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ON THE COVER . . . On Guard, by Roswell Wool representative Ian Mackenzie, in the Mojave Desert, was the grand champion photo among the 450 entries in the 2011 American Sheep Industry Association photo contest. The photographs were judged for clarity, creativity & storytelling.
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Dear Fellow Members, It was an honor to be one of “ag helpers” on the 2012 “Gate to Plate” Tour put together by the New Mexico Beef Council and your checkoff dollars. To say that the trip was intense would be an understatement in terms of the hours that were put in. But we will be reaping the rewards of the efforts for years to come. This year in addition to legislators, congressional staff and the media, the tour included chefs, restaurant owners healthcare professionals and leaders from the business community and food purveyors. The tour provided both heartwarming and heart-breaking stories almost in the same breath. While the Northeast region of the state is starting to turn green, the drought is taking its toll on the land, the livestock and our families. That green is enough to look good and give some hope. The messages for the tour were clear — we are family businesses who care about the land and our animals. The land will be cared for even if it means selling the livestock that we have taken generations to perfect. Our members are investing time and money into projects that they know they will never see the full benefit of. But they hope their children and grandchildren will. We take great care of our animals to make sure that consumers have the best beef possible. Just because we live rurally doesn’t mean that we are not educated. We are a highly scientific industry and we are using the latest science and technology for the benefit of everyone involved in the food chain. Finally we are a community no matter how many miles apart we live. There were 55 of us on the bus, but every meal included well over 100 people. The CowBelles didn’t follow the bus, but were at literally every stop to help with meals. Our youngsters did us proud from the Mosquero FFA Chapter to the entire Roy school that greeted us through Roy. Joe Clavel’s 9-year-old granddaughter put us all to shame in roping calves and gently getting them to the branding fire. We made lots of new friends and got reacquainted with old ones. It is unfortunate that we cannot gather up the entire Legislature, Congressional delegation and the Administration and provide them this experience. There is no doubt that we could open up some minds. We are counting down the days to the Mid-Year Meeting June 24 to 26 at the Inn of the Mountain Gods. The deadline has passed for reserving a room, but if you find you can come at the last minute, please let us know and we will do our best to find accommodations for you. The program is getting bigger and more interesting by the day. This is a gathering you won't want to miss. In closing, I want to once again invite anyone who is not a member of the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association to join and to urge our current members to bring a friend along to convention and get them signed up. Our Association is only as strong as the people who support it. You can join now at www.nmagriculture.org . See you in Ruidoso!
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Two New Studies Identify Major Flaws in the Equal Access to Justice Act To support the nation’s veterans, seniors and small business, Wyoming Senator and Congresswoman call for swift passage of Government Litigation Savings Act Government Litigation Savings Act ends misuse of tax-payer reimbursements, and improves EAJA for needful users.
he Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Notre Dame Law School published separate studies on the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) in early May that show funds intended for the nation’s veterans, seniors and small businesses are flowing to environmental groups contrary to Congressional intent. The Notre Dame law review article provides a comprehensive history of EAJA, and relies on a broad analysis of court records and public tax returns to show that millions of dollars are paid out to environmental groups using a social safety-net program not designed for them. The GAO study confirms that while the amount of tax-payer reimbursements to environmental groups is likely in the millions, the federal government has not kept track. “We have known for some time that the Equal Access to Justice Act needed attention, but these new reports from respected institutions shine a spotlight on the urgency of the matter,” Rep. Lummis (R-WY) said. “These two studies confirm that EAJA is broken and the government is not keeping track; it throws up unnecessary roadblocks to those who deserve the help, and at the same time is a free-flowing spigot for those the law was not intended to assist. But it can and should be fixed as soon as possible. Environmental laws exist for environmentalists; EAJA is for seniors and veterans in need.” “It’s time to return EAJA back to its original intent of helping our nation’s veterans, seniors and small businesses,” said Barrasso. “For far too long, we’ve watched special interest groups fund their anti-multiple use agenda with Americans’ hard earned taxpayer dollars. These new reports confirm the pressing need for more accountability and transparency when it comes to EAJA payments. Americans deserve to know who their money is going to and how exactly it’s being spent.” H.R. 1996, the Government Litigation Savings Act, will modernize the Equal Access to Justice Act by improving the process for legal fee reimbursement for veterans, seniors and small businesses, and providing greater certainty on the amount of reimbursements available for these deserving groups. At the same time, H.R. 1996 removes tax-payer subsidies for litigation filed
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outside the boundaries set by the nation’s environmental laws. The bill is supported by over 100 groups representing conservationists, sportsmen, outdoor recreationists, small businesses and farmers and ranchers. Highlights from the GAO and Notre Dame studies include: · n Intended originally as a cost saving mechanism, the $125 an hour cap on attorney’s fees is routinely “evaded,” and despite court instructions to narrowly interpret EAJA’s language to increase fees for special factors, EAJA reimbursements range from $157 to over $500 an hour. Notre Dame Journal of Legislation, pages 36 – 41. — The Government Litigation Savings Act corrects this problem by creating a clear hourly rate applied equally to all legal representation no matter their area of expertise. · n The absence of an equitable cap on the net worth of groups eligible to receive EAJA reimbursement, combined with the absence of any federal oversight provides continued on page 14
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of the Interior, the GAO determined that only 10 could provide any data on EAJA reimbursements. One of those ten, which is housed in the Department of Interior, relied on employee memory to create the data. The GAO study is clear that the number of cases and awarded amounts the agency could identify are not “comprehensive, or precise.” Limited Data Available on USDA and Interior Attorney Fee Claims and Payments, Government Accountability Office. n GAO, which relied only on what the 10 agencies were able to provide, still identified $4.4 million in EAJA payments. This number does not match court documents, tax returns, and is derived from a much larger amount of legal fees. For example, the Forest Service identified over $16 million in legal fees, but could only identify the source of $2.3 million. — The Government Litigation Savings Act corrects both of these problems by requiring a robust tracking and reporting requirement administered by a third party, disallowing any agency from making the decision that a payment of tax-payer dollars is “too small” to track, or “not needed.” Light was first shed on this issue when
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heepmen are a hardy bunch. They are hard working, some say hardheaded, and dedicated to their flocks, and their operations, which often have been in the family for generations. They have a deep and abiding hatred of coyotes, and a natural optimism that is renewed each spring with the arrival of the first baby lambs. For most in the industry, raising and working sheep is what they do – it’s much more than just the way they make their living. It’s not just about the economics of the situation – it’s about the generations of knowledge and tradition that have come before. Many times, ranchers will stay in the business long after it’s profitable, just because they love their sheep – which can be a hard thing for bankers and those not raised in the industry to understand. For decades, sheep were a big business in New Mexico, but in recent years numbers have decreased as producers have diversified their operations or gotten out of the business entirely. Predator loss has been one of the biggest factors, and that impact is compounded for producers that try to keep their sheep after neighboring ranches go out of the business. In 2009, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), over 9,000 New Mexico sheep and lambs were lost to predators. Between the predators and drought, and the difficulty of finding good help, it’s a tough time to be in the sheep business, according to New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc. (NMWGI) President Marc Kincaid, whose family ranches near Piñon. “Last year, it seemed like about the time we got the varmints pushed back, the fires came along and destroyed our fences, causing a whole new set of problems. Although sheep numbers in New Mexico are down, there are positive signs for producers still in the business. “There’s definitely money to be made with sheep if you can just get the lambs raised and sold. Lamb and wool prices are up, and the guys who are still in the business are doing 16
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Wool Warehouse manager Mike Corn is optimistic about the industry’s future. “The saying that tradition is the largest predator we have in the industry is true,” he said. “Times have changed, the country has changed, and we have to be willing to change and try new things to make it work.” Corn was elected to the American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) Executive Board in January, representing producers in western states including Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Nevada. He is also a member of ASI’s Resource Council, which focuses on issues like predators and public land. “I am tickled to be on the board, and am looking forward to serving. I am not just a wool buyer, I am a producer like everyone else.” Following last year’s record wool prices, this year’s strong market is definitely a good sign. Roswell Wool has held three successful sales, with one set for the end of June, and Corn says so far, producers have done well. “Compared to other natural
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nio Manzanares also sees hope for New Mexico’s sheep industry. Manzanares and his wife Molly raise crossbred sheep near Los Ojos, and market their certified organic, grassfed lamb under the Shepherd’s Lamb label at the Santa Fe Farmers Market, La Montanita Co-op in Santa Fe, and via telephone and internet. Antonio was recently appointed to the American Lamb Board, which is charged with research and promotion of American Lamb, and is funded by the Lamb Checkoff – an assessment paid by producers when sheep are sold. “So far, I’ve been to one meeting, and have learned a lot. I have my own ideas, too, and am looking forward to working with the group.” Manzanares is serving a three-year term on the ALB, representing the general public. “I hope I can bring some new ideas and suggest some new ways of doing things,” he said. “We can’t just do the same old thing, and we can’t do things the way as other industries with much larger budgets, like pork and beef.” One of the biggest problems for the industry, long-term, is the lack of young producers, which is one issue being ana-
lyzed in the ALB’s sustainability project. “We need to get some younger people in the business,” he noted. “There is a lot of room for growth in the industry.” Good lamb prices are also encouraging. “People are saying that they’ve never seen such high prices, but I believe that the price of lamb is where it needs to be,” Manzanares said. “I believe that we’re finally catching up, that we’ve finally reached parity.” “One of the biggest problems for livestock producers is our country’s cheap food policy,” he continued. “People are not used to paying much for their food, and prices are kept so low that producers aren’t paid what their product is worth.” The Manzanares family raises sheep on private, leased, and U.S. Forest Service land in northern New Mexico. “We’ve hung in there, our weather is a little different than in most of the state.” They lamb in May, and will move the flock to the forest in June, using herders to help manage and protect the animals. Throughout the summer, they will work the sheep and sort out the bigger lambs for slaughter, harvesting between 50 and 60 lambs every two weeks. In November, the year’s remaining lambs are trucked to fields near their slaughter facility in
Durango, Colo., where they continue processing lambs until the end of the year’s crop. Meat that is not sold fresh is frozen to meet demand in the winter. The slow economy has definitely had an impact on Shepherd’s Lamb. “The past several years have been tough for us. 2007 was a great year, but since then our sales have dropped about 50 percent. They stopped dropping in 2010, stayed level through 2011 and lately we’ve noticed an upward trend. People are starting to feel a little better about the economy, and are more willing to spend some money.” Antonio and Molly started selling lamb at farmers markets in 1992, and have been marketing their own product – in one form or another – for 20 years. “It’s hard work. People don’t realize how hard it is to go out and market your own product. The worst part,” he said, “is that we are so busy with the marketing that we aren’t able to spend as much time as we’d like out working with the sheep, which is what we really want to do.” According to Manzanares, to stay ahead, producers have to be willing to try something new. He has developed new continued on page 22
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Though sheep numbers in the state are down, the NMWGI remains very involved at the state and national level, according to Executive Director Michelle Frost. “We are active in the state legislature, hosting a booth at the annual Ag Fest. Lamb is also one of the highlights of the NM annual Roundhouse Feed, where the state’s agriculture industry feeds legislators and staff near the end of each year’s legislative session.” An active membership helps keep the organization strong, she noted. “We are thankful for our members, those who are still in the sheep business and those who have stayed with us after selling their sheep.” On the national level, New Mexico was one of 18 states represented on in the ASI’s recent spring trip, which focused on making connections with congressional offices and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Frost explained. “Congress was in recess, so while we weren’t able to meet directly with our Senators and Representatives, we were able to spend more time with staff.” Top priorities for Congressional visits was funding for predator control through continued on page 23
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the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Wildlife Services program, and the extended livestock indemnity program included in the new Farm Bill to cover livestock deaths caused by federally protected predators. Meetings with USDA agencies and officials focused on topics including opening new export markets for lamb and the USDA’s new “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food” campaign. New Mexico producers may be small in numbers, but they still pack a punch. Frost says she knows she can depend on them to help, whether it’s making calls to Congress, providing lamb for a meal, or making the trip to Santa Fe to testify at a legislative hearing. “Everyone pulls together, that’s just the way we ranchers n are,” she concluded.
