nmelc 2013 annual report
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Thank you for being part of theNew Mexico Environmental LawCenter. In 2013, you made atremendous difference for ourcommunities and our resources,during a time when they needed you the most.
Three years into the administration of Governor SusanaMartinez, we had one foot in administrative hearing rooms,and one foot in judicial courtrooms. They are both importantarenas for New Mexico’s environment and communities.
Administrative rulemakings (where regulations like theCopper Rule and Pit Rule were born and gutted, respectively)are held on the Governor’s home turf. They are presided
over by her appointees, and the appointees of her appointees.And it shows.
But courtrooms are another matter. There, judges are strikingdown the illegal, anti-environment and anti-public decisionsmade by the Administration. The decisions that are coming outof courtrooms are good news for communities throughout ourstate…and bad news for an Administration that is still tryingto evade the law.
You’re making it possible for us to win those critical decisions –some of which are discussed in this Annual Report. Thank you.
Yours truly,
Phyllis and Jack DolhinowShannon DonahuePaula Sass DonnellyNadine DonovanCornelius Dooley, M.D., and Susanne Hoffman-Dooley, Esq.
Jamie DouglassBruce DriverMartha DummerEllen and Bill DupuyMary DyktonCarol EarpConnie EichstaedtDeanna EinspahrElizabeth EllistonVictoria ErhartE. J. EvangelosBernard and Melinda EwellAllison Muller FabaraFairholm Builders, Inc.James FarisShera Farnham and Doug De MuthMaria FellinKristina Fisher and Phil CarterBarbara FixKathleen FlanaganMarilyn ForbesWallace and Valerie FordRichard and Karen FordDavid Fowler and Polly BrownLisa FrancewareSharon FrankletMartha Anne FreemanJamie Gagan,M.D.and AlanRogers, M.D.Kelly Gallagher and Don KrierFaith GarfieldGartner Matching Gift ProgramEileen GaunaDavid and Ilse GayNicholas GentrySheila GershenDaniel GibsonMarvin J. GodnerDebbe GoldbergDon and Lorraine L. GoldmanByron GoldsteinCarol GoodmanEda GordonTom GormanMarian GravesJoel and Cherrin GreenGeorge Greer, M.D.and Requa TolbertGila Tree ThinnersSharon GrossDavid Grusin and Nan NewtonJ.G. GuffyHachette Book Group Matching Gift Program
Peter Hagen and Lindsay Faulkner Hagen
Gail and Daryl HaggardVirginia Tate HamiltonWendell and Harriett HarrisRichard and Anna HarrisonJonathan E. HartshorneHaila HarveyDon and Cheryl HastingsCarol and Lyle HawbakerKaren Heldmeyer, Ph.D.Joseph HempflingJuliana HendersonJudith HenryFrank Herdman and Alice TempleR. A. HernandezEllen HerrAnn and Jerry HicksSara HinerPaula Mays HodgesEric HofstetterRosemary HollandDave and Liddy HollandBarbara HolmesPamela HomerElizabeth HooblerLynne HorpedahlElaine Hounsell
