Some Random News

Below is some random news of interest - and it's all taken from the Arizona Geology Blog.

• Candidate would eliminate the AZGS and borrow on Rosemount Copper Mine revenue projections. Gubernatorial candidate John Munger released his budget plan for the state this past week which proposes elimination of the Arizona Geological Survey along with many other agencies as a cost savings measure.*

• 2012 CAP water shortage likely http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/324822

• Amid state's push for solar power, water-supply worries arise http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2010/01/17/20100117water-solar0117.html

• BLM Arizona official to head Colorado BLM office http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/01/18/daily23.html. Helen Hankins, the Associate State Director of the BLM's Arizona office, is becoming state director of the Colorado BLM office on Feb. 1. She is a geologist.

• Lots of Action at Freeport in Southern Arizona

• The anit-mining bill (which bans mining in much of Southern AZ ) gets a hearing in Congress. The Steel Worker's Union files a letter against.

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