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huge National Monument designation that locked up a big chunk of Utah’s natural resources. The Grand Staircase/Escalante National Monument holds some of largest reserves of clean burning coal in the country. There are also estimated to be huge petroleum reserves in the oil shale formations in Utah, Colorado and Wyoming. Utah wants to determine its own destiny in the development of these resources and others on land within its own borders. Arizona is taking a different route. The Arizona legislature passed a resolution that will place an issue on the ballot in the next election to basically do the same thing as the Utah bill. The Arizona resolution if approved by voters in November would assert state sovereignty over the air, water, public lands, minerals, wildlife and other natural resources within its boundaries. The resolution excludes territory
he Sagebrush Rebellion is alive and well spurred by dissatisfaction with federal land management that continues to grow. There are sporadic – mostly local – efforts to do something about it but so far only Utah and Arizona have produced state efforts to assume control of BLM and US Forest Service administered federal lands within their borders. Utah has passed legislation requiring the federal government to “extinguish title” to federal land in the state by the end of 2014. American Indian lands, National Parks, Wilderness Areas and National Monuments administered by the National Park Service are excluded. The bill is supported by the Republicans in the Utah Congressional delegation including Senators Hatch and Lee. As he walked out the door of the Oval Office, Bill Clinton slapped Utah with a
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established as Indian reservations by the United States and other lands ceded to the federal government under Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the Constitution. That’s the clause that limits the authority of the federal government to own land other than “forts, arsenals, magazines, dock-yards and other needful buildings”purchased with the consent of the state legislature. Both of these efforts base their legality on the Equal Footings Doctrine that requires all states to be admitted to the Union on an equal basis and their state’s Enabling Acts that preceded statehood. Arizona is in serious conflict with the federal government over the enforcement of border security in wilderness areas, wildlife preserves and national parks along continued on page 28
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its southern border. In addition the Forest Service has forced the town of Tombstoneto sue to gain access to repair part of the municipal water supply system in the Miller Peak Wilderness Area. Water lines and pumping units were damaged by floods after the Miller Fire last year. Federal land road closures and other limits on access to federal land is also an issue in both states. Twenty-two of Utah’s 27 counties are in lawsuits over RS 2477 rights of way on BLM lands. The Forest Service is attempting to close countless roads with its travel management plans. Arizona and Utah would appreciate support from other western states to help pressure the feds to respond. New Mexico has most of the same problems with federal land management as Arizona and Utah. And there are others looming. Much of the revenue that funds state government including public education is based on oil and gas production that is in jeopardy from the Endangered Species Act listing of the dunes sagebrush lizard. Local municipal and county representatives were in Washington recently and discussed the lizard’s status with Federal authorities. Environmental groups are watching this listing as an indicator of how FWS will handle rulings on other species named in the settlement agreement reached last year on ESA litigation. If FWS decides they need to demonstrate their subservience to these groups, the lizard may be listed regardless of the science. The onlyremaining recourse will be litigation. Wilderness proponents have not been able to manipulate the legislative process to get what they want along New Mexico’s southern border. As Frank wrote last month, now they want to circumvent the public process and ask the President to give them even more as a National Monument. Leaked Interior Department studies show there are other sites under consideration as well. Whether Obama wins or loses, after the November elections there could be another rash of National Monument designations like those that came at the end of the Clinton administration. This administration has been more than willing to sacrifice jobs and economic growth to satisfy the demands of environmental extremists. Most polls place New Mexico safely in the President’s column for reelection. He and his supporters may feel they have the room to do whatever they want on environmental issues here. Con28
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gressman Pearce is the only member of the congressional delegation who will defend his constituents. The onset of the fire season this year has brought a few smaller blazes to southwestern forests. So far we have not had a major fire in New Mexico but it’s still early in the season. Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona has introduced legislation that would allow for public petitions to designate forests as “at-risk” or “threatened and endangered species habitat”. The Forest Service or BLM would then be required to implement wildfire prevention projects which could include logging, thinning and
grazing. The bill would require that the approval process be expedited and that Environmental Impact Statements issued be good for 10 years for grazing and 20 years for logging. The bill has 27 cosponsors including New Mexico Congressman Steve Pearce. Washington gridlock has allowed passage of very little legislation since Republicans took over the House in the 2010 election. Now with the November election in sight there is even less incentive to do anything that might put members on record continued on page 29
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so their votes can be used in campaign ads. Unless the failure to pass a measure has big negatives for both sides it is not likely to get through. One positive measure that does have bipartisan support is a House bill sponsored by John Mica of Florida. The EPA is trying to assume control over all water use by expanding its clean Water Act authority way beyond the scope of congressional intent. The companion bill in the Senate so far only has Republicans on the sponsor list. And of course, it still requires the President’s signature. The bill limits his administration’s EPA so you have to figure it won’t make it but the bi-partisan sponsorship may pressure them a little. There are always new legal actions to report. The WildEarth Guardians think enough time has passed since USDA’s Wildlife Services issued their last Environmental Impact Statement that they can sue them over it. Most readers know WS is the federal predator control program that helps prevent predation on livestock and wildlife populations. USDA statistics report 180,000 calves lost to all predators in 2010. Coyotes are the species responsible for most of the predation. That is with the program in place. Wildlife Services has a small budget that is constantly under attack. The last time they had to do a programmatic EIS, it took a big part of it. That is the most likely goal of this suitforce funding to go topaperwork and eliminate on-the-ground activities. Federal land ranchers as well as all agriculture in New Mexico lost a great communicator for the cause and a good friend in early May. Erik Ness who retired from his position as long time Communications Director for the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau in 2010 lost his battle with cancer May 15. He will be sorely missed by all who knew him. The National Weather Service has officially declared La Niña over. There were some good rains over parts of southern New Mexico in early May. Still, the majority of the state is in extreme to exceptional drought. Forecasts are for normal summer rainfall. We can probably live with normal. Until next time, may God bless us all. n
Arizona National Livestock Show Announces This Year’s Show Dates he Show Committee for the Arizona National Livestock Show recently approved the dates for this year’s event. The Show will be held December 27 through December 31, 2012 at the Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix. The Show will kick off December 27 with the Prospect Steer Show followed by the Show Dedication and opening of the 24th Annual Cowboy Classics Western Art & Gear Show.
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Calling all CowBelles ell, here we are in June and in the midst of the “election season”. Before it’s over we will all be tired of the constant commercials, phone calls and mailings. But as fed-up as we become, we also need to do our homework and find out where the candidates stand on the issues. Elections are important, and this one may be more important than most. One of the BIG issues will be the estate tax, better known as the Death Tax. There are numerous possibilities for how this tax will look in the future, but one thing is certain. This Is Important! This tax is one of the leading causes of the breakup of family farms and ranches.
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May 21-23 – ANCW Region V & VI Meeting in Hawaii June – Beef Month June 17 – Beef for Father’s Day June 24-26 – Beef Ambassador Contest/NMCB Mid-Year Meeting/ NMCGA Mid-Year Meeting/ NMSU Short Course at Inn of the Mountain Gods, Ruidoso July 24-28 – ANCW Summer Conference & Cattle Industry Summer Convention – Denver August 1 – ManPower Dollars & Insurance Due to Lyn Greene September 13-23 – State Fair Booth September 15 – Deadline for Membership Award September 25 – Executive Board Meeting in Clayton September 26 – Five States RoundUP in Clayton sional action the estate tax will revert to levels where estates worth more than $1 million will be taxed at a rate of 55 percent. When you consider that rural land is often appraised at an extremely high level compared to its agricultural value it starts to hit home. To make matters worse (can they get any worse?) there is such unpredictability with the death tax that planning is almost impossible. It’s difficult to plan for your estate because you’re dealing with an ever changing system. What the rates are today may not be what they are when your family business is passed down to your heirs; so whatever you do, you’re guessing. This tax is a death warrant for small and medium sized family businesses. According to Katherine McFate, president of OMB Watch, “the accumulation of inherited wealth is one source of historically high levels of inequality that exist in America today. A vigorous estate tax keeps inequality in check and raises revenue for necessary public investments.” I don’t know about you, but that makes me very angry. The benefits of the hard work of my children and grandchildren should belong to them – not to “public investments”! When cattle need to be fed, when pipelines need to be repaired, when fences need mending I haven’t seen anyone from OMB Watch knocking on my door offering to help. There are many issues to consider in choosing who you will vote for in the 2012 continued on page 31
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elections. The important thing is to do your research and stay involved. Find out where the candidates stand on the issues of importance to you. Make sure you are registered to vote. Encourage friends and family to register. Remember, agriculture is not just a way to make a living; it’s a Way Of Life. We choose it because this is where and how we want to raise our families. It’s what we love. If you want to protect it, Vote! – Beverly Butler, NMCB President he Powderhorn CowBelles met in May with 12 members and one guest present. Jim Koontz gave a short ranch history of the Koontz ranches in New Mexico. Jim had a copy of one original deed signed by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908, and a map of the ranch showing the myriad of names of homesteaders who found they could not make a living on 160 acres and were forced to move off and eventually sell the land. Copies of deeds, maps, relics and arrowhead collections were of interest to the ladies. During the business meeting members heard that on April 17 Karen Kelling and Nancy Schade presented Kids, Kows
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club was honored to have a private book signing by Karen Kelling of her new book “The Comanchero’s Grave”. Dorothy Vaughan, Secretary With eight members present, Lariat CowBelles met on May 8, at the Wild Horse Grill. Two beef processing plants have closed, with a loss of 600 jobs, due to the controversy over finely textured lean beef. Lariat Scholarship applications are available. The Beef Council will host the Gate to Plate Tour to promote the beef industry to the media. They are following the Santa Fe Trail and will be in Union County on May 9. Lariat CowBelles will present a $20 beef certificate to the first woman to have a baby in Union County the week before or the week after Mother’s Day. A halter will be presented by Lariat CowBelles to the child, aged 9, 10, or 11 years, who wins the mini beef showmanship at the Union County Fair this year. Lariats will hold their annual pie sale at the fairgrounds on July 4. The pies will sell for $2 per slice or $12 per whole pie. Lariat members will supply four pies each or pay $48. Workers at the pie booth should be there by 10 a.m., and pies should be dropped off before that time. The Mid-year
meeting will be held at Ruidoso, NM, on June 24-26. The Beef Ambassador contest will be held at 1:30 p.m on Sunday, June 24. The CowBelle business meeting will be held at 9 a.m. There will be a silent auction and door prizes. An update on MBA issues was given. Marianne Rose presented a slide show and travelogue on her recent train trip to Los Angeles. On Wednesday, May 9, the Gate to Plate Tour visited Union County. Members of Lariat CowBelles helped serve breakfast at the Clayton Research Center and lunch at the TO Ranch. It was a wonderful experience to meet people from all over New Mexico who are interested or involved in the cattle industry. Respectfully submitted, Marianne Rose, Reporter, Lariat CowBelles The May meeting of the Chamiza CowBelles was held at the Turtleback Mountain Resort Inn with nine members present. Gloria passed around a photograph of members who attended the district meeting from the Sun newspaper in Silver City. Those who attended all agreed that the speeches presented by State officers were very upbeat. There is still time to apply to have brands included on the new state napkins for $50 and the application must include a copy of brand card. Appreciation was given to all who helped pack and serve
lunches for the school children on Ag Day. Robbie Lee wasn’t able to help that day so she sent substitutes: Frank Lacy and his two sons, Orrin and Tyrel. Gloria and Cathy went to the Socorro schools’ Ag Day on April 26 to present the Kids and Kows demonstration to nearly 400 students. Mike Shivers, guest speaker at last meeting, had a demonstration at Ag Day featuring using worms in composting. The worms were “borrowed” from Gloria who has her own worm farm. Mention was made of the need for all to practice recycling because of the upcoming closure of local landfill. It was decided to withhold group’s scholarship this year, since the only four received were applications from students pursuing non-agriculture fields. An effort will be made to make requirements more clear. The current treasurer is moving out of the area so need to elect a new Treasurer. Any volunteers? Myra invited the Cowbelles to again attend the City Celebration in Elephant Butte in September. The group agreed to participate. Details will be forthcoming. Meeting adjourned at 11:55 a.m. Submitted by Cathy Pierce The April 24, 2012 meeting of the Yucca Cowbelles was held in the Hope Community Center. The meeting was called to order by President Joan Kincaid. Memorial Heritage Quilt winner Mary Klay McCollum took the quilt to the Hagerman Quilt Show and announced the quilt received “Best in Show”. She offered the quilt to anyone who would like to display it or enter it in any competitions. Frances Barley gave the District meeting report. The group discussed the ad in the Albuquerque Journal by the New Mexico Department of Agriculture for the celebration of Agriculture and all chapters were asked to help with the ad. The group decided todonate $50. All ladies were reminded of the Healing Waters program to be held May 15 at the home of Earlene and Jim Ellett, and we will be having an “Americana” theme. Everyone signed up to bring food for the event. Guest speaker Phyllis Gyllum, the proprietor of Rustic Spa and Healing Center gave information on women’s health, the value of massage therapy, meditation, and taught everyone several techniques on relieving stress. Submitted by Becky Crockett The Otero CowBelles met at High Rolls on May 3. There were 14 members present and three guests, Melody Carpenter from continued on page 34
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Dell City, Les Bond and Morgan Mitchum. Otero’s newest member, Dion-Kidd Johnson was introduced. President Debi Rupe reported on the health fair at Holloman. Several members have been meeting at Nancy Cookson’s office and preparing “BEEF” bags to hand out at health fairs, parades, etc. They have assembled 1,700 bags. Debi, Linda Mitchum, and Morgan Mitchum worked at the Mountain View middle school and handed out approximately 600 bags on May 4. Jim Wagner volunteered the Otero CowBelles to enter a float in the Weed Centennial Reunion Parade on June 9. The people at Weed were so enthusiastic, that those at the Weed Cafe, when the offer was made, agreed that it would be the thing to do. At the meeting, it was decided to do the float. Debi, Barbara and Karen will make the banners to put on the float, truck will be furnished by Jim Wagner and several of the CowBelles volunteered to ride. The group will prepare and furnish the beef brisket, beans and rolls for the Old Timers’ Day celebration May 11 at Cloudcroft. Patty Posey’s husband, R. L. is one of the honorees. It was decided to re-instate the bazaar to be held
in November. It is used to raise funds to send to the Boys’ and Girls’ Ranches. The communities around are asking the CowBelles to give out more and more information about beef and the group is more than happy to oblige. After all, that is what they do best — Promote “BEEF”.Thanks to Yvonne and Pres. Rupe, Otero CowBelles are getting more. From the April Meeting: Fifteen members and four guests present. The group’s newest member, Cathe Prather, gave a program on the duties of the county treasurer and many present were unaware of the scope of responsibilities. President Rupe presented a project which will involve use of cattle brands called “Building a Brand”; to-be used at “Kids ,Kows and More” May 8–9. The group will need to make 1,300 BEEF bags to be handed out at three health fairs and were reminded of the new NMCB napkin to get the information to Genora Canon and pay the $50 fee to Lyn Greene, NMCB treasurer. Submitted by Barbara Wagner, Secretary 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 every month.
