $320,000.

MIAMI 80 ACRES, Colfax County, NM. 80 +/- deeded acres, 80 water shares, expansive views, house, shop, roping arena, barns and outbuildings. Reduced to $490,000.

MAXWELL HORSE OUTFIT, Colfax County, NM 45 +/deeded acres, 34.2 water shares, big 2-story home, big new steel horse barn, lots of pipe improvements, peaceful setting, trees. 2nd Park model home. $450,000.

MIAMI HORSE TRAINING FACILITY, Colfax County, MIAMI 40 ACRES, Colfax County, NM. 40 +/- deeded NM. Ideal horse training facility with large 4 bedroom 3 acres, 45 water shares, excellent adobe home, shop, bathroom approx. 3,593 sq-ft home, 248.32 +/- deedbarn, and improvements. Well laid out pastures and ed acres, 208 shares of irrigation, and all the buildings excellent hay ground. This is a must see. $425,000.

Stacie Ewing, QB/Owner 575-377-3382 // stacie@americanwestre.com

955 Acres of Cattle Ranch located just south of Springer.

Well, fenced, crossed fenced.

Ponds, Ocate River.

Horse Training facility with 77.5 acres with 77.5 acre feet of water rights.

Double-walled adobe home with horse barn, corrals, pasture, hay barn, dog kennel, & more.

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Lazy EH: Western AZ, 122.5 ac deeded, 260,000 ac BLM/State Lease. 11,500 AUM ephemeral/500 AU yearlong. 17 wells, 2 pumps on CAP canal. $875,000. Con Englehorn C6 Ranch: Sonoita/Patagonia AZ. 165 head, 45 acres deeded, 8700 acres forest lease great water, good improvements. $725,000. Sam Hubbell-Tom Hardesty Hunt Valley Ranch: 1,173 deeded acres & 320 acres private lease with cowboy house and irrigation well for small pasture and orchard. Located 12 miles NW of St. Johns, AZ. $595,000. Traegen Knight Tres Alamos Ranch/Farm, Benson AZ: 668 acres deeded W/200 irrigated, shallow water, 3 Pivots, present owners running 200 head yearlong. Priced at $2,250,000.

Walter Lane

Rogers Lake: 80 acres SW Flagstaff, adjacent summer leases may be available to sublease. $1,600,000.

Paul Groseta

Price Canyon Ranch: 191 head Guest Ranch in SE AZ. Great improvements. $2,950,000. Walter Lane

Phoenix Con Englehorn Kyle Conway 602-258-1647 Cottonwood Andy Groseta Paul Groseta 928-634-8110 Sonoita Sam Hubbell Tom Hardesty Sandy Ruppel 520-609-2546 Tucson Walter Lane Trey Champie Vince Hutson 520-792-2652 St. Johns Traegen Knight 928-524-3740

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Horse Farm – 26 acres of land, 24.1 acres of Sr Artesian Water Rights. 10 Stall Horse Barn w/Pipe Runs. 4 stalls without runs. 30 pens measure 30’ by 33’ & 7 feet high. 4 large paddocks. 2 Apartments. Lighted Arena 200 feet by 300 feet. Price Reduced.

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Horse Farm – 2,600+ square foot home, 3 bedroom, 3 bath, in ground swimming pool, Shop, Hay Storage Barn, 19 acres of land, 18.5 acres of Artesian Water Rights, 14 stall horse barn w/hay storage & tack room, several pipe paddocks, 6 horse walker, Round Pen & Arena. $600,000

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RANCH & FARM REAL ESTATE n OCATE MESA – 100 pristine ac. +/-, located near Black Lake on state road 120 between the villages of Ocate & Angel Fire, New Mexico, great hunting/recreation!

30,000 HD. FEED YARD – Southeast Texas Panhandle, close to Texas & Kansas packers. Call or email for details!!!!

JUST LISTED! – 37.65 sections +/- Central NM ranch w/ good, useable improvements & water, some irrigation w/2 pivot sprinklers, on pvmt. w/all-weather road, 13,322 ac.+/Deeded, 8,457 ac. +/- BLM Lease, 2,320 ac. +/- State Lease.

JUST LISTED! – Please call for details on 176,000 ac. +/- of choice land in Argentina (beautiful land cleared for soybeans & corn, some cleared & seeded to improved grasses for grazing of thousands of mother cows, some still in the brush waiting to be cleared).

JUST LISTED! – 11.2 choice sections +/-, in the heart of Central New Mexico’s open, rolling grama grass country, good improvements & water, cow/calf country w/summer grazing of yearlings certainly an option, two mi. of hwy. frontage.

JUST OUT OF CLAYTON, NM – 2,685 ac. +/-, 2 homes, bunk house, roping & training arenas, other improvements, well managed, excellent grass.

