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The Chronicles of Grant County
This column will feature items that relate somehow to Grant County - the name of a street in the case of the first one, and maybe other streets, or the name of a building or whatever catches the fancy of the contributor, Richard Donough. Readers are encouraged to send him topics of interest to them, so he can do the research and write an article.
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The Chronicles Of Grant County
Foreign Land Ownerships
Part One
This map shows the amounts of acreage owned by foreign entities and individuals in a portion of the United States of America. The four counties in southwest New Mexico are within the blue circle. (The map was provided courtesy of the United States Department of Agriculture, December 31, 2022.)
Foreign entities and individuals owned more than 100,000 acres of land in southwest New Mexico as of December 31, 2021, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). These foreign land holdings were located in Catron, Grant, Hidalgo, and Luna Counties.
As will be noted in Parts Two and Three of this news series, that amount of foreign land holdings may not be correct.
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The Chronicles Of Grant County
SNAP Benefits
Part Four
SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits can be used to purchase vegetables like peppers and chilis. (The photograph was produced by Lance Cheung and provided courtesy of the USDA, November 9, 2014.)
The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) describes the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as a program that for more than 50 years "…has served as the cornerstone of the nation's nutrition safety net by providing food assistance to low-income families and individuals."
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The Chronicles Of Grant County
SNAP Benefits
Part Three
Corn is one of the food products that individuals can purchase with SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits. (The photograph was produced by Preston Keres and provided courtesy of the USDA, August 28, 2018.)
Corn is one of the food products that individuals can purchase with SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits.
(The photograph was produced by Preston Keres and provided courtesy of the USDA, August 28, 2018.)
During recent years, usage levels of the SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) under its current name (since October of 2008) as well as under its previous name of "Food Stamps" have been highest in Luna County. In the late 1900s and around the turn of the century, though, usage levels were highest in Grant County.
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The Chronicles Of Grant County
SNAP Benefits
Part Two
Fruits and vegetables are among the food products that people can purchase with SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits. (The photograph was produced by Preston Keres and provided courtesy of the USDA, April 26, 2019.)
The numbers of people in southwest New Mexico who have utilized the SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) under its current name (since October of 2008) as well as under its previous name of "Food Stamps" have varied through the years.
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The Chronicles Of Grant County
SNAP Benefits
Part One
SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits can be used to purchase fruits like apples. (The photograph was produced by Lance Cheung and provided courtesy of the USDA, November 9, 2014.)
Benefits provided through the SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) can be used to purchase a wide variety of food. Previously, the SNAP was called the “Food Stamps Program.” The name change took place in October of 2008.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), among the items that can be purchased through the SNAP are: “fruits and vegetables; meat, poultry, and fish; dairy products; breads and cereals; other foods such as snack foods and non-alcoholic beverages; and seeds and plants, which produce food for the household to eat.”
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The Chronicles Of Grant County
Plum Street
Deming
Plum trees in Yuba City, California. (The photograph was produced by Lance Cheung and provided courtesy of the USDA, August 28, 2015.)
Plum Street in Deming gets its name from the plum tree.
There are several varieties of plum trees and shrubs producing different types of this fruit in the United States.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), one of those varieties, the American plum, can reach heights of 15 feet; this particular variety can be found growing on large shrubs or small trees found throughout the eastern two-thirds of the U S.
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The Chronicles Of Grant County
Federal Plans For
Gila Lower Box Area
[Editor's Note: Please see larger version of map as a PDF at the bottom of the article.]
The Gila Lower Box Area includes the area with the diagonal stripes in Grant and Hidalgo Counties. (The map was provided courtesy of the United States Bureau of Land Management, October 10, 2023.)
The United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is encouraging the general public to review and comment on its plans for what the BLM calls the "Gila Lower Box Area."
This area includes a portion of northern Hidalgo County as well as a section of southcentral Grant County. The area is located, according to the BLM, approximately 20 miles northwest of Lordsburg. In total, the BLM indicated that the Gila Lower Box Area includes about 11,200 acres.
The BLM has developed a Recreation Area Management Plan (RAMP) for these sections of Grant and Hidalgo Counties.
"The plan will guide future development and provide management direction for recreation resources within the Gila Lower Box Area," noted the BLM in a recent news statement. "There is a need to implement primitive and sustainable recreation actions to protect the Gila Lower Box Area while being consistent with the management goal of protecting riparian values outlined in the 1993 Mimbres Resource Management Plan."
"The planning area is characterized by cliffs and steep canyon sides rising above a significant riparian area," the BLM news statement continued. "The area is home to several threatened, endangered, and sensitive wildlife species as well as designated critical habitat for these species. The area also provides important habitat to a variety of native plants and wildlife. While recreation is an important use of the planning area, unmanaged recreation use has resulted in disturbance and damage to sensitive resources."
The 220-page document detailing this plan for the Gila Lower Box Area can be viewed at https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/2018358/200517550/20108446/251008446/Gila%20Lower%20Box_RAMP_EA.pdf.
The BLM stated that the public is encouraged to review the final documents and provide comments or concerns prior to 5:00 PM (MST) on May 16.
"All comments received will be fully considered and evaluated," the BLM indicated in its news statement. "To review documents and provide comments, please visit BLM's ePlanning website at https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2018358/510."
People can also send comments through the postal mail to Bureau of Land Management, Las Cruces District Office, Attn: Allie Bettinger, Gila Lower Box
RAMP, 1800 Marquess Street, Las Cruces, NM 88005.
"This plan proposes to improve and enhance recreational experiences in the Gila Lower Box Area and protect cultural and biological resources," said Dave Wallace, Assistant Manager for Multi-Resources in the Las Cruces District of BLM. "This will be completed by creating and implementing recreation infrastructure that meets the primitive recreational values of the area."
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A street name? A building?
Your questions may be used in a future news column.
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© 2024 Richard McDonough
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Unclaimed Funds
Year 2024
You may have funds waiting for you. Unclaimed funds.
As part of efforts to return these unclaimed funds to local folks, The Chronicles Of Grant County will be producing several news columns on the subject during 2024. Many individuals, businesses, organizations, and other entities may not realize that they have unclaimed funds owed to them that are in Santa Fe (and elsewhere) at this time.
These are unclaimed funds that the State of New Mexico wants to return to the rightful owners.
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