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Grant County Extension to offer drought and marketing workshop for area cattle growers n spite of some much-needed rain here and there, it has been a dry New Mexico spring so far, and cattle growers continue to struggle to survive in the drought conditions that still prevail in much of the state. Selling off part or all of their herds is an option many have chosen and others are considering. To help producers fully understand the issues and make optimal herd management decisions, the New Mexico State University Grant County Extension office will host a Drought and Marketing workshop from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 26. The event will take place at the Extension meeting room at 2610 N. Silver St. in Silver City. “This workshop is scheduled immediately prior to the monsoon season in order to give ranchers the best available drought forecasts and marketing information for the 2012 growing season,” said Pete Walden, Grant County Extension agriculture agent and program director. The program will feature a mix of presentations by NMSU faculty, government agencies, and industry representatives. Climate and weather will be a dominant issue. During the morning session, Walden and Natural Resources Conservation Service representatives will display the latest CLIMAS maps and forecasts for Southwestern New Mexico, and personnel from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will discuss shortand long-term forecasting for the area. Macky Irwin of the U.S. Farm Service Agency will give updates on USDA drought programs. Jerry Hawkes, NMSU Extension economist, will review the tax implications of selling cattle in a drought year; Nick Ashcroft, NMSU Extension range specialist, will explain a USDA pilot PRM program that insures pasture and range forage; and Chris Allison, also a range specialist and head of NMSU’s Department of Extension Animal Science and Natural Resources, will give advice on stocking rates during a drought. Hawkes will return during the afternoon session to discuss research findings from area sale barns. Also during the afternoon, Harvey Thomason of Premium Natural Beef will talk about the GAP and nat-
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inMemoriam Mary Edwina “Wina” Manning, 74, Midland, entered eternal rest on April 30, 2012 at her home. Wina was born on December 13, 1937 in Silver City to Halpin E. and Mary F. (Wilmeth) McCauley. Wina is survived by one daughter, Kim Dutton (husband, Ted), Sheffield, Texas; one son,
Richard Dirk Manning; one brother, Darrell McCauley, Louisville, Texas; one sister, Darlene Thompson, Deming. She was preceeded in death by her husband, Richard “Dick” Manning, the warrior for the West and natural resource use who inspired all of those fighting today for freedom and
NMCGA/NMWGI Missions Accomplished April & May 2012 by MICHELLE FROST Attended ACI Water & Land Use Committee & ACI Agriculture Committee Meetings n Attended ChuckWagon CowBelles Meeting n Met with NMOGA Leadership n Met with Lt. Governor John Sanchez n Met with NMSU President Barbara Couture & Dean Lowell Catlett n Worked on NMCGA Membership Drive n Attended Ag Leadership meeting n Attended the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Legislative Hearing n Met with Steve Kopperud w/ Policy Directions in DC on Animal Welfare Issues n Hosted Sportsman & Landowner Coalition Meeting n Attended NMBA Legislative Spring Conference in Washington, D.C. n Worked on 2012 NMCGA Mid Year Meeting n Met with Under Secretary Edward Avalos n Met with New Mexico Congressional Delegation n Attended Open House with US Senator Tom Udall n Met with Legislative Liaison Brian Moore n Participated on NM Federal Lands Conference Call n Submitted Nominations for New Mexico Beef Council n Attended NCBA Industry Panel on Animal Welfare n Met with BLM and Forest Service Officials n
Worked on Horse Slaughter Issue Worked on cattle crossing closing at Columbus, NM n Hosted Regional Cattleman Education Meeting and Beef Quality Assurance Meetings – Southeast Region Capitan – Southwest Region T or C – Northwest Region Grants n Hosted Northeast Regional w/ Northeastern New Mexico Livestock Association n Attended ASI Spring Legislative Conference n Submitted NMCGA Lobbyist Report n Worked on NMCGA Membership Invoicing n Attended Heritage Foundation Meeting n Participated on WALC 2013 Conference planning conference call n Participated on Radio Interview on newsnm.com n Attended Food Alliance Meeting n Participated on Ag Group conference call on railroad issues n Hosted NMCGA Executive Committee Conference Call n Worked on RAC Nominations n Worked on 2014 NMCGA Centennial Planning n Submitted Technical Testimony for Pit Rule Hearing n Participated on “Gate To Plate” Tour n Testified at Pit Rule Hearing n Hosted NMCGA & NMWGI Booth at Indian Livestock Days n Attended ANCW 2012 Joint Region V & VI Meeting n Attended BII-NM Meeting n n
private property rights. Erik Ness, a longtime champion of the state agriculture industry, friend to politicians of every stripe, husband, father, grandfather and cowboy bon vivant, is dead. Ness, 57, died May 12 at his home in Las Cruces following a struggle with pancreatic cancer. Ness, who grew up in Alamogordo, attended the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University from which he graduated. He briefly worked as a reporter for KOB radio in the early 1980s. In 1982 he was hired by the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau (NMFLB) to be its communications director. In that job, which he kept until his retirement in 2010, Ness served as a press spokesman, produced radio programs and wrote and edited magazine articles for the organization. An article published after his retirement quoted Ness talking about the agricultural community. “The people we work for are a colorful cast of characters,” he said. “They are real people with pioneer backgrounds, their ancestors came here in wagon trains, and that is interesting,” Ness’ love for music, especially country music, was a major passion. He played guitar and wrote songs. Among his friends was singer Michael Martin Murphey, a former Taos County resident, who he helped promote. He is survived by his wife Sharon Sumner-Ness, Las Cruces; daughter Emily Ness Gaffney, Albuquerque; sons Erik and Garrett, Las Cruces, one grandchild and another on the way. John J Chappell, 86, Las Cruces, passed away on May 16, 2012. John was born September 10, 1925, in Lubbock to Dell and Ray (Doyle) Chappell. At the age of 3 months his family moved to New Mexico. He graduated from Mountainair High School in Mountainair. He worked briefly for the Santa Fe Railroad before joining the army and served in the Philippines and Korea during World War II as the telegraph operator for the 759th Railroad Battalion. John graduated from New Mexico State University (NMSU) receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Husbandry. John served as a Veteran’s on the Farm Agent for the Acoma, Laguna and Cochiti Pueblo’s and as County Agent at Large in Lincoln and Otero Counties and County Agent for Quay, Colfax, Chaves, continued on page 57 JUNE 2012
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ith all due respect to Bob Frost and Franklin Flint, for a wide variety of reasons, I am not much of a pig fan. I didn’t like to have to feed them as a kid and as a 4-H leader I got a whole new perspective. I have been pig bit, pig run over, pig knocked down, and more that I don’t want to talk about it in polite company. Not only are they hard to rope, but they are pretty easy to rope burn. And have you ever tried to draw blood on one . . . especially a second time? I do enjoy a bit of sausage with Sunday breakfast or on a pizza once in awhile. Bacon is an absolute necessity for the Tom Perini’s hominy dish in his Texas Cowboy Cooking cookbook that is Michelle’s favorite. However restaurants that are selling out to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) are going to make me a pig advocate — at least an advocate
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for those restaurants that understand that to feed the world, we cannot revert to pre20th Century production practices. The next time you plan an evening out or pop into a drive thru, you might want to research just what kind of management practices those restaurants are requiring to buy pork and chicken products. Not only are these blackmail tactics going drive up the cost of food, but they have the potential to create a shortage of these products. But feeding the world is not what HSUS and their cronies want. Quite the contrary. The environmentalist/animal rights (don’t doubt that they are one in the same) agenda becomes ever more clear around the world. Lewis Page recently wrote the following in The Register, in the United Kingdom in a story entitled “Only Global Poverty Can Save The Plant Insists WWF.”
“Extremist green campaigning group WWF [World Wildlife Fund] – endorsed by no less a body than the European Space Agency – has stated that economic growth should be abandoned, that citizens of the world’s wealthy nations should prepare for poverty and that all the human race’s energy should be produced as renewable electricity within 38 years from now.” No doubt we can feed ourselves in the worst case scenario, but can we defend ourselves against those who cannot? These seem like radical statements . . . and they are. But they are not new. In the early 1990s while working at the Wool Growers’ booth at the State Fair, there was a woman who accosted me in her perfect little black dress, leather shoes and her just right silver pin. She informed me that
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Americans were spoiled, lived to richly and needed to stop doing terrible things like eating meat, mining exploration and such. I politely invited her to be the first by giving up her amenities. She declined. While I cannot remember her exact words, Page’s writings brought her immediately to mind . . . 20 years after the fact. We can produce food without energy, but not in any quantity and we certainly cannot transport it to the urban centers where people cannot grow their own on wind and solar power. These are things to remember when we look at groups where we might have “common ground.” More about truth and integrity . . .