CLOUD CROFT, NM – Otero Co. – ¾ miles of the Rio Penasco – 139 ac. +/- deeded, 160 ac. +/- State Lease, 290.27 acre feet of water rights, 2 cabins, excellent grazing, elevation from 7-7500 ft., good access off of paved road.

SAN MIGUEL CO., NM – 9,135 total ac.+/-, w/6,670 ac. +deeded, 320 ac. +/- BLM, 40 ac. +/- State Lease, 2,106 ac. +/- “FREE USE”, well improved, just off pvmt. on co. road., two neighboring ranches may be added!

CUCHARAS RIVER RANCH, NORTH – Huerfano Co.,CO - buy this well located, choice, grama/western wheat grass ranch & develop the really scenic parts of the ranch for residential subdivisions w/10, 20, 40, 100 acre tracts. 12, 088 deeded ac. +/-, addtl. perks, hunting, fishing, recreation w/a large lake on the ranch together w/the Cucharas River & Sand Creek.

PRICE REDUCED! TUCUMCARI, NM AREA – 4 irr. farms totaling 1,022.22 deeded ac. +/- with 887.21 ac. +/- of Arch Hurley Water Rights (one farm w/a modern 2 bdrm. – 1 bath home, w/a metal roof, barn & shop) together with 1,063 addtl. deeded ac. +/- of native grass (good set of livestock pens & well-watered). All one-owner, all on pvmt., can be bought together or separately.

SUPER GRAIN & CATTLE COMBINATION – Union Co., NM - well improved w/15 circles, state-of-the-art working pens, homes, barns, hwy. & all-weather road frontage, divided into 3 different farms in close proximity of each other – can divide.

DANCES WITH WOLVES COUNTRY – Union Co., NM – Pinabetes/Tramperos Creeks Ranch – super country w/ super improvements & livestock watering facilities, 4,650 deeded, 3,357 State Lease, one irr. well with ¼ mi. pivot sprinkler for supplemental feed, excellent access via pvmt. & all weather roads.

QUAY CO., NM – Box Canyon Ranch – well improved & watered, 2,400 ac. deeded, 80 ac. State Lease, excellent access from I40.

STATE OF THE ART – Clayton, NM area, 1,600 deeded ac. +/-, plus 80 ac. +/- State lease, home, barn & pens in excellent condition, all weather CR road.

FT. SUMNER VALLEY – beautiful home on 20 irr. ac., 3 bdrm/2 bath country home, nice combination apartment/ horse barn w/2 bdrms., one bathroom/washroom & three enclosed stalls w/breezeway, currently in alfalfa, ditch irrigated.

PONTOCTOC/COAL CO., OK – three good, solid ranches just out of Ada in close proximity, one to the other (one owner: 779 ac. +/-, 1,370 ac. +/-, 974 ac. +/-), good, useable improvements, on pvmt. or good all-weather roads.

Seller very motivated to buy or trade for ranch or farmland properties between Dallas & Houston, TX. Area!

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27.5 ACRE FARM IN SAN MIGUEL, NM - consists of 3 tracts (two 8 acre tracts & 11.5 ac tract) will sell each tract separately for $19,000/acre.

Full EBID & irrigation well, community water, electric, telephone & gas on Camunez Road to adjoining property.

Beautiful farm land, great mountain & valley views. Take Highway 28 south to San Miguel, DAN DELANEY east or left on Hwy 192, first right or south on REAL ESTATE, LLC Las Colmenas, then east on Camunez to end of 318 W. Amador Avenue pavement. Priced at $399,000

1301 Front Street, Dimmitt, TX 79027 800-933-9698 / 5a.m. -10p.m. www.scottlandcompany.com www.texascrp.com Ben G. Scott – Broker • Krystal M. Nelson – CO/NM Qualifying Broker

Please view our websites for details on these properties, choice TX, NM, CO ranches (large & small), choice ranches in the high rainfall areas of OK, irr./dryland/CRP & commercial properties. We need your listings on any types of ag properties in TX, NM, OK or CO. MAY 2016

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4785 JOSEFITA ROAD SE: Located in Deming, NM, 2,300 +/- sq ft House 4 Bedroom, 3 Bath, Metal Roof, 66 +/- Irrigated Acres, cement ditches, fallow ground, on-site pond supplied by irrigation well, irrigation well in great shape ran by electric, newer septic tank, Priced at $341,900

INTEREST RATES AS LOW AS 3% Payments Scheduled on 25 Years

Joe Stubblefield & Associates 13830 Western St., Amarillo, TX 806/622-3482 • cell 806/674-2062 joes3@suddenlink.net Michael Perez Associates Nara Visa, NM • 575/403-7970

