Author Archives | Ray and Carol Pittman
Ray and Carol Pittman, both 79 years, met as teenagers and have been married for 57 years. Ray, a biochemist, retired in 1994 from the research faculty of the University of California in San Diego. Carol retired as a secretary in 1995. They bought the remainder of the old Ary Ranch just east of Datil in 1995 and moved there in 1996. They own about 1500 acres adjoining the Cibola National Forest (and the Augustin Plains Ranch). They keep a modest herd of cattle, and a handful of horses and donkeys. They have 2 children and 7 grandchildren headquartered in El Paso and in Denver.
Augustin Plains Ranch water case crucial to protecting New Mexico’s rural water
On September 22, we asked the New Mexico Supreme Court to order the State Engineer to dismiss a massive speculative water appropriation application from Augustin Plains Ranch, LLC. We live next door to the Ranch, which has spent almost eight years trying to appropriate a massive amount of water in Catron County. This attempted appropriation threatens the towns, ranches and homes of the entire San Augustin Plains region, all of which are wholly dependent on wells and groundwater.
Bruce Frederick of the New Mexico Environmental Law Center (NMELC) filed a petition on our behalf for a writ of mandamus. In the petition, we ask the Court to compel the State Engineer to “promptly” reject the Ranch’s most recent application for 54,000 acre-feet of water per year...
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26. September 2014
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