Jimmy Detsoi touted a proposal that he thought would get unanimous support from people in a small Navajo community where raising livestock is synonymous with culture and tradition, the advent of the massive federal Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined New Mexico's congressional delegation to advance a vital water supply project that will provide clean, safe and reliable water to a quarter of a million people in the Navajo Nation, the Jicarilla Apache Nation and the city of Gallup, New Mexico.

"We view our competition for water as the state of New Mexico," said John Porter, president of the Southwestern Water Conservation District. "They get 11.25 percent of the Colorado River.

Apparently the state of New Mexico and the Navajo Nation aren’t going to let a little thing like congressional approval get in the way of moving ahead with delivering water to the eastern portion of the Navajo Nation.

Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. and Gallup Mayor Harry Mendoza have signed a memorandum of understanding that calls for them to work together to see that a pair of pipelines are built to provide their people with water from the San Juan River. Shirley, Mendoza and members of the Navajo Nation Water Rights Commission said the agreement is an example of cooperation.

State Rep. Don Tripp would like to see legal allocation of Rio Grande waters and wolf reintroduction in Catron County paused where it is for a few years. Speaking at the annual Socorro County Farm and Livestock Bureau meeting Oct. 24, Tripp addressed a number of topics, including water and wolves. Tripp said water issues are foremost in the upcoming 30-day legislative session.

After more than three decades of discussion, officials for the city of Gallup and the Navajo Nation are at the brink of a historic memorandum of understanding in connection with the long-proposed Navajo-Gallup Water Pipeline.

Two San Juan River water user groups have filed a motion in the 11th Judicial District Court questioning a recent determination by the Bureau of Reclamation that enough water exists in the Upper Basin of the Colorado River to support the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project.

The Intergovernmental Relations Committee of the Navajo Nation Council this week approved a memorandum of understanding between the Navajo Nation and the city of Gallup, thus hurtling one political football into the end zone.

The Resources Committee approved a redraft of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Navajo Nation and city of Gallup that would allow the exchange of 500 acre-feet of groundwater annually prior to construction of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project.