Donna HouseDeirdre HowleyHank and Bonney HughesTracy M. HughesPaul HultinTim HunterMadeleine HurdJeffrey Huser and Debra Colonna-HuserDon HydeTova IndritzRenee IngoldPatricia JahodaEric Jantz and Mary DickmanMary JebsenAmy JenkinsThomas and Carlyn JervisRichard and Ella JonesDoug JonesRobert and Ethlyn JonesMiriam JoscelynMark KalinNorty and Summers KalishmanHeather Karlson and Bill LeesonJohn KaronKaufman ConstructionDr. Kirt KempterBarbara and Tobey KingDavid KingDon Kirby and Joan GentryRichard Klein and Claire ZoellerPat KlockShelbie Knox and Dave ClarkSandra KoenigRuth and Paul KovnatPatricia KuhlhoffDonald Kurtz and Elizabeth GutierrezCarol and Marvin LachmanDiana LahmBrigitte LaingLakind Dental GroupMichael and Barbara LangnerSylvia Gerstein LaPan and Richard LaPan
David and Barbara LarsonRobin LaughlinKaren LawrenceJames LearKirsten LearLinda LeeElizabeth LeeLynn LeeDeirdre LennihanGreg and Amy LewisJason A. LillegravenMichael W. and Diane LilleyCarlie Lines and B.C. RimbeauxDebra LinkJane LipmanLucy LippardJamie LippmanLarry and Julianne LittlefieldRobert LoftfieldMildred LopezDiane LottiVirginia LowenMr. and Mrs. Donald R. LundgrenCindy LyonStephanie LyonOuida MacGregorLaurie MaitreIrene MaldonadoEileen MandelClaire MandevilleMario ManzoSusan and Richard MartinJames C. and Sherry MartinMae MartinezMarianne A. MartinezLinda MassopustNorma McCallanSusan McGreevyJoyce McLeanLeslie S. McNamaraAlexander M. MeiklejohnColin MeiklejohnDouglas and Harriet Meiklejohn
Stuart MeiklejohnDaniel MeriansYana MerrillRobert J. MeyerLinda MilanesiBetsy MillardRobbie MillerDavid Milliken and Laura EllisKaren Milstein, Ph.D, and Phil Milstein,MD
Charlotte MinterA. Paul Mitchell and Genevieve ChavezLois Mohr and Tom ArnerDennis MontoyaLeona MorganMarie MorganLetitia MorrisSusan MorrisGeorge and Karen MorrisClay MoweryVirginia Mudd and Clifford BurkeWerner and Helen MullerJoan MurphyShirley Ann MyersPatricia NagleJulia and Albert NathansonJudith NaumbergDonald and Carolyn NeeperRichard Neuman and Sharon Kellum Neuman
Donna NeuschBetsy NicholsEizo Nishiura and Ruth NelsonNorth Golondrinas Acequia Assoc. Rita NortonAndrew NowakElizabeth O'BrienChristopher O'ConnorJane C. OakesDyan OldenburgSandra OrielPeter and Jean OssorioLois OwensGeorge and Elisa PackardMarla Painter and Mark RuddJim PalmerRonald ParryJim and Jan PattersonDavid PattonMartha PealeJanine PearsonCharles and Sharon PedersenSusan PerleyPatricia PhelpsStephen and Rodene PhillipsGlenn Conroy and Jane Phillips-ConroySarah Piltch and David HeberEllen PinnesRay and Carol PittmanNicholas PotterKaty PowerWillow and Bob PowersCarole PriceCarol and George PriceV.B. and Rini PriceKathy PriolaBetty PritchardJennifer Pruett and Kennan GirdnerSheila PugachJoan QuinnDr. Patrick and Stacy QuinnJeff RadfordBonnie RaittGrace RalstonBishop Ricardo RamirezCatherine RandolphEdward and Melanie RanneyLee ReynisGeri RhodesJean RichardsKitty RichardsRonald RinkerMary B. RiseleyRhonda RiveraLouise RoachAmy L. Robinson, M.D.
