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NM 434 Bank Stabilization Project
The proposed project would involve the installation of rock bendway weirs along with launchable riprap to divert water flow to the thalwag and stop bank erosion adjacent to an acequia and NM 435 at milepost 2.9. Work would be performed during low flows.
This project is looking to potentially upgrade the road to allow for trucks carrying turbine blades to make the turns safely. The client does not expect to change the ROW width, but potentially reinforce the shoulders. Timing of the project is unknown at this point as routes are still being investigated. Attached is the proposal westwood submitted for the scope of this project
This is a potential road retrofit to safely allow large truck with turbine blades to pass. The company is exploring options and does not have timing or materials decided upon. The proposal from Westwood to support this work is attached to help clarify.
Tiffany Fire Rehabilitation Project (Private Land)
This project will target invasive species eradication in the Tiffany Fire burn scar followed by native plant seeding. The primary invasive in this area is tamarisk. Tamarisk in the project area is very dense posing a significant fire risk. Removal of tamarisk will reduce the fire risk, and the re-introduction of native plants through seeding will create competition making it harder for invasives to re-establish.
The thinning contractor shall eradicate tamarisk and other non-native woody vegetation, based on property prescription, using one or more of the following methods:
o Mechanical excavation
o Mastication and slash treatment
o Herbicide application
This project is to develop a Forest Stewardship Plan. The data will be used to inform the
recommendations in the plan. Landowner objectives include: Provide for appropriate wildfire protection in this fire adapted ecosystem; Part of the Gallinas watershed; enhance and maintain riparian areas on the property, specifically those with riparian species such as narrow leaf cottonwood stands; Implement forest treatments and activities that improve habitat for key indicator wildlife species and serve to protect from forest insect and disease issues; Provide for recreational opportunities on the property. Enhance the aesthetic quality of the property; - Continue to develop a comprehensive property map showing existing roads, existing thinning, future management areas, approximate property line locations and ownership and past uses. This goal will become the "existing condition" within the Stewardship Plan and provide a planning baseline for future forest management and treatment objectives.
Potential re-enforcement of road for large trucks. Areas were surveyed for potential habitat on Feb 22, 2024 using results from BISON-M as NMERT was down. Vegetation is mostly upland shrub, creosote and honey mesquite dominated. One ephemeral stream is present that washes across road.
Draft EA Addressing Operations and Training Support Facilities and Activities at White Sands Missile Range, NM
WSMR is proposing to construct and improve facilities and designate existing training areas to support the operations of tenant and transient units, such as the Special Operations Forces - Training and Experimentation Center (SOF-TEC), at WSMR. SOF-TEC was formally activated as a tenant directorate at WSMR, New Mexico in March 2022 under the operational control of 1st Special Forces Command to become the premier irregular warfare training and experimentation center. The Proposed Action includes the construction or improvement of barracks, shower and laundry facilities, a vehicle wash station, and a bivouac area. The Proposed Action also includes the designation of existing areas used for operational testing mission sets (i.e., when testing of various military systems is used in a tactical training environment) for training mission sets. Although no construction dates have been established, construction is anticipated to take a year to complete.
The biological survey encompassed a 200-foot-wide area, 100-feet on each side of the pipeline centerline. Water pipeline with a 30-foot permanent workspace and 20-foot temporary workspace. Timing of activities is unknown.
Our client proposes to install a new 199-foot self-support tower in a proposed 50-foot by 50-foot lease area. A proposed approximately 12-foot-wide access and utility easement will extend approximately 140 feet east from Delaware Basin Road, connecting with a new 50-foot-wide access and utility easement extending approximately 60 feet north to the lease area. A proposed 8-foot-wide utility easement will extend approximately 90 feet east from Delaware Basin Road to the lease area. A proposed fiber conduit will be routed within the 8-foot-wide easement from a new fiber vault immediately south of the lease area 85 feet west to another new fiber vault. A proposed power conduit will be routed within the 50-foot-wide easement and 8-foot-wide easement from a new junction box immediately south of the lease area 115 feet west to a new utility pole. The site is located in undeveloped desert scrubland off the east side of Delaware Basin Road.
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