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0 LALO ROAD: Located in Deming, NM, 121 +/- Irrigated Acres, Electric Well, cement ditches, fallow ground, barbed wire fence on property line, road maintenance by county, Highway 549, South Lalo Road. Priced at $394,350 SCORPIO LOOP: Located in Las Cruces, NM, 8 acres+/- of Pecan Trees, Irrigation Well, EBID Water Rights. Priced at $280,000 Call Laura @ (575) 644-0067

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CHIVAS ROAD: located in Deming, NM 125+/Acres with underground water rights, 2 wells & cement ditches, 25+/- additional acres for pasture land. Priced at $325,000 MATHERS REALTY, INC. 2223 E. Missouri, Las Cruces, NM 88001 575/522-4224 Office • 575/522-7105 Fax • 575/640-9395 Cell

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RAINBOWS END RANCH, SUNIZONA, AZ – 315 head yearlong, 5588 deeded acres 15000 state and BLM lease. Good easy grass country. This is a nice ranch in a very productive area of Arizona. Priced @$3,500,000

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BAR B RANCH, TUBAC, AZ – 75 head yearlong, 526 acres with 75 acres irrigated, owned by the same family since 1914, large grandfathered water right. Last large tract of land in the area. Improvements need attention. Priced @$1,950,000 – reduced from $2,350,000

SOLD

GOODMAN RANCH, VIRDEN, NM/ DUNCAN, AZ – 640 deeded, W/2120 NM State & BLM lease lands. The carrying capacity is for 50 head year-long, all improvements are in great condtion. This is one of the BEST little ranches in the area. Priced below current appraised value.

Priced @$480,000

SOLD

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Buyers are looking for a ranch. If you have a ranch to sell, give me a call.

John D iamo nd, Qu ali fying Bro ker john@beaverheadoutdoors.com Cell: (575) 740-1528 Office: (575) 772-5538 Fax: (575) 772-5517 HC 30 Box 445, Winston, NM 87943

Lincoln, New Mexico: Historic Vorwerk home with 33+/- acres . Rio Bonito river with 16.5 acre feet of historic water rights dating to 1853.

Elk, mule deer, turkey, barbary sheep.

Brochure at: www.sidwellfarmandranch.com

Specializing in NM Ranches & Hunting Properties www.BeaverheadOutdoors.com

SIDWELL FARM & RANCH REALTY, LLC Tom Sidwell, Qualifying Broker 6237 State Highway 209, Tucumcari, NM 88401 • 575-403-6903 tom@sidwellfarmandranch.com • www.sidwellfarmandranch.com

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GATO MOUNTAIN RANCH: High desert recreation hunting ranch with excellent improvements. Wildlife includes elk, mule deer, bear and lion. Well suited as a corporate retreat with accommodations for at least 34 people. 389 deeded acres along with 2,602 BLM lease acres with a grazing permit for 33 AU’s. Numerous horseback and ATV trails. Owners willing to split the deeded acreage. This is one of kind. Presented in cooperation with Schrimsher Ranch Real Estate, LLC. View video at www.nm-ranches.com Price: $2,800,000 TOLAND RANCH: Hobby Ranch comprised of 1,440 deeded acres located at Cedarvale, NM in Torrance County. Divided into two tracts divided by State Highway 42. North tract is fenced with one well. South tract needs approximately 2.5 miles of boundary fenced. View additional information at www.ranchesnm.com Priced accordingly @ $300 per deeded acre.

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ARNOLD ALLOTMENT – Buckeye AZ, ephemeral State and BLM leases. Asking $150,000 NEW LISTING! Wickenburg AZ, 501 Head Year Long plus Ephemeral, State and BLM, Zero Deeded. Very Strong Spring Feed. Asking $825,000 NEW LISTING: EAST VF RANCH – Willcox AZ, 1740 Deeded, 2782 State, Bunk House, Barn, Working Corrals, Shipping Corrals, 54 Head Year Round. Asking $1,040,000 NEW LISTING: RED ROCK BASIN RANCH – Benson AZ, 1096 Deeded, 2300 State.

Good grass, almost 5000’ elevation and secluded. Asking $1,300,000 NEW LISTING: SPLIT ROCK RANCH WEST – Hilltop, AZ, 60 Head Ranch, 1350 Deeded, plus State and USFS, Beautiful Oak Tree and Grass Ranch. Asking $2,000,000 BUCKHORN RANCH – SE AZ, 350 head ranch spread over 19,000 acres with 2,163 Deeded acres, plus State, BLM & Forest. The ranch is found in one of Southeast Arizona’s prime ranching valleys with picturesque setting & steeped in very old history. Asking $2,500,000

BILLY THE KID RANCH: 3,290 acres located in the foothills of the Sacramento Mountains just 30 minutes from Ruidoso, NM. Access is gated and locked from U. S. Highway 70. Improvements include a sprawling 3 bedroom residence with an enclosed metal shop and equipment shed. Fantastic views of Sierra Blanca and the Capitan Mountain range. Sale to include cattle and equipment. Presented in cooperation with Schrmsher Ranch Real Estate, LLC. View color brochure & video at www.nm-ranches.com Price: $4,000,000

NEW LISTING: PALO VERDE RANCH – Marana AZ, 80 Deeded, 86 Sections of State and BLM, Beautiful Hacienda HQ, 501 Head Year Long plus Ephemeral Increases.