At the same time the John Edwards’ trial is hitting the media. This man, who thought he had the merit to be the president of our country, is arguing that he wasn’t hiding money from the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) — he was hiding the money to keep his dying wife from finding out he had a hot blonde chick on the side AND fathered a child with her. The 10 Commandments didn’t take into account the FEC, but it sure seems to me that all of the activities are covered in the “thou shall nots.”
used by the Governor as well as the Commissioner of Public Lands and the Attorney General is simply wrong and plays into the animal rightist/environmentalist agenda. Domestic animals, be they dogs, cats, horses, pot bellied pigs, or whatever are private property. Yes, many times these animals are our companions, but they cannot survive without human care and it is humans that must make the tough decisions regarding their well being on this Earth and beyond. But the worst part of opposing humane horse euthanasia is the terrible end of life horses are being sentenced to. The New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA), the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau (NMFLB) and others provided all the reasons to the Governor’s office that were covered in the Stockman last month. These groups asked for the opportunity to work with the Governor to develop a strategy for the end of life of literally thousands of unwanted horses in New Mexico. They hope that the subject is not closed and work can be done to benefit the animals. Penn Play, Pits and Fracking
Mexico that has been named the Penn Play. The company is letting landowners and managers know that they will be knocking on their doors in the near future to gain permission to access that natural gas. The inference is that there will be dollars attached to these wells. And that is correct, but landowners need to beware that there is a lot more than dollars that are headed that way. In 2007 the NMCGA and others succeeded in passing the strongest Surface Owner Protection Act (SOPA) in the country at that time. It took years to get this law in place and some pretty venomous committee and floor battles. The law isn’t perfect, but it does provide the structure for oil and gas companies to enter into a surface owner agreement prior to exploration. In the worst case scenario, if an agreement cannot be reached, companies can bond on to a site. But they must make every attempt to reach an agreement before that step can be taken. If you are part of the Penn Play, any other new exploration or an area that is to be fracked where there is no agreement in place, be sure that you have a strong surface owner agreement. These agreements
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Elections. The Next Step
With the primary behind us, it is time to take dead aim at the general election in November. While many of our supporters had primaries for their seats in the State Legislature and that outcome is uncertain, many more have opposition in the general. If you didn’t get involved in the primary, NOW is the time to get involved in the general. Pick your candidates and get involved in their campaigns. But remember, just getting them elected is not enough. Keeping in touch and continuing to educate is paramount. Just because we elect the right person doesn’t mean that they have the background to make the “right” decision on every issue that comes before them. All of agriculture was deeply disappointed last month when Governor Susana Martinez wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) asking the agency NOT to grant a license for a horse processing plant in Roswell. The decision to write such a letter is disturbing on so many levels. How can a conservative ask government NOT to allow a small business producing jobs in a rural community? What role does the State even play in such a decision? The “companion animal” language JUNE 2012
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New Report: Global Warming Policies Might Be Bad For Your Health olicies to reduce global warming may be doing more harm than good to public health in both developing and industrialised countries. This is the conclusion of a new report published by the Global Warming Policy Foundation. In his report, Dr. Indur Goklany, a leading expert on human health and climate change, shows that n Global warming does not currently rank among the top public health threats n The contribution of much-publicized ‘Extreme Weather Events’ to global mortality is negligible and declining. n Poverty is a much larger public health threat than global warming n Present climate policies are already adding to death and disease n Focused adaptation to climate change and/or economic development would pro-
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vide greater health benefits at lower costs than climate mitigation policies. The report warns that exaggerating the impact of global warming on human health seriously risks misdirecting the world’s priorities and resources in combating poverty and improving public health. “Climate policies that hinder or slow down economic development or increase the price of energy and food threaten to augment poverty and, as a result, increase net death and disease,” Dr Goklany said. The increase in biofuel production between 2004 and 2010, for example, is estimated to have increased the population in absolute poverty in the developing world by over 35 million, leading to about 200,000 additional deaths in 2010 alone. “Focused adaptation designed to reduce vulnerability more broadly to today’s urgent health problems would deliver greater reductions in deaths at a lower cost than climate mitigation policies,” Dr Goklany added. For a full copy of the report, go to: http://thegwpf.org/images/stories/gwpfn reports/goklany-public_health.pdf
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Smuggled Horses in West Texas Found to be Diseased .S. Border Patrol agents recently seized 10 adult horses and four yearlings as they attempted to enter Texas illegally by walking across the Rio Grande River near Indian Hot Springs, in southern Hudspeth county, south of El Paso. The animals were turned over to the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Service (USDA/APHIS/VS) officials, who tested the horses in Presidio, Texas for a number of disease conditions that are considered foreign to the U.S. All 10 of the adult animals tested positive for Equine Piroplasmosis (EP). EP is routinely found in Mexico and numerous other countries around the world, but is not considered to be endemic to the U.S. The blood borne protozoal disease can be fatal to horses and could create major constraints to interstate and international movements if left undetected. EP does not affect humans. According to Dr. Grant Wease, field veterinarian for USDA/APHIS/VS in El Paso, the illegal movement of animals is an ongoing concern in the vast open spaces of West Texas. “In some places the Rio Grande poses no barrier at all to foot traffic for man or animal.” According to the latest USDA information, Dr. Wease indicated that “In 2011, approximately 280 head of cattle and 160 head of equine (primarily horses) were intercepted by USDA officials along the Rio Grande.” To further complicate the situation, many of the normal import process for livestock entering Texas have been impacted by border violence, making the attempt to smuggle animals into the state even more tempting. The investigation by USDA and Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) is ongoing to determine not only the source of the horses, but the possible destination as well. The TAHC recently passed EP rules requiring testing of race horses prior to entry into a Texas track, and numerous other states have done the same because of recent cases found in that population of horses. “Racing Quarter horses with some connection to Mexico appear to be at high-
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est risk of testing positive to the emerging disease,” according to Dr. Dee Ellis, State Veterinarian and TAHC Executive Director. Although the interdicted horses were described as Thoroughbreds, they were considered to be more likely breeding type animals rather than race ready horses. Dr. Ellis went on to state, “This situation highlights the ongoing border security problems Texas is facing, which leads to an increased risk of disease introduction for the Texas livestock population when animals enter our state illegally. I encourage all citizens that witness unusual activity regarding livestock movement near the Mexican border to contact their local law enforcement or animal health officials as quickly as possible to report the situation.”
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My Cowboy Heroes by JIM OLSON
Bobbi “EverettJeen Bowman –OLSON He Led the Way” verett Bowman was born July 12, 1899 at Hope, New Mexico (the family actually lived near Weed) and he was a cowboy from the word go. Arguably remembered as Everett Bowman one of rodeo’s greatest legends, this ten-time WorldChampion Cowboy helped bring modernday rodeo to where it’s at today. Everett was the first president of the Cowboy Turtles Association “CTA” (the predecessor to the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association or “PRCA”). As a matter of fact, he was one of the first organizers of the association and signed up as member (card number) fifteen; but first and foremost, he was a cowboy. The Bowman family moved from New
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Mexico to the Safford, Arizona area when Everett was about thirteen.One of his first full-time jobs away from his parents’ ranch was that of a cowboy with the famed “Chiricahua Cattle Company” also know back in the day as “the Cherries” or the “Three C’s” which ran cattle all up and down that rough Arizona / New Mexico border country. The foreman at the time was quoted as saying, “Everett made the best hand we ever had. It was amazing; never saw anything like it! He became a top roper, he was tougher than leather – was the strongest man I’d ever seen.” At the age of twenty-three, Everett and his brother Skeet, along with eight other cowboys drove a large herd of cattle from Globe, Arizona to Ely, Nevada. This may have been one of the last “old time” great cattle drives, stretching over 900 miles! When they reached Ely, after being on the trail most of the summer, the Bowman brothers decided to “stay on” and give cowboyin’ in Nevada a try. However, one cold winter in that “North Country” changed those boys’ minds. Everett said, “That
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country has two seasons – winter and late fall.” They cowboyed there a little over a year, then returned to Arizona, making the entire round trip a-horseback. Once back in Arizona, Everett (along with brother Skeet) pursued a full-time rodeo career. That turned out to be one of the best moves ever made. Although officially credited with ten World Championships, author (and nephew to Everett), Lewis Bowman, claims Everett won at least eleven. You see, prior to 1929, records were sketchy and, in some cases, championships were determined by winning a certain rodeo. Lewis says he may have won even more than eleven. Officially, Everett was a two-time World All-Around Champion, four-time Steer Wrestling Champion, three-time Calf Roping Champion and gained one Steer Roping title. He won or placed at most of the day’s biggest shows such as Madison Square Garden, Cheyenne, Calgary, Ellensburg, Prescott and Pendleton to name just a few. He even rode bucking horses till about 1928, but gave it up and stuck with the timed events saying, “Too many events and a man is no good at any of them.” The timed event end of the arena was where he shined anyhow. At six-foot, two-inches and 200 pounds, Everett was a physical specimen. To date, Everett is one of only three men who have won rodeos “triple crown” (three world titles in a single year) more than once. He accomplished that feat two times. Trevor Brazile and Jim Shoulders are the only other men to do that. Bowman became known in media circles as “Rodeo’s Babe Ruth.” His fellow competitors often spoke of him as “A Cowboy’s Cowboy.” He competed in full-time rodeo competition until 1943, a period of about twenty years! Other advancements credited to Bowman include towing the first horse trailer on the rodeo circuit and being the first to
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fly to rodeos. Everett’s older brother, Dick, fashioned a hand-made wooden horse trailer in1924, which Everett and younger brother Skeet took on its maiden voyage from the home ranch in Safford, Arizona to Cheyenne, Wyoming. They put one horse in the trailer and one in the bed of the truck (as was customary then). When they arrived in Cheyenne, the Bowman boys received a lot of strange looks, but it wasn’t long till the contraption caught on. Then in 1929, Everett is credited with being the first cowboy to get the bright idea to charter a private airplane to get him to more rodeos. That idea also seems to have caught on as well. By the late 1930s, Everett bought his own plane and learned how to fly it for himself, something he did the rest of his life. Perhaps Everett’s biggest contribution to the sport of rodeo however was his involvement with the CTA. He served as the association’s president from its inception in 1936 until it reorganized as the Rodeo Cowboys Association (RCA) in 1945. The guys called themselves “Turtles” because it took them so long to get started and have a voice in rodeo business for themselves. For too many years, cowboys had been unhappy with their entry fees not being added back to the pot, the type and order of events and non-standard judging practices. In 1936, at Boston, all that changed when Everett and his fellow cowboys went on strike and refused to compete unless the aforementioned grievances were rectified. When the dust settled, the predecessor of the PRCA was born, and Everett was a big part of it all. It has been said, that once he got an idea formed in his head, it was hard to change. He went “toe to toe” with many rodeo committee members during his day, in the best interest of the cowboy. Many of the fundamental changes that are now the bedrock of rodeo came about under Bowman’s leadership. According to Lewis Bowman, “Everett Bowman (president) and brother-in-law, Hugh Bennett (secretary/treasurer) were the cogs that got the Cowboys Turtle Association into gear. The men signed up the cowboys and kicked ‘em straight (sometimes literally). Their sister wives, Lois and Josie, were the official timers and record keepers. The girls stowed the books and association’s money in the back seat of
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their car and kept records between rodeos.” Competitor, Phil Mills, said of Everett, “He did more to put the cowboy in good graces than any other man.” Lewis also tells of another event he witnessed as a boy, “One year at Cheyenne, this fellow and Uncle Everett got into a heated argument about having to join the association to compete in sanctioned rodeos. This fellow took a swing at Everett, who blocked the punch with one hand and landed a crushing blow at the same time with his other – knocking the guy out and breaking his nose. He then threw fifty dollars on the man’s chest and told two guys to haul him to the doctor and get him fixed up. A couple hours later, the guy returned with his nose all bandaged up. He threw twenty dollars back at Everett and said, ‘Here’s your change Bowman – Doc only charged thirty dollars. By the way, I’ll join your danged association.’ Everett smiled, handed the man back the twenty and said, ‘If your going to join, keep this and put it towards your dues.’ The two men remained good friends after that.” After retiring from rodeo, Everett settled on his own ranch near Wickenburg, Arizona where he spent the last parts of his life. He also worked as a sheriff there for a time. He still loved the sport of rodeo and would, “talk rodeo” with anyone who came by. Bowman judged many rodeos after retiring from competition and added “Mule Trainer” to his resume. Always the showman, he continued to make public appearances up
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into his sixties. At age seventy, Everett accepted a part in the movie, The Great White Hope, taking the role of a pastor. As a true natural athlete, he took up the sport of golf, and in his later years, became quite good at it. He even hit a hole in one at age fifty-five. Upon doing this, Bowmanput down his golf clubs and retired from the sport of golf saying, “You just can’t get any better than that.” Just as with rodeo, he retired at the top. In 1951, Everett underwent surgery to remove a throat cancer. It lasted six hours. Rodeo stock contractor, Everett Colborn, heard about this and sent Bowman a letter which stated, “It does not surprise me your surgery took six hours, it probably took about four of that just to get through the hide.” It was done in good nature and as a testament to Bowman’s toughness. The sport of rodeo also loved Everett Bowman, inducting him into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1979. He was also admitted to the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City in 1965, the first living man to be so honored. The rodeo grounds in Wickenburg are also named for their long time resident and rodeo legend. The Everett Bowman Rodeo Grounds are still in regular use to this day and the city of Wickenburg has a large bronze statue commemorating Everett. The “Father of Professional Rodeo,” Everett Bowman, passed in 1971 while flying his own airplane. Then PRCA president, Dale Smith, read the eulogy at Everett’s funeral and famed cowboy, Rex n Allen, sang.