Edward Roden-LuceroRobby RodriguezDavid Rose and Ceil MurrayRose Mountain Retreat CenterEllen Rosen and Bruce ReynoldsDena Ross Kathryn Maitland RountreePamela Roy Richard J. RubinCynthia Chapman RudmannAl and Mary Anne SanbornFrank I. and Hilda SanchezJoann SartoriusJohn McAllen ScanlanRobert SchillerEric SchmiederRich Schrader and Carol Gish SchraderMerry SchroederMary SchrubenNan SchwanfelderIra and Lorraine SchwartzShirley B. Scott, M.D.Susan SecularDonna J. SeifertStorm Sermay and Perry PlummerMary Ann ShaeningGeoff ShandlerLaurence Shandler,M.D.,and Joan ShandlerPatricia A. SheelyLelia and Robert SheppersonBetsy and Tom ShillinglawGloria SilverGene SimonJanet SimonKen and Martha SimonsenJennifer L. Six and Michael P. BermanDaryl SmithLisa E. SmithSydney SnyderVera SnyderCarol Sonnenschein and Stuart FeenDiana SpareWilliam and Ruth StammStephens and AssociatesMarc Stess and Alice SealeyDiane SeniorSharon StewartJean StokesCarolyn StoneStone ForestMichael Stout and Marci BeyerGavin F. StrathdeeKim Straus, Jack Lain and Jose Lain-StrausJudith StromSally StrongSouth Golondrinas Acequia Assoc. Persis SuddethCathie SullivanJeffrey SussmannDebra J. SwansonScott SwearingenKaren SweeneySandra A SweersDoug and Jane SwiftT & E IncorporatedPaula TackettJan M. TarrDyanna TaylorMargo TaylorFred TeitelbaumSimon and Mindy TeolisPhilip and Aija ThacherDiana L. ThatcherGordon and Mary Anne ThompsonLinda and Terry ThompsonAndrea Escher and Todd TibbalsMary TollJere and Harry TurnerE.H. Uhlenhuth, M.D.Eric Unzicker, MDAlice Van BurenAnn Koshel van Buren and Thomas van Buren
D.D. Van SoelenRoderick Ventura and Jo HaddadSusan M. Verkamp
Donna and John VogelAdair L. Waldenberg and Jon K. PeckStephen M. WalkerAndrew Wallerstein, Avalon TrustRichard and Carol WarrenMarcia and Jim WeatherstoneMaurice WebsterDeborah WeinbergStanley WernickJoan and Truel WestElizabeth WestAnita WestPeter T. WhiteBarbara WhiteRobert WickhamAnne Heath WidmarkRichard and Martha WilderMarie B. Wilkinson and Cyril ChristoJohn WillettFloy and Joe WilliamsJohn and Carolyn WilsonAletta WilsonMark WinneEd and Marilyn Winter-TamkinJanet WiseJohn H. WoodPatricia Wood
Time&Talents Given By:Lynda BrownIsabel DeverauxJamie DouglassLisa FrancewarePaul Hultin, Esq.Marilyn MaxwellKyla van BurenAnne WernerJoan West
Gifts Made in Memory Of:Winston O. AbbottYvette BestAdrian BrownRay and Esperanza CarreonSebia HawkinsDavid HendersonKeith A. KellumVirgil LeeJack LevanJames and Therese LitwinPeter K. Martin and Ursula A. GrayDonald and Betty MeiklejohnElizabeth MeiklejohnRinda MetzCarlotta MinterRobert MyersPeter RavenGail RybaArnold Souder, Jr.Onnie TaylorPaul V. ThompsonFrances K. TysonJohn WeitzTom Wootten
Gifts Made in Honor Of:Jessica AberlyJonathan BlockVirginia Deal, master weaverPhyllis DolhinowCon DooleyVicki ErhartBruce FrederickMaxine GoadSam and Wendy HittDouglas MeiklejohnNMELC StaffNeil Norby and Theodore BloydWilliam C. OlsonNettie ResslerJohn ScanlanJulia TakahashiJoan West
Contact Information
1405 Luisa Street, Suite 5, Santa Fe, NM 87505
505.989.9022 telephone | 505.989.3769 fax | www.nmelc.org
N e w M e x i c o
Paul Mitchell, President, Albuquerque
Frank I. Sanchez, Vice-President, Roswell
Susanne Hoffman-Dooley,
Secretary, Santa Fe
Harry Browne, Treasurer, Silver City
Myron Armijo, Santa Ana Pueblo
Stuart Bluestone, Santa Fe
Sandy Buffett, Santa Fe
Diana Bustamante, La Mesa
Michael Casaus, Albuquerque
Eileen Gauna, Albuquerque
Donna House, Alcalde
Renee Ingold, Fallbrook, CA
Leona Morgan, Albuquerque
Kitty Richards, Albuquerque
STAFF
Jonathan M. Block, Staff Attorney
Juana Colón, Communications Officer
Bruce Frederick, Staff Attorney
Eric Jantz, Staff Attorney
Shelbie Knox, Development Officer
Elizabeth Lee, Director of Philanthropy
Douglas Meiklejohn, Executive Director
Yana Merrill, Director of Administration
and Finance
Baxter, Bodhi, Lulu and Maury,
Office Dogs
“NMELC is a leading environmental justice advocate in the state,incredibly persistent and dedicated, remarkably effective in
both the courtroom and the Roundhouse!