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out as the cowboys off surrounding entering what was quickly becoming ranches… The more I looked at them the known as “rodeos.” These were contests more they appealed to me. I thought if I where a cowboy put up an entry fee and could grow up to be a cowboy it would be competed for prize money as opposed to the most wonderful thing in the world.” working in a Wild West Show, where they

by Jim Olson Grow up to be a cowboy is exactly what mostly were paid on a salary basis. he did. Byers first job was with a Wild West At the time, Trick and Fancy Roping was show and Major Gordon W. Lillie, AKA a judged event, much like the rough stock “Pawnee Bill.” It was the spring of 1905— events are today. Byers was the undefeated Chet was thirteen. Besides learning from champion of Trick and Fancy Roping at local cowboys who were “pretty good with Madison Square Garden from the inaugural a rope,” he was also instructed by the great show there (1922) through 1933 (the last Will Rogers (who became a lifelong friend) year it was offered as a contest). He also on the finer art of “rope spinning.” won titles in this event and also steer and he book, Roping - Trick and Fancy Rope Byers specialty was the “Trick and Fancy calf roping at prestigious rodeos such as Spinning, was published in 1928 by G. Roping,” but he competed in steer and calf Pendleton, Fort Worth, Cheyenne, Tucson, P. Putnam’s Sons publishing. The roping during his career as well. He also was Denver and Oklahoma City—just to name author—Chester Byers. In the foreword, a “featured rope spinner” for Lucille Mul- a few.

Will Rogers wrote, “Now I don’t know what hall’s Congress of Rough Riders, the Miller When Trick and Fancy Roping morphed Chet has told you in this book, that’s why I Brothers’ 101 Ranch Show, Buffalo Bill’s Wild from a contest to a contract act in the midam a friend to so many authors. I never read West, the Lucky Baldwin Ranch Show and 1930s, Byers switched to calf and steer their books. But whatever he has told you, the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus. He toured roping as his main events. However, now is so. Chet knows more about roping than the United States, Canada, Mexico, South having moved to Fort Worth, he was also any man in the world. He is one man in his America, and England. By 1915, he was con- featured at the Fort Worth Exposition and line that is absolute champion.” He also sidered the World’s Champion Trick and Stock Show every year through 1945 as a wrote, “Now Chet knows ropes and Chet Fancy Roper by most in the business. (There contract trick roping act (and hometown knows roping…” were no official World Championships hero).

Rodeo historian, Willard Porter, wrote, Chester A. (Chet) Byers was born at awarded until the late 1920s.)

Knoxville, Illinois, on January 18, 1892 to In 1919, Byers decided to go out on his “Chester Byers was probably the best-known Jesse and Eliza Byers. In his book, he said, “I own. He had been a main attraction at so roper in the world. He was not only a good left Knoxville at the age of about three and many shows for other people, that he calf and steer roper, but he was also a senwent to Mulhall, Oklahoma. This was my decided to give it a whirl for himself. He sational trick and fancy roper, specializing first taste of the great open West. I remem- wrote, “By this time I began to feel pretty in this category of rope work when it was a ber my father taking me out walking in sure of myself in both my show and roping. contested event.”

Mulhall. We used to meet men riding into It was a nice feeling of freedom after I had Besides writing the aforementioned town all fitted out with chaps and ropes made this decision.” Beside putting on his book and being known as the “authority” and big hats. My father would point them own shows under contract, he also started on roping in his day, Chet was one of the first professional cowboys to endorse a product. In the 1930s he was sponsored by Hobbs Manufacturing Company of Texas.

They built horse trailers and Byers proclaimed in their advertisements, “A good horse deserves a good trailer.”

He was said to be a quite and friendly man with a dry sense of humor. He was well-liked in the rodeo world and fondly remembered by most of his contemporaries. He was probably one of the best-known trick ropers in the world from the first half of the twentieth century (along with Will Rogers and Vincente Oropeza). His death on November 1, 1945 was front-page news SATURDAY, JULY 19 @ 10:30AM Buy, Sell, Trade, Pawn: in Fort Worth and thousands mourned his APPROX. 200 LOTS Cowboy & Indian: Memorabilia, Collectibles, Southwestern Antiques passing.