Farm Kids, Allergies and Asthma ids growing up around cattle may have fewer allergies and asthma than kids raised nearby but not on a farm, according to a new study in Europe. The new findings help identify, at least in part, what specifically may protect some farmraised youngsters against developing asthma or allergies. “People have grown up with animals and in outdoor environments for eons, and maybe our immune systems are tuned to developing normally in that sort of environment,” James Gern, a childhood allergy researcher at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine in Madiso, said. The researchers surveyed the parents of nearly 80,000 children who grew up in rural areas of Germany, Switzerland and Austria. More than 9,600 of the kids were raised on a farm, 18,000 visited other people’s farms and 52,000 never spent time on a farm. They found that 11 percent of the farm-raised kids had asthma, compared to about 16 percent of the kids who visited farms but weren’t raised on one. Among the children who never spent time on a farm, 18 percent had asthma. Similarly for hay fever, about 5 percent of farm kids had the seasonal allergy, compared to close to 11 percent of kids who visited farms and 15 percent of kids who didn’t spend time on a farm. Wheezing and eczema were also less common in farm-raised kids, according to findings published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The researchers found that having contact with cows and straw and drinking milk that came from the farm was linked with a 21-26 percent reduced risk of developing asthma compared to non-exposed kids. Kids who had contact with cows and drank their milk also had a lower chance of getting hay fever. To read the report in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, visit http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti n cle/pii/S0091674912005167.
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Bonito City: Gunshots Shattered the Silence he valleys of the Sacramento Mountains between Carrizozo and Ruidoso are among the most beautiful places in New Mexico. In the early 1880s, a farming and mining town sprang up in the well-watered Bonito Valley and for obvious reasons it assumed the name, Bonito City. By 1885 it amounted to three general stores, a church, a blacksmith, a school, a saloon, a lawyer and a two-story log hotel.
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his rifle to fire, but Charles Berry fired first. His bullet hit the young killer in the chest, and he fell dead on the spot. The Mayberry daughter, Nelly, was the only survivor among Nelson’s victims and she soon left town. All seven murder victims were buried at Bonito City, and Nelson was buried some distance away. No motive for Nelson’s actions was ever determined. He had no previous trouble with the law and was well enough liked around town in the time leading up to the killings. The Mayberry Hotel remained vacant and unmolested for fifteen years. Some residents reported that it was haunted. Bloody footprints allegedly remained on the stair steps for a long time, visible to those brave enough to sneak up to the building and look in a window. A resident told this tale: “At one time, a newspaper reporter was sent to investigate the mystery and write it up for a certain eastern newspaper. He gained admittance to the old hotel and watchers had but a short time to wait before they saw him running from the place as though being chased by a band of spooks from the infernal regions.” Another resident said that the murders “killed” Bonito City. The town itself stopped growing after 1885 and by 1910 only two people lived there. It remained a ghost town until 1930 when the Southern Pacific Railroad dammed up Bonito Creek to capture water for use in railroad steam engines. All of the town’s buildings, including the hotel, were dismantled before 75 feet of water covered it completely. The bodies of the seven murder victims, and their killer, were moved and reinterred in the nearby Argus Cemetery.
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e hung up our saddles for the next six weeks to guide hunters, while Bill John kept on prowling and staying a-horseback. Starting the first of November, the cowboys, farm crew, and mechanics guided hunters. The high country was hunted out of Costilla and Shuree Lodges. The cowboys that spent the summers there, like Jim Taylor, would show hunters that range. Ronny and I guided out of headquarters, along with the other punchers and farmers that lived there. Those hunters were willing to pay a good fee to hunt there. It was great hunting because it was private and managed right, and they loved being on a special place called Vermejo. Guiding was fun and I made life long friends, like Ray and Gracie Olive from Vernon, Texas. I sure learned a lot from Ray about hunting, and he was a great shot. A few years later I spent several days with him hunting on his lease on the Pease River. I spent many enjoyable nights at his and Gracie’s home in Vernon, Texas. The next year when they came to hunt, Ken Olive, their eldest son, came with them. He had just finished college and was a great shot and hunter, like Ray. Over the years Ken and his wife Marie have become friends, and we spend a couple of nights each year at their camp in Kingwood, Texas. His brother Don, and wife, Cindy, have also been friends for many years. Ken, Don and I have been on some great antelope hunts together on the Diamond Half and Question Mark outfits in Lea County, New Mexico. After six weeks of up at 4:00 a.m. and bed at 10:00 p.m., it was nice to catch a horse and get back to our real job of being a-horseback. We mostly helped Bill John pick up a pair here and there that he’d found and thrown in a trap, or some we had seen while guiding. He gathered a lot of ‘em, as Bill was all cowpuncher and a great roper. So if there were some he knew
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he’d need help on, they were plenty wild, and we were more than happy to help him. Some wild chases with roping, bellowing and slobbering took place. Then the camp men cut out their strings and drifted to their camps. Their camp pardner would haul their beds, groceries, war bags and all on the camp pickup. Christmas was upon us and I pulled out to spend Christmas at my folks in southeastern New Mexico. I was back at Vermejo by December 27th. Winter had definitely intensified with lots of snow and very cold nights. The next morning the cow manager said that he had forgotten about some cattle that were dropped in a pasture several miles to the east up on a mesa, and they were probably very thin. Now, if I would have been the manager and forgotten that, I wouldn’t be much of a manager and would have been sent down the road. But they are bosses and I’m just a cowboy. Bill John and Ronny were still gone for Christmas and were due in that night . . . but he needed me to go get those cattle. He was just too busy in the office to go help me. Snow was a foot deep at the park when I roped Jesse James and got my wood on him. He was seven years old, tough as a boot and could go all day. He was very touchy and you had to twist that left stirrup, easing your foot in it, keeping the left rein very tight. You had to do that in July when it was agreeable weather, so you dang sure better do it at ten degrees. I loaded him in the bobtail truck and drove several miles up on top of a mesa where the snow was two feet deep. It was a long, very cold day, but a good feeling when I got those cattle down Road Canyon to some grass and I gave Jesse a good bait of oats. He was a cowboy’s mount. I sure ran that big old claw-footed tub at my house full of hot water that night. The next day a new fella, Charlie Duran, hired on. He was just out of high school,
craving the cowboy life, and wanting to make a hand . . . which he did. The next morning Bill told me to take Charlie and a load of hay and cake to those bulls at Torres Vega. It was one of those mornings that I didn’t mind getting in a feed truck, as it was cold and another snow falling. It was nice to crank up the heater in that vehicle and be warm for a little while, even though we were sweating after loading all that feed. We had good visit while sliding around on that bad road for fifteen miles. I couldn’t figure why they waited until the roads were terrible and hard to get feed to the cattle. Another case of we were cowpunchers and we weren’t drawing those high wages to make those big decisions! We passed the stage stop and went up the creek to where Gold Creek flows into the Vermejo. We blew the horn and soon those bulls drifted in. We were basically stuck as it was so wet and muddy, but our mission was to feed those bulls. We started carrying those bales out a-ways and cut the wires to spread it out. Now, those big Charlois bulls were snorty and walking out through them wasn’t fun, as some of them would “eat your lunch.” One of those bulls would run Charlie to the truck, blowing snot on him, and he’d dive under the truck. Then he would pop out again and carry another bale, then get run back. The same would happen to me and we had lots of laughs that day. Thirty-seven years later I consider him a close friend and another “man to ride the river with.” Charlie liked to hunt and was good with firearms. His favorite was a lever-action 30-30. Once I saw him hit the target every time, shooting as fast as he could pump the lever . . . just like that TV show, The Rifleman. A few days later, Bill roped out some mounts for Charlie, and he went to the Brimmer Camp to help Jim Peebles. continued on page 49
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The next morning, after we’d saddled up, the boss scattered us in different directions. He sent Ronny and I up the Vermejo a dozen miles to gather those bulls at Torres Vega and bring them to headquarters. Snow got deeper the further we went and was twenty-four inches as we went through the gate by the old stage stop. We hit a trot as much as was possible through that snow to the north end, and scattered out, while pushing everything south. In the middle of the pasture along the Vermejo about where Gold Creek flowed in, there was an old one-room camp and a small barn with a pole corral. Ron and I were cold and thought we’d stop there under the roof of that old barn to eat the sandwiches rolled up in our slickers. So we hobbled our mounts and I scraped a hole in the snow under that shed. We found some old boards for a fire and somehow got it going. We hobbled our mounts off to the side and thought we’d see what was in that old, one-room camp. We rolled a smoke and Ron dug a match out of his leggings to light them as we stepped into that old camp. The walls were papered with
newspaper from the 1930s and 1940s so we spent awhile reading the news ten to twenty years before we were born. We didn’t stay long as we had a lot to do before sundown. The whole country had a blanket of snow so I kicked some snow on our little fire after we ate. We threw those bulls south and counted through the gate and we were short a few. We had a long way to go and no time to make another circle so we made a high-level decision, called common sense, and took what we had. It was a long, cold trip down the river and it was frozen solid, with the trail crossing it many times. We got to the holding pasture at headquarters just at dark, dropped the bulls there and hit a trot to the saddle house. There we unsaddled some tired mounts and threw them each a chip of hay. Then we headed to our casas, with a light snow falling at 10 degrees. It was another night of filling that clawn footed bath tub with hot water.
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and Bernalillo counties. He also worked at NMSU as the Director of Deferred Giving. Among the many awards and honors John received, he was proudest of the NMSU College of Agriculture and Home Economics Distinguish Alumni Award in 1991 and the National Association of County Agricultural Agents Distinguish Service Award in 1982. John is survived by his wife Gloria, and three children and their spouses; Laferne (husband, Tom) Williams, Venice Florida; Steve (wife, Sheri) Chappell of Amarillo; and Lonna (husband, Rob) Andrews, Las Cruces; six grandchildren; one great-grandson; numerous nieces, nephews cousins and friends . Jackie Stewart, 79, Hotchkiss, Colorado, passed away on April 12, 2012 at his home. Stewart was born in Ladonia, Texas on January 6, 1933 to Monard Gerald and Marjorie Malisa Stewart. At a young age, his family moved to Round Top, New Mexico where he attended grade school. Later the family moved to Mountainair where he attended high school. He finished high school in Corona. His passion was playing football, which he played all four of his high school years. He also helped on the family farm at Clauch, New Mexico. In the fall of 1951 met Jack Patricia Ann Wells. They eloped on July 27, 1952. Their marriage ceremony was at 1:30 a.m. in a filling station in Belen complete with the station attendant as witness. The couple traveled the US and Canada as Jack worked as a lineman and superintendent for Larson Construction then project manager for Donavan Construction. In 1967, they bought a farm on Rogers Mesa in Hotchkiss. Jack continued to work out of town, leaving Patricia to tend to the farm. Jack went to work in 1974 at Hawksnest Coal Mine where he worked until retirement in 1981. After retirement, he continued farming until his death. Jack was a member of the Church of Christ in Paonia, Colorado and later a member of North Fork Church of Christ, also in Paonia. Jack is survived by his wife, Patricia; stepmother, Sally Prosbt, Kansas; two daughters: Liz (husband, Darrell) Kendall, Meeker, and Elaine (husband, James) Martin, Hotchkiss; six grandchildren; and fourteen great-grandchildren.