– Kristina Fisher
2014 Board of Directors Fiscal Year 2013 Unaudited Financial Report ( January 1, 2013 – December 31, 2013)
The Law Center keeps its books according to “Generally Accepted AccountingPrinciples” (GAAP), which require us to book the entirety of a multi-year grant in theyear that we receive the grant pledge. While that system keeps us in the good graces of the IRS, it can make our Annual Reports appear unbalanced. For instance, using theGAAP system, it seems that our expenses exceeded our revenue in 2013. In reality,
we received payments for several grants that were booked in previous years, and
met all of our expenses last year.
If you have any questions about our accounting, please email Yana Merrill, Director of Administration and Finance at [email protected], or call (505) 989-9022.
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A Look Back at 2013
Douglas MeiklejohnExecut ive Director
ANNUAL REPORT 2013 NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER
Total Income: $ 797,181.
5.5%Membership 32.2%Native American
8.9% Administration
16.3%Development&Fundraising
1.9%Other
19.6%Major Donors
5%Fees&CostReimbursements
501(c)3 tax ID: 85-0360664
INCOME EXPENSES
Total Expenses: $ 817,046.
Top10 ways you made a difference in 2013
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Victory for public participation in the Mount Taylor uranium mine case.
NMELC won a major victory that requires the State to take public input into account when making decisions about uranium and other hardrock mines.
Victory for government transparency in Energy Conservation Codes case.
NMELC affirmed a legal requirement that State decision-makers must explain the reasons for their decisions.
Victory in defending New Mexico Mining Act from assault by humate mining industry.
Mineris Vitae, LLC asked the NM MiningCommission to change the Mining Act regulations so that the company couldoperate bigger humate mines with fewer rules. After wemade our argument against the scheme, the Commissiongave the company just a fraction of what it asked for. And we convinced legislators that they should not exempthumate mines from the Mining Act.
Built strong case for appeal in Copper Rule case.
NMELC took part in a challenging rulemaking in 2013, in which the Water Quality Control Commission overturned more than three decades of regulations, policies and court rulings to allow an entire industry to pollute groundwater. But webuilt a strong record, and now we’ve taken the Commission to the Court of Appeals.
Built strong case for appeal in Oil &Gas Pit Rule case.
In another rulemaking that favored industry profit overgroundwater protection, the Oil Conservation Commission
gutted New Mexico’s Pit Rule (which governs thewaste from oil and gas drilling.) Again, you made it
possible to build a strong case during the hearing, and now we’ve taken the Commission to court.
Still no new uranium mining in New Mexico!
18 years after the Law Center becameinvolved in the fight to stop new uraniummining in the Eastern Agency of the NavajoNation, no new mines have opened. Butwe now have 17 uranium cases on our docket, rangingfrom advocating for the cleanup of Cold War-era minesand a mill to preventing the opening of new mines.
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The Law Center staff and board sincerely thankthe contributors who make our work possible.