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he NM Beef Council hosted a lunch for the 2016 New Mexico Agriculture Leadership class. The Leadership program, lead by Executive Director, Claudia Trueblood, aids class participants in the development of leadership skills, so they can become stronger and more effective leaders in their industries and communities.

The eighteen-month program consists of nine seminars with experts in their respective fields, on site tours and meetings with leaders in agriculture, business and government.

The group enjoyed green chile CHEESEBURGERS, toured the NMBC office, learned about the Beef Checkoff, the New Mexico Beef Council and the NMBC’s communication plan.

Dina Chacón-Reitzel, NMBC Executive Director said, “The council was excited to host these future ag leaders. We’re counting on them to strengthen and grow agriculture in the state. Learning about beef promotion, consumer programs and beef research will help prepare them to make informed decisions regarding the beef community, in whatever field of work they choose.”

To learn more about the NM Agriculture Leadership Program, contact New Mexico State University, email: nmal@nmsu.edu.

NM Agriculture Leadership Class learns about the New Mexico Beef Council, from NMBC Executive Director, Dina Chacón-Reitzel.

NM Ag Leadership Class (back row l-r), Newt McCarty, Ryan Garcia, Dustin Ptolemy, Toby Boone, Alicia Briggs; (front row l-r), Laura Smigielski-Garcia, Dina Chacón-Reitzel, Claudia Trueblood, Shannon Norris, Lacy Levine, and Valerie Huerta.

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heckoff-funded consumer market research shows us that the key generation for beef marketing – millennials – practically live on their computer devices. They tell us that they get virtually all of their information online, then use that information to draw conclusions and make important decisions about agriculture and the food they eat.

They use social-media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram to get beef recipes and information about beef and the beef industry, the research shows. In addition, they share their thoughts about beef and beef production through these platforms.

And they look online for what their fellow consumers are saying about beef, then look online elsewhere to see if the information is scientifically sound. Perhaps, most important for beef producers, they look to social media for quick and convenient recipe ideas to feed their families and help them thrive.

While challenging, all of these interests translate to tremendous opportunities for the Beef Checkoff Program, because millennials are a growing influence with growing families, who will make beef-buying decisions for the next 40-plus years. In short, the checkoff is constantly adjusting its beef promotion and education programs to fit the millennial bill.

“Now, when you remember that advertising and marketing aren’t about reaching those producing the product – i.e. cattle farmers and ranchers – but about reaching those who purchase or make purchasing decisions in consumer households, it quickly becomes clear the cattle producers and importers who invest in the checkoff might not tend to see checkoff-funded advertising and marketing as often as consumers do,” says Jo Stanko, co-chair of the checkoff’s Investor Relations Working Group and producer from Colorado. “Producers clearly are not the target audience for beef-marketing materials and events, and unless you get most or all of your beef information from online consumer and food-media platforms, you probably will not see checkoff advertising often.

“Of course, that doesn’t mean it’s not there.

Quite the contrary. And that’s why the checkoff’s producer-communications program works hard to keep checkoff investors informed about how their dollars are being invested – and the results of those investments. That’s why you’ll find information BEEF CHECKOFF cont. on page 66

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about the checkoff in most places you look for information about the beef community, including through MyBeefCheckoff.com, our Facebook page, and our Twitter and YouTube channels.”

To get a clear “first-person” view of what the checkoff is doing to reach consumers through its multifaceted digital marketing and advertising programs, check out some of the effective ways that the checkoff’s marketing programs are engaging consumers into the beef community today.

The bottom line is clear: Based on what millennials say is important to them, the Beef Checkoff Program is working diligently to make real, meaningful connections with these consumers to share the positive, science-based story about all things beef.

It’s behind the checkoff’s “Beef. It’s What’s for Dinner.” ‘Above All Else’ campaign that reaches this target audience in an authentic, genuine way – not only through communications channels they use most – but also through hands-on opportunities for millennial influencers – all toward building genuine advocates for beef. With millennials, knowledge plus experience equals believing.

“The future of the beef industry depends heavily on this next generation of beef eaters, and your checkoff is seeing to it that they have the information they need to increase their confidence in you and your end product to make sure that beef remains ‘What’s for Dinner’ for generations to come!” says Stanko.

To learn how the New Mexico half of the checkoff dollar is invested, visit the New Mexico Beef Council website, www.nmbeef.com.

The Beef Checkoff Program was established as part of the 1985 Farm Bill. The checkoff assesses $1 per head on the sale of live domestic and imported cattle, in addition to a comparable assessment on imported beef and beef products. States retain up to 50 cents on the dollar and forward the other 50 cents per head to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board, which administers the national checkoff program, subject to USDA approval.

