By Marley Shebala (Published in Gallup Post 7-25-201. Updated 8-8-13) WINDOW ROCK – The Arizona portion of the Navajo Nation is under an extreme drought. And the New Mexico portion of the Navajo Reservation is under extreme and severe drought conditions. That’s according to the National Drought Mitigation Center, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and […]
RESOURCES & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE VICE CHAIRPERSON SMITH We are trying to create legislation that can be properly presented to Council. DEPARTMENT OF AG EXTENSION AGENT RAY CASTILLO When i was talking about elected officials and 24 not working, i was referring to one grazing official who has served numerous terms that add up to about […]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WATCHMAN My brother says dept of ag has no guts. but dept of ag recommended to Resources & Development Committee to withdraw all grazing permits and start anew. RDC has that power. But RDC said it wanted to do that through legislation and this proposed Rangeland Improvement Act is to provide justification […]
Agree with Delegate Leonard Tsosie. more pple on grazing permits. and need enforcement of laws and maybe new laws. But no enforcement today. if report feral horses on road, nothing gets done cuz elected grazing and farm board officials are related to pple holding livestock/grazing permit. Our pple are claiming land as their’s based on […]
Navajo Dept of Ag supports full time range management officers instead of elected grazing and farm board officials because to improve rangeland and issues over grazing permits and land permits. An.d to have accoutability NDOJ BECKER Not compensated to deal 8 hours a day and five days a week to deal with grazing issues. Need […]
RESOURCES &s DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE HEARING REPORT FROM DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ON PROPOSED RANGELAND IMPROVEMENT ACT RDC concerned about how full time employees would work under proposed Rangeland Improvement Act. How will elected community level Grazing officials and Farm Board be transformed into full time tribal employees? And there are concerns about work output of Grazing […]
NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL’S RESOURCES & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CONVENES IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, WINDOW ROCK, ARZ. RDC VICE CHAIRPERSON ROSCOE SMITH ASKS IF COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ANNOUCEMENTS: DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE Many of the chapters, housing and other public facilities were constructed in flood plains. Ned report on flooding. Mention that RDC was government entity that demanded […]
Greetings Relatives/Frens, I received a text from Farmington Daily Times news reporter Noel Smith that as she was looking for proposed Navajo Nation Council legislation on Council Delegate Katherine Benally’s $220 million bond, she came across another proposed Council legislation that we have both been tracking – the Navajo Nation Energy Policy. For those of […]
