Judge affirms local decision to remove Rosefield Dam

Southeast District Judge Cherie Clark issued her decision regarding the Rosefield Dam case, Schaefer vs. Eddy County Water Resource District, on Thursday, Jan. 3. In her 17-page opinion she outlined the facts in the case as she understood them and determined that the ECWRD’s decision to remove the dam should be affirmed.

The decision that formed the basis of the appeal was made by the ECWRD, a loc...