Contributions made January 1– December 31, 2013
Community Response (local)State-Level caseworkNational-level casework
NMELC 2013 Docket
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Green Business Partners A-1 Self StorageMargo Cutler, Ltd., Real EstateDunbar Stained GlassGrace CommunicationsGreen FireTimesGreenmoney JournalHandprinted Note Paper Ent.HurleyMediaInk Well ProductionsKESHI, the Zuni ConnectionLilley Law OfficesThe Mad PotterNeil Lyon at Sotheby's International RealtyResources for ChangePositive EnergySanta Fe Green Chamber of CommerceSouthwest SeminarsSweetwater Harvest KitchenVerve Gallery of Photography
Foundations & DonorAdvised FundsAnonymous100+ Women Who Care in Santa FeJonathan and Kathleen Altman TrustBlair-Weisfeld Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation
Sandford and Jane Brickner Advised Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation
Brindle FoundationHarold and Norma Brown Environmental Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation
Caprock Fund of Tides Foundation on recommendation of Ms. Kappy Wells
Castagnola Family Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation
Chamisa Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation
Susan and Conrad De Jong Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation
Douglass Family FoundationJames M. Ewell Charitable TrustEMA FoundationNancy and Thomas Florsheim Family Foundation
Just Woke Up Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Employee Matching Grant
The Kindle Project Fund of the Common Counsel Foundation
Charlotte L. Kiser Charitable TrustLannan FoundationThe Max and Anna Levinson FoundationMaki FoundationMcCune Charitable FoundationMumford Family FoundationNew Cycle FoundationNew Mexico Community FoundationNew Mexico Supreme Court's IOLTA Program
New Society FundNew-Land FoundationEric Oppenheimer Family FoundationPhil and Quarrier Cook, via Santa Fe Community Foundation
Richard and Rachel Fund, New Mexico Community Foundation
Santa Fe Community FoundationSecond Anonymous Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation
Solidago FoundationStuart M. Bluestone Charitable Fund, New Mexico Community Foundation
The Sulica FundThornburg FoundationTurner Foundation, Inc.United Way of Northern New Mexico
Individual DonorsAnonymousCarol and Thomas AagesonRick and Kathy AbelesRachel AberlyAnn AcevesMercedes M. Agogino, Ph.D.Richard Khanlian and Ann Alexander, M.D.Dr. Daniel and Cynthia Allan
Charmay AllredDebra AndersonNeal Apple and Vicki AllenAmber ArcherSu Anne Armstrong and Ted HopkinsAnn Griffith AshJack and Diane BacastowJanice Bandrofchak and J. Cleveland SharpPaul Bardacke and Lisa EnfieldSusan BardesAvelina Bardwell, M.D.Barbara BastleMike Batte and Wanda KileAnn Hardy BatumWilliam BaxterAnne E. BeckettSusan BellReed and Melinda BensonJean L. BergeronAmy BertelliCrawford BestPaul and Ellen BidermanGarland BillsBonnie BinkertFred and Daryl BlackJoyce BlalockJonathan Block and Kathy Glaser-BlockThomas BlogTara Bloyd and Peter NorbyStuart M. Bluestone, Esq.Elspeth G. BobbsSanford and Jane BricknerGrace Brill and Daniel SchwartzWilliam and Margaret BrineyMurray and Cindy BrottMichael BrowdeDonald and Lynda BrownTimothy BrownHarry BrowneIngrid BucherJ & M BuchholzSandy BuffettMary Anne BurkardA. Janine and L.D. BurkeDavid and Hannah BurlingMary Ellen Burns-GonzalesVirginia BurrisAnne BurtonJay Bush and Peggy RudbergDiana Bustamante, Ph.D.Helen CahnChristopher CalvertJoyce CardenLawrence CarreonMichael CasausLee CasiasJohn CatronMr. and Mrs. Thomas B. CatronRod ChambersSusan Chappell, Esq.Wendy ChaseMatthew and Julie Chase-DanielBarbara ChatterjeePeter and Elizabeth ChestnutEsha ChiocchioCynde Van Patten ChristieP.R. ChristieAnne ChristopherKathleen and Hugh ChurchJack and Cindy ClarkCecilia ClarkLucy and Charles CloyesCamille CoatesJulee CoffmanA.T. and Cinda ColeCorinne CollinsKenneth Alan CollinsJuana ColonCarol CondieDonna ConnollyDianne C.Cress and Jon B. McCorkellMichael and Jennie CrewsDavid CrockerBill and Liz CrosmanNancy DahlKim DavisCharles and Helen DavisGlen DeGarmo, M.D.Michael and Sheryl DeGenringAllison Dellinger and Ches HortenstineAnita DemingElaine DiersDavid Doezema, M.D.
