The city's proposal to increase its drinking water supply includes building a dam on the Rio Grande, construction of 18 miles of pipeline, a storage reservoir, and expanding a system of delivery canals. The 15 groups, including Forest Guardians, have asked the EPA to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement addressing the potential impacts of the proposal. A federal agency which killed over 4,500 coyotes and hundreds of other wildlife species last year believes its current practices should go unchanged according to a recent assessment of its work in two New Mexico districts that cover nearly three-quarters of the state. Despite New Mexico's small livestock industry, it has the third most expensive ADC program, behind only California and Texas. The expense and the ineffectiveness of the program's foremost objective coyote control make it a prime target of environmental and animal rights groups who want to abolish the agency.
Biologists believe that coyote numbers actually increase in the face of predator control programs.
Lisa Jennings, of Sangre de Cristo Animal Protection, says the heavy dependency of the state's livestock industry raises questions about whether ranching in the arid Southwest is a viable industry, according to the Albuquerque Journal. The Clinton campaign bombarded NM with more political advertising than any other state, according to New York-based Competitive Media Reporting. NM viewers saw 3,079 Clinton 30 second spots between April 1 and Nov. 4, by far the most ads aired in the nation's 75 largest media markets. Clinton also choose Albuquerque as the site to prepare for the second presidential debate. After all, NM has only five electorial votes and there was never much doubt they would go to Clinton.