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he checkoff-funded “Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner.” website is launching a new landing page focused on slow-cooker methods for preparing beef.

One look at Pinterest, and it’s clear that the slow cooker is back on trend, with millennial parents relying on the convenience and ease of the slow cooker for a variety of meals throughout the week. The new landing page will serve as a content hub of all things slow cooker – including the best cuts for slow cooking, a slow-cooker recipe collection, and inspirational “no recipe-recipe” videos for the slow cooker.

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he checkoff knows just how much millennials want to get information and educational resources from people like them, so the flagship “Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner.” social media pages are connecting audiences with influencers like Chris Mohr.

Chris is a dad, a fitness enthusiast, Registered Dietitian and holds a PhD. Mohr has teamed up with the checkoff to provide inspiring recipes like Tenderloin, Cranberry and Pear Salad. He also helps the checkoff share the beef tips that he finds most helpful, like getting your little ones involved in meal preparations. The checkoff has grown its Facebook fan base to nearly 1 million likes and its Twitter fans to nearly 18,000 followers and will continue to reach these growing groups of consumers through social media by leveraging influencers to show their love for beef and how it fits into a healthy diet!

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NMBC DIRECTORS: Bruce Davis (Producer); David FEDERATION DIRECTOR, Bernarr Treat (Producer) U.S.M.E.F. DIRECTOR, David McSherry McSherry (Feeder); Mark McCollum (Feeder); Milford Denetclaw (Producer); Susie Jones (Dairy Producer); Kenneth BEEF BOARD DIRECTOR, Bill King (Producer) McKenzie (Producer).

For more information contact: New Mexico Beef Council, Dina Chacón-Reitzel, Executive Director 1209 Mountain Rd. Pl. NE, Suite C, Albuquerque, NM 87110 505/841-9407 • 505/841-9409 fax • www.nmbeef.com

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THE LAST RANCH

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A Novel of the New American West

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Although this book is set from the 1940s to the 1960s, McGarrity is insightful in the trials and tribulations of ranching family generational transfer and the painful goodbyes as those who come before leave us in mind well before body and spirit that ranching families are facing today.

The writing captures the pride of the past and the value of heritage that continues to guide future generations of families bonded to the land and all its’ creatures.

The book accurately portrays the multi-cultural nature of ranching in New Mexico and the respect for the tri-culture fabric the state is woven from. The description of the geography from Cochise County to El Paso is remarkable.

McGarrity gives a nod to the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association, where he is a member, as well as the CowBelles. He notes the value of horsemanship and rodeo to the Western culture. The book acknowledges the danger of the international border with Mexico. McGarrity even presents an awareness of the sometimes tense relationship between then New Mexico A & M that has

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by Mike White, President NMF & LB

Benefits of Membership – Legal Representation

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hat do you do, as a farmer or rancher, when someone infringes on your rights? Unfortunately, when worse comes to worse, and all other options have been exhausted, you take it to court. But what if your antagonist is the state or federal government? That seems complicated, intimidating and expensive.

Therein lays one of the values of your membership in New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau, the state’s largest agricultural organization. You don’t have to take on the big guys by yourself; your $60 annual dues help fund a litigation account that allows us to be stronger together.

And NMF&LB is quite successful at defending our members’ interests. For example, our winning outcomes in these following lawsuits are a few of the cases that have had a significant impact on our members.

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At the request of NMF&LB, the New Mexico Supreme Court has agreed to review a lower court ruling that required workers comp insurance for farm and ranch laborers across the state. This would have been terribly expensive and the paper work very time consuming. Fortunately, the Ag community is spared from purchasing workers comp, for now, since the New Mexico Court of Appeals’ ruling is suspended until the Supreme Court can hear oral arguments and render a decision.

Along with 12 other states, we participated in a successful lawsuit to halt the implementation of the new Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule, promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency. A district court judge in North Dakota found the EPA to be “arbitrary and capricious in its rulemaking,” so the law is stopped in these states until further litigation decides the issue. But New Mexico’s farm, ranch and dairy families are currently spared this overreach by the federal government. And WOTUS is now stopped for the rest of the nation due to the legal actions of the American Farm Bureau Federation which is funded by a portion of your dues.

Through the Pacific Legal Foundation, we petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delist the Southwest Willow Fly Catcher.

Rivers and grazing areas have been closed to provide habitat for this bird that is not a clearly distinct species. The Fish and Wildlife Service has said that there are substantial challenges to the bird’s scientific classification and that a review is merited.

Ongoing litigation includes that regarding the jaguar habitat.

We’ve brought a lawsuit against the USFWS protesting their designation of 1,194 square miles of critical habitat in New Mexico’s bootheel and portions of Arizona. Our concern is that this designation affects significant grazing areas for an animal that lives primarily in Mexico. According to our lawyers at the Pacific Legal Foundation “the state doesn’t even have any environmental features that are essential to jaguar recovery.”

