Friday, May 16, 2014

AP Mobile: Rural county, feds locked in water-rights dispute

A story from AP Mobile:

Rural county, feds locked in water-rights dispute

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WEED, N.M. (AP) - The latest dispute over federal control of land and water in the West has erupted along the banks of the Agua Chiquita, a small spring-fed stream in the mountains of southern New Mexico where the federal government has installed metal fences and locked gates to keep cattle out.

The move has enraged one rural county, where the sheriff has been ordered by the county commis...

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