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Equine Cruelty Cases on the Rise for NMLB veryone loves horses, and the pictures on the news – animals that are starving, crippled, or worse – are hard to take. As the agency responsible for livestock in the state, equine cruelty cases fall under the jurisdiction of the New Mexico Livestock Board (NMLB). The NMLB responds to all animal cruelty complaints, first determining whether or not the complaint has merit, said Bobby Pierce, Deputy Director of the NMLB. The majority of complaints focus on bad living conditions for the horses, like dirty pens and hooves that are grown out. “Sometimes it gets to the point of issuing citations or making an arrest, but usually what we try to do is talk the individual into giving up the animal or animals to a horse
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horses,” Pierce explained. “It’s a cruel thing to do to a domesticated animal. They don’t know where to find food or water, and can be injured by dominant horses already on the property. Then, they become an unwanted problem for the landowner to deal with.” New Mexico’s horse rescue operations are struggling to meet the growing demand for their services. In the last two to three months, Pierce pointed out, the NMLB has helped transfer 72 horses to rescues. “The resources of these groups are being stretched, and soon, some may no longer be able to accept horses.” Every case is different, he said, but many come from people buying a horse without understanding what it takes to maintain the animal. “People will buy a few acres, and the first thing they want a horse. When they realize how expensive it can be to feed that horse, they feel trapped. They can’t afford to feed their horse, there’s no where to sell it, and the horse probably wasn’t in great condition to begin with.” For more information, or to report a case of suspected abuse, please contact the NMLB at 505/841-6161 or www.nmlbonn line.com.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following described estray animals have been taken under the provisions of Chapter 77, Article 13 of New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978, and sold for the benefit of the owners of said estrays as provided by law. The proceeds will be subject to claims and proof of ownership as provided by law. New Mexico Livestock Board · Myles Culbertson, Director · Albuquerque, N.M.
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Lease. 4408 4408 +//-- Deed Deed aacres cres w w/328 /328 +/-/- State State Lease. located 2211 miles miles west west of of TTucumcari, ucumcari, RRanch anch is is located NM. N M. Well Well improved improved Ranch, Ranch, 2000 2000 sq. sq. ft. ft. home, home, 2 ssets ets ooff ppens, ens, one one w w/scales, /scales, 4 wells. wells. This This is is a bbeautiful eautiful M Mesa esa RRanch, anch, w w/your /your own own mesa mesa & lower lower country. country. N Nice ice rranch. anch. Price: Price: $1,608,920 $1,608,920
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■R Red ed O Oak ak Ranch Ranch – Oklahoma Oklahoma most One ooff the One the bbest, est, m ost bbeautiful eautiful rranches anches on on tthe he market market today. today. The The RRed ed Oak Oak RRanch anch is is an outstanding outstanding ccattle attle rranch anch ccomprised omprised of of 44,474 ,474 aacres cres in in LeFlore LeFlore aand nd Latimer Latimer an Counties. There There is is an an eexcellent xcellent ccover over of of nnative ative grasses, grasses, BBermuda, ermuda, rye rye ggrass, rass, ffescue escue Counties. ggrass, rass, and and bahiagrass bahiagrass tthroughout hroughout the the 1111 ppastures astures and and 9 traps. traps. The The rranch anch has has oover ver 6 miles ooff nnew ew ffence. ence. TThe he tterrain errain iiss rolling, rolling, open open grassland grassland with with numerous numerous LLive ive O ak miles Oak trees. This This iiss exceptional exceptional cattle cattle country country ready ready ffor or aany ny cattle cattle ooperation. peration. The The Red Red Oak Oak trees. Ranch iiss presently presently ccarrying arrying 5500 00 ccows. ows. Ranch W hen itit ccomes omes to to w ater, tthere here iiss no no sshortage hortage ooff itit oonn the the RRed ed Oak Oak RRanch. anch. The The rranch anch When water, rreceives eceives over over 45 45 iinches nches annually annually aand nd hhas as oover ver 4400 ponds. ponds. BBrazil razil Creek Creek and and Cedar Cedar C reek run run tthrough hrough tthe he ranch. ranch. RRural ural water water is is available available ffor or domestic domestic use. use. Creek TThe he Red Red O ak Ranch Ranch has has a tremendous tremendous cattle cattle hhandling andling aand nd working working ffacility. acility. The The ranch ranch Oak hhas as a nnew ew sset et of of corrals corrals and and a 250 250 head head ggrow row llot. ot. A nnew ew ccement ement ccommodity ommodity bbarn, arn, 1111 hay hay bbarns, arns, and and 5 sshops. hops. TThe he ranch ranch hhas as 2 sets sets of of scales, scales, 3 hhydraulic ydraulic cchutes, hutes, 2 ooververhhead ead feed feed bins bins aand nd approximately approximately 110 110 cconcrete oncrete feed feed ttroughs. roughs. There There is is a 10 10 acre acre trap trap aatt tthe he house. house. There There is is a nice nice size size rroping oping arena. arena. TThe he rranch anch is is w ell eequipped quipped ffor or any any well ccattle attle operation. operation. TTaxes axes are are eestimated stimated ttoo bbee $$6,000 6,000 a year. year. TThe he Red Red O ak RRanch anch hhas as numerous numerous improvements improvements with with a bbeautiful eautiful 3,000 3,000 sq. sq. fft., t., 33Oak bbedroom/ edroom/ 2-bath 2-bath rock rock hhouse ouse w ith aann apartment apartment aand nd bath. bath. TThere here is is a new new 22,300 ,300 sq. sq. with fft., t., 33-bedroom -bedroom 2-1/2 2-1/2 bath bath brick brick hhome, ome, a nnew ew 11,600 ,600 sq. sq. ft., ft., 3-bedroom 3-bedroom 22/bath /bath doudoubble-wide le-wide with with carport carport aand nd a ssmall mall frame frame hhome ome in in need need of of repair. repair. TThis his is is an an excellent excellent rranch anch with with aann eexceptional xceptional cattle cattle operation. operation. PPriced riced to to sell sell aatt $1,374 $1,374 p er acre. acre. per
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Southwest New Mexico Farms and Ranches cres 560 aacres MAHONEY AHON PARK – Just 10 miles southeast of Deming, g N.M. The property p p y consists of approx. pp 800 acres Deeded,, 560 ike is located located h igh up up in in the the Florida Florida M historic property property is ountains and and features features a p ark llike S tate L ease, and and 9900 00 aacres cres B LM. This This historic State Lease, BLM. high Mountains park 0 rasses w ith p lentiful o ak aand nd juniper juniper ccovered overed canyons. canyons. The The cattle cattle aallotment llotment would would be be aapprox. pprox. 330 ssetting, etting, ccovered overed in in d eep g deep grasses with plentiful oak with ncludes d eer, iibex, bex, jjavalina, avalina, q uail aand nd d ove. This This rrare are jjewel ewel w ould m ake a g reat little little ranch ranch with h ead (AUYL). (AUYL). W ildlife iincludes head Wildlife deer, quail dove. would make great second to to none. none. P rice reduced reduced tto o $550,000. $550,000. v iews and and a h ome site site second views home Price R-11. ocated 115 5 m iles south south of of D eming, N .M. eeast ast of of H ighway 111 1 (Columbus (Columbus H ighway) on on C SAN AN JU UAN AN RA ANCH NCH – L Located miles Deming, N.M. Highway Highway) CR-11. pproximately 2684 ,680 A 24,064 aacres cres consisting consisting o 2684 acres acres D eeded, 3240 3240 State State Lease, Lease, 113,460 3,460 BLM, BLM, aand nd 44,680 Approximately off aapproximately Deeded, pproximately 24,064 powered stock stock wells wells with with m llotment w ould b pprox. 1183 83 h uncontrolled. The would bee aapprox. head There metal ead ((AUYL). AUYL). T here aare re 6 solar solar powered etal u ncontrolled. T he ccattle attle aallotment onsisting of of high high mountain mountain 6½ m iles p ipeline. T he ranch miles pipeline. The has diverse ranch h as a very very d iverse llandscape andscape cconsisting sstorage torage ttanks anks aand nd aapproximately pproximately 6½ here is is plentiful plentiful w overed ccanyons, anyons, mountain mountain ffoothills peaks, deep oak desert grasslands. There wildlife ildlife iincluding ncluding oothills aand nd d esert g rasslands. T p eaks, d eep jjuniper uniper & o ak ccovered nd d ove. A ttruly ruly g reat b uy! P rice reduced reduced to to $$550,000. 550,000. deer, quail dove. great buy! Price d eer, iibex, bex, jjavalina, avalina, q uail aand 26.47-A oad. Borders Borders tthe 2 6.47-ACRE CRE FARM ARM ffor off ff S Shalem halem C Colony olony R Road. Grande EBID water cres E BID surface surface w ater rights rights he Rio Rio G rande rriver. iver. 13.55 13.55 aacres or ssale ale o round w ater rights. rights. P riced at at $$380,000. 380,000. primary ground water Priced / 226 6 aacres cres p rimary & ssupplemental upplemental g
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50.8-A 5 0.8-ACRE CRE FARM ARM – L Located ocated o on n Afton Afton R Road oad south south of of L La aM Mesa, NM. ull E EBID water) plus esa, N M. Paved Paved rroad oad ffrontage, rontage, ffull BID (surface (surface w ater) p lus a ssupplemental upplemental iirrigation rrigation well well w ith cement cement ditches. ditches. $$529,935. 529,935. with 111.21 Acre Farm NM. with well ditches. 1 11.21 A cre F arm – llocated ocated in ith supplemental supplemental w ell and and ccement ement d itches. 2 small small houses houses in La La Mesa, Mesa, N M. EBID EBID irrigation irrigation w Located Mesa on Royce off Harlacker ffor or workers. workers. L ocated iin n La La M esa o n north north side side of of R oyce Road, Road, aalso lso aaccessed ccessed by by Buttercup Buttercup Lane Lane at at corners corners o Harlacker Road R oad aand nd Highway Highway 28. 28. $1,556,940. $1,556,940. 2 7.50 A cre F arm - C onsists o 27.50 Acre Farm Consists off 3 ttracts will and 11.5 11.5 Acres Acres – w ill racts – 8 Acres, Acres, 8 Acres, Acres, and ssell ell sseparately. eparately. F ull E BID aand Full EBID well. water, ater, electric, electric, nd sshared hared iirrigation rrigation w ell. Community Community w ttelephone elephone aand nd g as o nC amunez Road gas on Camunez property. Beautiful Beautiful farm farm lland, and, Road to to adjoining adjoining property. g reat m ountain aand nd v alley views. views. T ake H ighway 28 28 south south tto o San San Miguel, Miguel, east east or or great mountain valley Take Highway south o nL as C olmenas, then left o nH ighway 192, 192, ffirst irst right right o then lleft eft or or eeast ast on on left on Highway orr south on Las Colmenas, C amunez to to eend nd of of pavement. pavement. Priced Priced a $467,000. Camunez att $467,000.