The PLF is also representing us as we intervene in a lawsuit brought by the WildEarth Guardians against the Department of Justice. The WildEarth Guardians are claiming that the Endangered Species Act is being ignored as it applies to criminal punishment for the accidental destruction of endangered species. Currently, under what is known as the McKittrick Policy, innocent mistakes, such as not recognizing the species, not knowing it was listed or causing harm in an unintended way can’t be prosecuted. The WildEarth Guardians is suing to invalidate that DOJ interpretation and its effects would extend nationwide, to “takes” of any of the more than 1,500 species on the ESA list. We’ll let you know when that case is decided.

While we’ve won many lawsuits, we’ve unfortunately had some setbacks. Despite our challenge, the USFWS announced the meadow jumping mouse as an endangered species. More recently USFWS set aside 14,000 acres for the New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse despite our tireless efforts working through the process.

This designation infringes on private property rights as 5,000 acres of private land were protected as critical habitat. That equals 190 linear miles of rivers and streams that will be off limits to cattle.

That’s why we fought so hard to stop it. But the legal battles will continue for the property rights of our members.

When we say that we advocate for New Mexico’s farm, ranch and dairy families, we mean it! By virtue of member dues, we have the funds available to protect our state’s Ag community, and you’ve seen how effective we can be. So thank you for being a member and helping us to ensure a successful future for agriculture in New Mexico. This is just another benefit of your New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau membership.

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New Mexico Lawmakers Protest Fencing for Mouse

by Susan Montoya Bryan, Albuquerque Journal

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early half of New Mexico’s Legislature is stepping into the fray between ranchers and the federal government over the fencing of riparian areas on national forest land to protect an endangered mouse found in three Western states.

The fencing is intended to protect habitat of the meadow jumping mouse.

The 50 lawmakers say the federal government has overstepped its authority and is trampling private property and water rights, some of which predate New Mexico’s statehood.

They recently sent a letter to state Engineer Tom Blaine asking that he use his authority as NM’s top water official to stop the U.S. Forest Service from limiting access to springs, streams and other riparian areas.

The letter was recently made public.

“We believe the taking of this private property is illegal; it is contrary to court decrees and decisions; and it is morally wrong,” the letter reads. “The incursions of

the USFS must be stopped.” being in need of federal protection in 1985.

The letter was signed by Republicans It was placed on the waiting list in 1991 and from across the state and some Democrats again in 2007. from rural districts.

In March, federal wildlife managers Blaine confirmed that his office is inves- announced nearly 22 square miles in parts tigating ranchers’ complaints about the of NM, AZ and CO would be set aside as federal actions. critical habitat for the mouse, affecting the “New Mexico continues to be concerned management of vegetation along 170 miles with federal mismanagement of public of streams throughout the region. lands, and the impact it has on our farmers Federal biologists say 29 populations of and ranchers and their livelihoods,” he said. the mouse have been documented in the The Forest Service said there’s no plan three states over the past decade, and all to reduce livestock numbers on two are small and isolated. Nearly a dozen of the affected grazing allotments in southern NM populations have been affected by drought, and that cattle will have access to water wildfire, flooding and grazing. outside fenced areas.

Some environmentalists have described In northern NM, more fencing is pro- the mouse as one of the most endangered posed on six allotments. mammals in the nation.

The agency has previously argued that In their letter, lawmakers suggest federal it’s obligated under the Endangered officials are targeting ranchers and their Species Act to ensure the mouse is cattle since the closures wouldn’t affect protected. other hooved wildlife – deer and elk – that’s The Forest Service began ordering clo- plentiful in the forested areas. sures and installing fences in the Santa Fe “The USFS is not protecting the mouse; and Lincoln forests in 2014 after the U.S. clearly, it is using its own definition of Fish and Wildlife Service listed the mouse ‘habitat’ written and defined within the as an endangered species. agency as a method to seize water and The meadow jumping mouse, which exercise power over the allotment owners depends on tall grass along streams and in without any restitution,” the letter other riparian areas, was first recognized as says.

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exas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) officials have confirmed scrapie in a Hartley County ewe. The ewe was tested by TAHC after the owner reported signs of weight loss and lack of coordination to their local veterinarian. The premises was quarantined and a flock plan for monitoring is being developed by the TAHC and USDA. “The TAHC is working closely with the flock owner, sharing all of the options for disease eradication,” said Dr. David Finch, TAHC Region 1 Director. “We are thankful the producer was proactive in identifying a problem and seeking veterinary help immediately.”

Texas leads the nation in sheep and goat production. Since 2008, there have been no confirmed cases of scrapie in Texas. The last big spike in Texas scrapie cases was in 2006 when nine infected herds were identified and the last herd was released from restrictions in 2013.

