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GetAGRIP NEWSLETTERS
Fall 2003 - present

Fall 2008
Page 1: NMED Releases Record of Decision for Hurley Soils Cleanup; Financial Crisis Impacts Outlook for Mining Projects
Page 2: GRIP Receives PNM Energy Efficiency Grant;
Page 3: Hybrid Houses; Green Living Tips
Page 4: AWSA Stakeholders Provide Input on "Desired Future Conditions"
Page 5: Contaminated Silver City Water Tank Back on Line; A Bird's Eye View of Mine Reclamation
Page 6: Gila River Festival Highlights
Page 7: River Otters Back in New Mexico; Action Alert; Calendar of Upcoming Events
Page 8: New to the GRIP Library; !Gila Libre! Review and Excerpt
Page 9: Hurley Soils Cleanup continued; Desired Future Conditions continued.

Summer 2008
Page 1: GRIP Settles Appeal of Chino Mine Dilution Proposal; High Demand Spurs High Copper Prices;
page 2: Silver City Climate Protection Advisory Committee Maps out an Action Plan for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions; Gila River Named Among America’s 10 Most Endangered Rivers of 2008
Page 3: Update on Arizona Water Settlements Act; We All Live in a Watershed: Getting to Know Silver City's Watershed
Page 4: GRIP Executive Director Appointed to Good Neighbor Environmental Board; GRIP Board Member Berman Awarded Guggenheim
Page 5: Short Takes; GRIP TURNS TEN! Photos
Page 6: Chino Appeal contd.; High Copper Demand contd; Lone Mountain Copper Project Back on the Table?
Page 7: New to the GRIP Library; Gila Libre! New Mexico’s Last Wild River
Page 8: Calendar of upcoming Events

Winter 2008
Page 1: GRIP Turns Ten!; GRIP 10-year Anniv. Celebration; A GRIP Retrospective
Page 2: A Personal Appreciation to GRIP’s Supporters; Kudos go out to . Page 3: GRIP Turns Ten! Continued
Page 4: A GRIP Retrospective Continued
Page 5: “Milky Rain” Phenomenon Deemed Not a Threat; Gila Conservation Education Center Needs You!
Page 6: Living Green: Living Sustainably; 3rd Annual Peak Oil/Climate Change
Page 7: How does it feel to break the car addiction?
Page 8: Mike Sauber: Hail and Farewell!; Dia De Los Lobos
Page 9: October Spill at Chino Mine; New to the GRIP Library
Page 10: House Passes Mining Reform Bill; ACTION ALERT!;
Biggest Boondoggle of 2007
Page 11: A GRIP Mining Retrospective Continued; Calendar of Events

Summer 2007
Page 1: Phelps Dodge Appeals Permit for Discharge of Toxics in Tyrone; New Mexico's Last Wild River Gets a Second Chance.
Page 2: The Answer, my Friend, Could Have Been Blowing in the Wind; Ten-year Review of Chino AOC.
Page 3: Grip Launches Living Green Series; Gila Gets a Second Chance continued.
Page 4: Finally, a Much-needed Bill to Reform 1872 Mining Law; Smelter Stack Demolition continued.
Page 5: Calendar of Events; New to the GRIP Library.
Page 6: PD Appeals Permit, continued.
Page 7: Gila Gets a Second Chance, continued; Smelter Stack Demolition, continued.
Page 8: Action Alert; In Memoriam; Short Takes.

Fall 2006

Page 1: A Clean Legacy? Legal battles continue over closure plans for China and Tyrone Mines; Creative, Sustainable Architecture & Design in the Home
Page 2: Arizona Water Settlements Act Update: Gila-San Francisco Coordinating Committee Moves Ahead with AWSA Implementation
Page 3: Sustainable Architecture Exhibit & Hometour Info
Page 4: Sustainable Architecture Sponsors & Resources; Calendar of Events
Page 5: Closure Plans continued from page 1
Page 6: GRIP Supports Recycled Wall Youth Mural Project

Summer 2006
Page 1: State Committe Hears About Hazardous Materials Issues at PD Mines, Silver City Contemplates Water Main Extension Policy
Page 2: Community Comes Together to Celebrate 2nd Annual Gila River Festival
Page 3: Sustainability of Our Trails and Open Space Program
Page 4: Hazardous Materials contd.
Page 5: Action Alert: Tell Your Elected Official You Are Concerned About Public Health & Safety at Grant County Mines!, Water Main Extension contd.
Page 6: Goodbye Smelter
Page 7: Water Main Extension contd.

Page 8: Volunteers Needed; Calendar of Upcoming Events

Spring 2006
Page 1: Reclamation Happens!, Study Shows Sufficient Groundwater to Meet Silver City's Future Demand, Page 2: Grip Meets with PD about February Sulfuric Acid Spill,
Page 3: Action Alert: EPA Proposes Less Stringent Paritculate Matter Air Quality Standards,
Page 4: Newly-formed Sustainability Committee Brings Global Issues Closer to Home
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Page 5: Reclamation contd., Gila Diversion contd.


Fall 2005
Page 1: Study Shows Gila River Diversion Project Unnecessary and Wasteful, Environment Secretary Overrides Staff, Weakens Hurley Soils Cleanup
Page 2: A Summary of the 2020 Visions Public Forum Series

Page 3: From Visions to Action: Citizen Efforts Blossom from Spring to Fall

Page 4: From Farm to Table, and from Frying Vat to Fuel Tank

Page 5: Gila River Diversion Project contd.
, Hurley Cleanup contd.

Spring 2005
Page 1: 2020 Visions Forum Series Focuses on Need for Community Planning, NMED Eases Soil Cleanup Requirement in Hurley; PD Still Unhappy
Page 2: City & County Plans Emphasize Quality of Life, Natural Beauty, Forum Focuses on Planning

Page 3: Planning Forum Seeks to Learn from Other's Experiences
, Gila Conservation Coalition Plans Festival

Spring 2004
Pages 1 - 4

Summer 2004

Page 1: NM-AZ Agreement Paves Way for Gila Diversion Project, State Engineer Rules Against Dilution - for Now
Page 2: A Time of Change at GRIP, Dilution Derailed for Time Being

Page 3: Gila Water Diversion Gets Boost

Page 4: New Board Members, New Office


Fall 2003
Pages 1-7:
Wherefore Ought Thou Plan?, Letter from the Director, Comprehensive Planning: Where do We Go From Here?, Draft Comp Plan for Silver City Outlines Priorities, Land-Use Planning: Critical to Silver City's Future, Grant County Comprehensive Plan, Partial Settlement Reached on Tyrone Reclamation.



Gila Resources Information Project
305A North Cooper St. Silver City, NM 88061 phone/fax 575.538.8078 grip@gilaresources.info

Recognizing that human and environmental systems are inseparable and interdependent, Gila Resources Information Project pursues two goals: 1. To protect and nurture human communities by safeguarding the natural resources that sustain us all; 2. To safeguard natural resources by facilitating informed public participation in resource use decisions. Gila Resources Information Project (GRIP) was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) organization in 1998.

SUPPORT: We gratefully acknowledge the continued support of the McCune Charitable Foundation.