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Committed To Always Working Hard For You! RRANCHES ANCHES / FFARMS ARMS 411 HHead ead DDouble ouble CCircle ircle RRanch, anch, EEagle agle 411 CCreek, reek, AAZZ UUSFS SFS AAllotment, llotment, 13 13 aacc ooff ddeeded, eeded, 4-BR, 4-BR, 22-story -story rock rock home, home, bbarn, arn, ccorrals, orrals, & ooutfitters utfitters ccamp. amp. HQ HQ ccentrally entrally located inin a ssecluded ecluded ddraw. raw. W ell located Well improved with with 1166 llarge arge ppastures, astures, 336+ 6+ improved miles ooff new new ffencing, encing, 30 30 miles miles of of nnew ew miles pipeline with with several several m ajor solar solar ppumpumppipeline major ing ssystems, ystems, additional additional water water storage storage & ing 1.5M TTurnkey u r nk e y numerous ddrinkers. rinkers. $$1.5M numerous ww/220 /220 hhead ead ooff LLonghorn onghorn SSteers, teers, HHorses orses & EEquip. quip. TTerms erms **NEW* NEW* ++//--128 128 HHead ead FFlying lying DDiamond iamond RRanch anch, KKlondyke, londyke, AZ AZ +/-1500 +/-1500 ddeeded eeded acres, State State and and (2) (2) USFS USFS Grazing Grazing acres, Leases. Main Main residence, residence, gguesthouse, uesthouse, Leases. barn, hay hay barn, barn, and and corrals corrals at at HQ. HQ. Good Good barn, 1 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 access, inin a great great location. location. $$1,500,000 access, 5522 HHead ead RRanch, anch, SSan an SSimon, imon, AAZZ – GGreat reat GGuest uest RRanch anch PProspect rospect Pristine, Pristine, & private, private, only 12 12 m iles ffrom rom I-10. I-10. BBighorn ighorn sheep, sheep, only miles ruins, pictographs. pictographs. 1480 1480 aacres cres of of deeddeedruins, ed, 52 52 head, head, BLM BLM lease, lease, hhistoric istoric rock rock ed, house, new new cabin, cabin, springs, springs, wells. wells. house, $$1,500,000 1,500,000 TTerms. erms. **SOLD* SOLD* 2250–400+ 50–400+ HHead ead CCattle attle RRanch anch Sheldon, AAZZ – 1,450 1,450 deeded deeded acres, acres, +/+/30 sections sections BLM, BLM, 150+ 150+ acres acres irrigated irrigated 30 farm lland. and. Nice Nice HHQQ iincludes ncludes ttwo wo rock rock farm homes, ggood ood sset et ooff ssteel teel shipping shipping & homes, horse corrals, corrals, barn.. barn.. horse
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**NEW* NEW* 1150 50 HHead ead VVFF RRanch, anch, NNW W ooff Willcox, W illcox, AAZZ – At At tthe he bbase ase ooff the the eeded Winchester Mountains. Mountains. +/-950 +/-950 ddeeded Winchester aacres, cres, 99,648 ,648 SState tate GGrazing razing LLease. ease. SSmall mall 1 bbedroom edroom hhome, ome, corrals, corrals, well, well, aand nd electric electric at at headquarters. headquarters. Great Great councountry. Good Good mix mix ooff bbrowse rowse and and ggrass. rass. try. $$1,100,000. 1,100,000. **PENDING* PENDING* 1130 30 HHead ead SSundown undown RRanch, anch, ssoutheast outheast ooff SSonoita, onoita, AAZZ – 9984 84 DDeeded eeded Ac Ac, 2700 2700 Ac Ac UUSFS SFS GGrazing razing LLease. ease. VVintage intage rranch anch hhome, ome, bbunk unk hhouse, ouse, eexcelxcelllent ent wworking orking ccorrals, orrals, bbeautiful eautiful rrolling olling $988,000. ggrasslands rasslands wwith ith ooaks. aks. $988,000. 320 320 Ac Ac Farm, Farm, Kansas Kansas Sett ettlement, lement, AZ AZ – TThis his wworking orking ffarm arm hhas as 22–120 –120 aacre cre
ZZimmatic immatic PPivots, ivots, a nnice ice ssite ite bbuilt uilt hhome, ome, llarge arge wworkshop orkshop & hhay ay bbarn. arn. 5 irrigation irrigation wwells, ells, 2 ddomestic omestic wwells. ells. TThe he pproperty roperty iiss ffenced enced & ccross ross ffenced. enced. GGreat reat sset-up et-up ffor or $975,000, Terms. Terms. 35% 35% ppasturing asturing ccattle., attle., $975,000, down down at at 6% 6% for for 10 10 years years oror submit. submit. *NEW* *NEW* 332 332 Head Head Ranch, Ranch, Greenlee Greenlee County, County, AZ AZ – NNear ear DDouble ouble CCircle ircle RRanch. anch. 2233 DDeeded eeded aacres, cres, ww/two /two hhomes, omes, bbarn arn & ooutbuildings. utbuildings. 5588 SSections ections UUSFS SFS ggrazraziing ng ppermit. ermit. GGood ood vehicular vehicular aaccess ccess to to the the rranch anch – ootherwise therwise tthis his iiss a hhorseback orseback rranch. anch. SScenic, cenic, ggreat reat ooutfitters utfitters pprospect. rospect. $850,000 $ 8 5 0 ,0 0 0 Wickenburg, Wickenburg, AAZZ – 216 216 Head Head Cattle Cattle Ranch. Ranch. SScenic, cenic, llush ush hhigh igh desert desert vvegetaegetattion. ion. 1103 03 ddeeded eeded aacres, cres, SState, tate, BBLM LM & 33,100 ,100 aacres cres pprivate rivate lease. lease. W ell wwatered atered Well ww/tanks, /tanks, ssprings prings & wwells. ells. AAbundant bundant ffeed, eed, numerous numerous ccorrals orrals & great great ssteel teel 8 5 0 ,0 0 0 . sshipping hipping pens. pens. $$850,000. +/ + /- 60 60 Head Head Cattle Cattle Ranch R a nc h Bisbee/ Bisbee/McNeal, cNeal, AAZZ – AAZZ ggrazing razing lleases eases HHQQ on on 9966 66 acres acres of of pprivate rivate lland and includincludiing ng llog og hhome, ome, bbunk unk hhouse, ouse, corrals, corrals, hay hay bbarn, arn, wwell, ell, aarena, rena, tack tack hhouse ouse & sstorage torage Purchase HQ HQ on on 244 244 ssheds. heds. $$600,000. 600,000. Purchase acres acres & lease lease for for $500,000. $500,000. Young, Young, AZ AZ 72 72 Acre Acre Farm Farm – UUnder nder tthe he M ogollon RRim, im, a m ust ssee, ee, w/small w/small Mogollon must ttown own ccharm, harm, m ountain vviews. iews. 1,000 1,000 mountain ggpm pm wwell, ell, hhome, ome, 11800s 800s m useum, 2 BBRR museum, ccabin, abin, sshop, hop, & bbarn. arn. EExcellent xcellent ffor or hhorse orse ffarm, arm, bbed ed & bbreakfast, reakfast, lland and or or wwater ater ddevelopment. evelopment. +/- 6622 acres acres & wwell ell ffor or $$1,700,000; 1,700,000; hhome ome & oother ther iimprovemprove$424,500, Seller Seller Financing. Financing. m ents. $424,500, ments. *REDUCED* *REDUCED* Santa Santa Teresa Teresa Mtns, Mtns, Fort Fort Thomas, Thomas, AAZZ – 2200 00 aacre cre PPlus lus 1177 hhead ead BBLM LM aallotment, llotment, pprivate rivate rretreat, etreat, ttwo wo wwells. ells. VVery ery rremote emote & eextremely xtremely sscenic cenic ottonwoods & bbeautiful eautiful ww/sycamores, /sycamores, ccottonwoods $285,000, Terms. Terms. rrock ock fformations. ormations. $285,000, *SOLD* *SOLD* Greenlee Greenlee County County, AAZZ, 139 139 Head Head Ranch – YYear-long ear-long UUSFS SFS ppermit ermit w/ ww/two /two rroom oom lline ine ccamp, amp, bbarn arn & ccorrals orrals aatt HHQ. Q. RRemote emote hhorseback orseback rranch anch ww/limited /limited vvehicular ehicular aaccess. ccess. SSheldon, heldon, AAZ. Z.
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EXICO PPROPERTIES ROPERTIES N EW M MEXICO NEW Listed Listed Cooperatively Cooperatively with with Action Action Realty Realty, Cliff, Cli ff, NM, NM, Dale Dale SSpurgeon, purgeon, BBroker roker *NEW *NEW* W* Animas, nimas, NM, M, +/ +/- 100 100 acre acre Farm, Farm, wwith ith +/+/- 9900 iirrigated rrigated acres, acres, fflood lood iirrigated rrigated ww/concrete /concrete ditches. ditches. M ain Main hhome, ome, second second home, home, gguest uest hhouse, ouse, sshop, hop, $325,000. hhorse orse bbarns arns oother ther bbuildings. uildings. $325,000. *SOLD Head Cattle Cattl Ranch, *SOLD* D* +/ +/-300 300 Head ttle Ranch, Virden Virden, n, NNM M +//-- 4010 4010 ddeeded eeded aacres, cres, +//-2277 sec sec BLM, BLM, 4.5 4.5 ssec ec NNM M State State Lease. Lease. HHQQ includes includes 2 BBR, R, 1 bath, bath, ssite ite bbuilt uilt hhome ome on on 1100 iirrigated rrigated aacres. cres.s W ell Well wwatered atered rranch. anch.
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*NEW *NEW* W* Franklin, Fr ank lin, NNM, M, 2288 AAcre cr e Farm Farm – 1199 AAcres cres ooff wwater ater rrights ights from from FFranklin ranklin II.D., .D., 5 BR, BR, 3 bbath ath M fg. hhome, ome, Mfg. $150,000 Terms. Terms. ccorrals. orrals. $150,000 H ORSE PPROPERTIES HORSE ROPERTIES **REDU REDUCED UCED PRICE PR ICE – INCREASED INCREASED ACREAGE* AGE* San San Pedro Pedro River River north north of of ACREA Benso Benson, n, AAZZ – +⁄ -345 -345 acre acre PProfessional rofessional HHorse orse BBreeding reeding Facility, Facility, 5555 aacres cres ooff irriirriggated ated pasture, pasture, 900 900 ggpm pm wwell. ell. 2 hhomes; omes; bbarn arn w/office, w/office, apt., apt., ttack ack rroom, oom, feed feed rroom, oom, & storage storage aarea; rea; 1122 sstall tall bbarn; arn; 7 sstall tall mare mare m otel; llab/vet ab/vet rroom; oom; lighted lighted motel; rriding iding arena; arena; insulated insulated workshop; workshop; & hay hay Re duced ttoo $2.4M. Reduced sstorage torage area. area. $2.4M. $2.17 $2.175M. 75M. TTerms erms Available. vailable. Willcox, x, AZ AZ 40 40 Acres Acres – GGreat Willco reat views views inin eevery very direction, direction, ppower ower to to the the property. property. $85,0 $85,000. 000. *REDU *REDUCED* UCED* Irrigated Irrigated FFarm, arm, SSt.t. DDavid, avid, AZ AZ 115+ 5+ acre acre pparcel, arcel, new new 3 BR, BR, 2 Bath Bath ccustom ustom hhome ome ooverlooking verlooking ppond, ond, iirrigated rrigated ffarm arm ffields, ields, 1120 20 ppecan ecan trees; trees; IIndoor ndoor sswimming wimming pool; pool; guest guest hhouse; ouse; studio; studio; rroot oot ccellar; ellar; workshop; workshop; machine machine & hhay ay $650,000. $790,000 $650,000. ssheds. heds. $790,000 We hhave We ave ave bbuyers uyers llooking ooking ffor or 3300 00 ttoo 700 head outf 700 head outfi tfits. ts. IfIf you you aare re tthinking hinking of would of sselellling ing yyour our RRanch, anch, NNOW OW w ould bbee an an ex exxcellent cellent ttime. ime. RRanch anch SSales ales hhave ave picked wee picked uupp ffor or aallll ssize ize rranches anches aand nd w would would aappreciate ppreciate tthe he oopportuni pportunittyy ttoo ttalk alk ttoo yyou ou aabout bout llisting isting yyour our rranc anchh..
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FIRE! a photograph taken by Juliane Baish-Sproul during the Horseshoe II Fire in the Chiricahua Mountains in June 2011 was featured on the cover of the May Stockman. The photo was taken from the porch of the Spike S Ranch, owned by the Sproul family, and home of (Aunt) Shirley Sproul near Turkey Creek. In an attempt to “contain” the fire (see story on page 48 of last months Stockman) nearly 80 percent of the mountain range was backburned, when the fire itself would have burned about a quarter of that. Had it been fought, it would have been less. It is hard to estimate the private property damage that literally went up in smoke including fences and water improvements. Please pray that our families don’t face this tragedy in the months to come.