According to USDA regulations, Texas must conduct adequate scrapie surveillance by collecting a minimum of 598 sheep samples annually. Since USDA slaughter surveillance started in FY 2003, the percent of cull sheep found positive for scrapie at slaughter (once adjusted for face color) has decreased 90 percent.

Scrapie is the oldest known transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, and under natural conditions only sheep and goats are known to be affected by scrapie.

It is a fatal disease that affects the central nervous system of sheep and goats. It is not completely understood how scrapie is

passed from one animal to the next and apparently healthy sheep infected with scrapie can spread the disease. Sheep and goats are typically infected as young lambs or kids, though adult sheep and goats can become infected.

The most effective method of scrapie prevention is to maintain a closed flock.

Raising replacement ewes, purchasing genetically resistant rams and ewes, or buying from a certified-free scrapie flock are other options to reduce the risk of scrapie. At this time the resistant genetic markers in goats have not been identified, therefore it is important to maintain your sheep and goat herds separately.

The incubation period for Scrapie is typically two to five years. Producers should record individual identification numbers and the seller’s premise identification number on purchase and sales records.

These records must be maintained for a minimum of five years.

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Monday, June 13, 2016 All events at Ruidoso Convention Center * There will be a security exercise running throughout the meeting, expect to play a part!

7:30 a.m. Registration Exhibit Hall 8:00 a.m. Opening General Session 8:15 a.m. National & New Mexico Ambassador Lauren Schlothauer 8:30 a.m. –1:15 a.m.

Ag Policy / Short Course Kim Sherwood, Small Business Assistance Program William Bunce, Executive Director, N.M. Livestock Board Update NMSU Short Course USDA Under Secretary of Marketing & Reg. Programs Edward Avalos (invited) 9:00 a.m. Juniors Depart for Tour 11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

NM Commissioner of Public Lands – Aubrey Dunn (invited) 12:00 noon Joint NMCGA / NMWGI Luncheon & Ladies Luncheon CPL Insurance / MultiMin USA / Depot Farm & Ranch Agency 1:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Property Rights / Short Course Water & Land Use Rights Convention of States NMSU Short Course 3:00 p.m. CowBelles Board of

Directors Meeting General Session 3:00 p.m. NM Sheep & Goat Council Meeting 3:30 p.m. Junior Recreation 4:30 p.m. NMCGA Policy Session 5:30 p.m. 2016 Candidate Forum 6:30 p.m. Attitude Adjustment 7:00 p.m. Joint Awards Dinner – Craig Rucker, CFACT Clips from the movie CLIMATE HUSTLE

Tuesday, June 14, 2016 All events at Ruidoso Convention Center * There will be a security exercise running throughout the meeting, expect to play a part!

7:30 a.m. Joint NMCGA / NMWGI Worship 8:30 a.m. Opening General Session 8:30 – 11:45 a.m.

Natural Resources Policy / Short Course Karen Budd-Falen. Risk Management / Brett Crosby / NMSU Short Course 9:00 a.m. Cattlegrowers Foundation 10:00 a.m. NMWGI Membership Meeting Alexandra Eckhoff, DVM, New Mexico Acting State Veterinarian 10:45 a.m. Young Cattlemen’s Leadership Committee 12:00 noon Joint NMCGA / NMWGI Luncheon Emergency Exercise Wrap Up / Review 1:15 p.m. NMCGA Board of Directors Meeting General Session

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Hales Angus Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Harrison Quarter Horses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Hartzog Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 55 Headquarters West Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 62 Henard Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Hi-Pro Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 High Plains Ranchers & Breeders . . . . . . . . . 30 Hubbell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Hudson Livestock Supplements . . . . . . . . . 17 Hutchison Western . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Inn of the Mountain Gods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Innovative Solar Systems, LLC . . . . . . . . . . 78 Isa Beefmasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 JaCin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Jarmon Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 54 Kaddatz Auctioneering & Farm Equipment . . 58 Bill King Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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Mathers Realty Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Merrick’s Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Mesa Tractor, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 57 Michelet Homestead Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Chas S. Middleton & Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Monfette Construction Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Paul McGillard / Murney Associates . . . . . . . 59 National Animal Interest Alliance . . . . . . . . 74 New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Insurance . . . . . 53 New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Membership . . 75 NM Federal Lands Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 New Mexico 4-H Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . 70 New Mexico FFA Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . 73 New Mexico Mutual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 New Mexico Premier Ranch Properties . . . . 63 New Mexico Property Group . . . . . . . . . . . 63 New Mexico Purina Dealers . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 NMSU Animal & Range Sciences . . . .21, 30, 37 New Mexico Wool Growers . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 No-Bull Enterprises LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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