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28 in Congress sign on to Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act Bill Would Allow Forest Fire Fuel Loads to be Responsibly Managed
ongressman Paul Gosar (R-Arizona) was joined by a bipartisan group of 27 of his colleagues, including New Mexico’s Steve Pearce in the U.S. House of Representatives on, May 15, 2012, to introduce the bipartisan Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2012 (H.R. 5744). The bill (H.R. 5744) will allow forest lands to be responsibly managed to prevent catastrophic wildfires that put human and animal health and safety at risk while costing economies severely. “Decades of mismanagement and convoluted environmental regulation have left our nation’s vast forest lands one spark away from a catastrophic wildfire. In many parts of the nation, these forests, which have historically provided grazing land for livestock and habitat to wildlife, are nothing more than kindling for the next big fire,” said Jeff Menges, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Region VI Vice President and Arizona Cattle Growers’ past president. “Forest lands must be responsibly managed but that is not happening today because environmental extremists have abused regulations currently on the books to tie the hands of land manage-
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ment agencies. The Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act will restore some common sense to forest management, improve public safety and restore the environment.” H.R. 5744 will allow the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to streamline projects to reduce hazardous fuel loads, thus reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfire and protecting endangered species on lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. Authorized projects include timber thinning and livestock grazing. The New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association, the New Mexico Federal Lands Council, New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc. and New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau, urged Congress to consider H.R. 5744 and commended Congressman Gosar for stepping up and working to restore the ability of the federal government to work with farmers and ranchers to prevent catastrophic wildfires. “Catastrophic wildfires cost taxpayers millions of dollars in immediate response and subsequent restoration projects. Managing the land and reducing hazardous fuel loads to prevent wildfires is the right thing to do,” NMCGA President Rex Wilson said. “Environmental extremists should not be allowed to continue obstructing our ability to responsibly manage the land and its resources. Congressman Gosar’s legislation is a crucial step in the right direction of stopping the abuse of well-intended environmental laws. We urge members of Congress to support this legislation and help prevent future devastating catan strophic wildfires.”
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may be different for every landowner, but should at a minimum cover water quality protection including pits. The best advice that can be offered is to require that there be water quality data, including depth to the water, prior to any surface disturbance. At the end of the project, water quality should be retested. If there is a negative change, the liability of such change should be addressed within the agreement. Soon after the passing of the SOPA Governor Richardson convened what was at least the third Pit Rule Task Force to develop regulations to address the pits that accompany drilling operations. NMCGA had three representatives on the Task Force, that included oil and gas industry participants as well as environmental groups and private citizens, who spent literally months developing a compromise draft that was submitted to the Oil Conservation Commission. In 2008 the Commission adopted a rule that was mostly what had been recommended. After less than four years, the oil and gas industry petitioned the Commission to amend the rule. The proposed amendment is long and complicated, as was the original rule. From the NMCGA perspective there are five (5) issues of concern: n Defining of a “low chloride fluid” as something containing 15,000 mg/liter . . . the previous definition was 3,000 mg/liter. This is an increase of 200 percent n Allowing pit contents to be buried on site . . . without capping the contents with a liner n Allowing pits to be put in place where the depth of ground water is 25 feet or greater (up from 50 to 100) n Allowing pits to be sited within 100 feet of existing houses, wells, livestock watering facilities, watercourses (up from 300 to 500 feet) n The use of modeling for water data rather than site specific data Further, there is no consideration of the cumulative impacts of putting all of these actions. The hearing on the proposal was continued in May until June 20, 2012 in Santa Fe. Written comments on the proposal will be accepted until June 15 and public testimony is taken every day at the hearing just prior to noon and just before closing. For the text of the proposal, please visit www.nmagriculture.org . NMCGA has been working with the continued on page 67 JUNE 2012
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McGinley Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Merrick’s, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Mesa Feed Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Mesa Tractor, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29, 52 Michelet Homestead Realty . . . . . . . . . .62 Chas S. Middleton & Son . . . . . . . . . . .62 Monfette Construction Company . . . . . .53 N NM 4-H Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 NMCGA Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 NMCGA Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 NM Property Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 NM Purina - Land O Lakes . . . . . . . . . .72 NMSU Animal & Range Sciences . . .19, 38 NM Stockman Gift Certificate . . . . . . . . .20 NM Wool Growers, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 No-Bull Enterprises LLC . . . . . . . . . . . .31 O Jim Olson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 O’Neill Land LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 P Paco Feed Yard, Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Phase-A-Matic, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Phillips Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 PolyDome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Cattle Guards/Priddy Construction . . . . .66 R Ranch for Lease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 Ranch Land Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 The Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Red Doc Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 D.J. Reveal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Riley & Knight Appraisal, LLC . . . . . . .61 Rim Fire Stock Dogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Robertson Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Roswell Livestock Auction Company . . . .12 Roswell Wool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
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formed as expected this season. Fuller finished first in the region in the Women’s All-Around, second in goat tying, third in breakaway roping, fourth in the team roping (header), event and eighth in barrel racing. “It’s difficult because I ride four horses and I have six horses here that I have to keep in shape. It’s especially hard to focus when your mind is racing around about team roping, breakaway, goat tying, and then turn around and get on a barrel horse. You just have to stay focused,” Fuller said. “I feel pretty good about my performance this spring. In the fall I didn’t really have any points in any events, so I had to make those up this semester. This year has been a great experience.” Nationally, Fuller is currently ranked first in the Women’s All-Around, 10th in goat tying, and 20th in the breakaway event. Sophomore Fran Marchand of Omak, WA has consistently performed well this season. Last weekend Marchand won two individual championship titles, the Men’s All-Around and the bareback riding title. He also finished fourth in the saddle bronc riding. Marchand finished the season first in the region in the Men’s All-Around and first in the bull riding and took third in bareback riding and saddle bronc riding. He is also currently leading the nation in the Men’s All-Around, fifth in bull riding, 10th in saddle bronc riding, and 15th in the nation in bareback riding. Freshman Jordan Minor of Navasota, TX also shined this season finishing first in the region in the tie down roping. Minor is currently ranked 15th in the nation in tie n down roping.
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without respiratory disease, or fewer foodborne pathogens are advantageous — those sorts of changes are a boon for the industry in terms of perception and environmental footprint.” Jorgensen has been pulling DNA samples for their files, “just in case” they want to analyze them. “It’s not like the poultry or swine business where they can do 2.4 turns per year,” he says. “You just can’t make that much progress in a year’s time. It’s critical to know whether those cattle will do it or not.” It matters to individual ranchers and to those further down the beef production chain. “Meat demand is not going down, especially worldwide, Kuehn says. “It’ll take focus if we’re going to keep beef competin tive to other protein sources.”
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National Monuments – More Than Meets the Eye by CALLIE GNATKOWSKI GIBSON t’s hard to be opposed to protecting history, but with National Monument Designations – as with almost anything else – there is more to it than meets the eye, according to Dr. Jerry Schickedanz, who started researching the issue after getting involved with People for Preserving Our Western Heritage (PFPOWH), a group formed to represent ranchers’ interests in Doña Ana County. Schickedanz, who now serves as PFPOWH Chairman, also works to promote the range livestock industry in his role in the Tom and Evelyn Lineberry Endowed Chair at New Mexico State University (NMSU). Ongoing efforts by activist groups to “protect” lands in Doña Ana County, prompted him to take a look at the national monuments, what they are, how they are formed and how they impact land use. The problem, Schickedanz said, is that the general public does not understand the difference between a Wilderness, a National Park and a National Monument. “When the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance realized that their Wilderness proposal was basically dead, they started looking for another way to lock up these lands with a federal designation and turned to the President and his authority to designate a National Monument through the 1906 Antiquities Act.” The number of different plans that have been introduced regarding land in southern New Mexico has made the issue even more complicated. Proposals have included efforts to create Wilderness Areas, a bill introduced by Congressman Steve Pearce to designate 58,000 acres in the Organ Mountains as a National Monument and the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance’s effort to create a 600,000 acre National Monument. “There’s no question that people support some kind of perma-
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nent protection for the Organ Mountains,” he said. “I think if you asked anyone on the street in Las Cruces they would agree.” The land in question is currently managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for multiple use. National Monument designations typically protect historic sites, like buildings and battlefields and in New Mexico are managed by either the National Park Service or BLM. Management specifics are laid out in each monument’s management plan. According to Schickedanz’ research, multiple use is severely restricted in all of New Mexico’s 12 current National Monuments, which doesn’t give much hope for ranchers and recreationalists options in any new designation. Specific restrictions are outlined below, and more information can be found at www.peopleforwesternheritage.com. Hunting: Hunting is prohibited in 11 of New Mexico’s existing National Monuments, and the management plan for the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument is still being developed. NPS policy is
With all due respect to the Bureau of Land Management (the real BLM), this sign was a gift my father proudly presented to me at Christmas one year after I went to work for the NMCGA. It provides a great conversation piece when there are visitors in the NMCGA Board Room --- and brings me great pleasure to think of my father and his support of my work. —Caren Cowan
to protect wildlife within their boundaries. Grazing: Grazing is prohibited in 11 New Mexico National Monuments. Grazing was prohibited at Bandelier National Monument in 1930, at White Sands in 1940, and at El Malpais in 1997. NPS policy is to phase out commercial grazing whenever possible. Pets: In general, NPS policy for pets except for guide dogs and hearing ear dogs – prohibits pets from: entering national monument buildings (including visitor centers); ranger led activities; using trails, and all backcountry areas. In those instances where they are allowed on trails, they must be kept on a leash at all times. Pet regulations are strictly enforced – fines $50-250. RV Camping Overnight: Overnight RV camping is prohibited at ten of New Mexico’s 12 National Monuments. El Morro has nine sites for RVs and Bandelier has 94 sites, but no hookups for water and lights. Backpack Camping: Overnight backpack camping is prohibited at nine of New Mexico’s 12 National Monuments. White Sands has 10 established sites for tents and advance reservations are required. Bandelier allows overnight backpack camping with a permit and El Malpais has tent camping. Fees: Fees are charged at nine of the 12 National Monuments. Only El Malpais, Prehistoric Trackways and Salinas Pueblo Missions do not charge a fee. Fuel Wood Gathering: Generally, fuel wood gathering is prohibited. Motorized Vehicle Use: Motorized vehicles are prohibited on trails. Baby strollers are prohibited on trails at Capulin Volcano and bicycles are prohibited during regular hours on the road up Capulin. NPS policy is to not allow motorized vehicles on trails because they violate the soundscape resource with unnatural sounds. Horseback Riding: Bandelier limits riding on trails and limits the number daily to 2 groups of 6 horses. Law Enforcement and Border Security: Currently, Law Enforcement and Border Patrol have access in the NMWA proposed Organ Mt.-Desert Peaks National Monument. However, if done under a blanket proclamation, the law officers could be blocked under National Monument rules that in Arizona have limited law enforcement routine patrols. 2006 NPS policy states: ”that within the national park system boundaries, the Service will fulfill its law enforcement responn sibilities using NPS employees”.
Calendar of
EVENTS June 2012 3 - 8 / NM Youth Ranch Management Camp, Valles Caldera National Preserve 21 - 23 / Texas Cattle Feeders’ Association Summer Conference, Mescalero, NM 20 / NM Game Commission, Ruidoso, NM 20 - 22 / NM Oil Conservation Commission Pit Rule Hearing, Santa Fe, NM 24 - 26 / Mid Year Meeting NM Cattle Growers’ Assn.; NM Wool Growers, Inc.;
NM CowBelles; NM Farm & Livestock Bureau, Mescalero, NM
17 - 19 / NM Dept. of Game & Fish Outdoor Expo, Albuquerque, NM
July 2012
September 2012
18 - 20 / Arizona Cattle Growers’ Convention, Prescott, AZ 17 -19 / Farm Credit of New Mexico and New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau Educational Institute, Albuquerque, NM 19 / AZ-NM Coalition of Counties Meeting, Prescott, AZ 25 - 28 / NCBA Summer Conference, Denver, CO 28 / Centennial Solano Starlight Ballroom Dance, Solano, NM
13 - 23 / New Mexico State Fair, Albuquerque, NM 15 / Centennial Solano Western Traditions Celebration, Solano, NM
August 2012 16 / NM Game Commission, Rio Rancho, NM
November 2012 1 / NM Game Commission, Raton, NM 30 / Horses For Heroes Cowboy Christmas, Santa Fe, NM
December 2012 6 - 9 / Joint Stockmen’s Convention, Albuquerque, NM 16 / Bradley 3 Ranch Bull Sale, Estelline, TX
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