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With clients from the Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment(MASE), following our Mount Taylor victory in District Court. From left:Doug Meiklejohn, Nadine Padilla and Laura Watchempino (MASE),Staff Attorney Eric Jantz, Candace Head-Dylla (MASE), law clerkLisa Franceware, and Petuuche Gilbert.
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Challenged a water grab in East Mountains near Albuquerque.
As water becomes more valuable, speculators are attemptingnew ways to get a hold of New Mexico’s scarcesupply; 2013 saw us in a multi-week hearing in front of the State Engineer, fighting to keep a developer from grabbing rights to water in the East Mountains. We expect a decision in 2014.
Challenged State’s failure to regulate industrial dairies.
Where there are good environmental regulations in place, like the Dairy Rule, the New Mexico Environment Department has suspended enforcement of them. With your help, we're working with citizens who live near dairies to hold the line on existing protections, get contaminated water cleaned
up and prevent new contamination from occurring.
Successfully killed every bad environmental bill we tracked during the legislative session.
It’s hard to protect the environment andcommunities when bad laws are on thebooks. That’s why NMELC attorneysspend much of the legislative sessionworking to defeat industry-sponsoredlegislation that would harm our naturalresources and threaten communitywellbeing.
Began defense of Mora County ban on oil and gas extraction.
Mora County came to the Law Centerto defend its landmark county-level banon oil and gas extraction – the first of itskind in the U.S. Litigation began in December 2013 in federal district court and will continue through 2014.
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Top10 ways you made a difference in 2013
continued on next page
Victory for public participation in the Mount Taylor uranium mine case.
NMELC won a major victory that requires the State to take public input into account when making decisions about uranium and other hardrock mines.
Victory for government transparency in Energy Conservation Codes case.
NMELC affirmed a legal requirement that State decision-makers must explain the reasons for their decisions.
Victory in defending New Mexico Mining Act from assault by humate mining industry.
Mineris Vitae, LLC asked the NM MiningCommission to change the Mining Act regulations so that the company couldoperate bigger humate mines with fewer rules. After wemade our argument against the scheme, the Commissiongave the company just a fraction of what it asked for. And we convinced legislators that they should not exempthumate mines from the Mining Act.
Built strong case for appeal in Copper Rule case.
NMELC took part in a challenging rulemaking in 2013, in which the Water Quality Control Commission overturned more than three decades of regulations, policies and court rulings to allow an entire industry to pollute groundwater. But webuilt a strong record, and now we’ve taken the Commission to the Court of Appeals.
Built strong case for appeal in Oil &Gas Pit Rule case.
In another rulemaking that favored industry profit overgroundwater protection, the Oil Conservation Commission
gutted New Mexico’s Pit Rule (which governs thewaste from oil and gas drilling.) Again, you made it
possible to build a strong case during the hearing, and now we’ve taken the Commission to court.
Still no new uranium mining in New Mexico!
18 years after the Law Center becameinvolved in the fight to stop new uraniummining in the Eastern Agency of the NavajoNation, no new mines have opened. Butwe now have 17 uranium cases on our docket, rangingfrom advocating for the cleanup of Cold War-era minesand a mill to preventing the opening of new mines.
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The Law Center staff and board sincerely thankthe contributors who make our work possible.
Contributions made January 1– December 31, 2013
Community Response (local)State-Level caseworkNational-level casework
NMELC 2013 Docket
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Green Business Partners A-1 Self StorageMargo Cutler, Ltd., Real EstateDunbar Stained GlassGrace CommunicationsGreen FireTimesGreenmoney JournalHandprinted Note Paper Ent.HurleyMediaInk Well ProductionsKESHI, the Zuni ConnectionLilley Law OfficesThe Mad PotterNeil Lyon at Sotheby's International RealtyResources for ChangePositive EnergySanta Fe Green Chamber of CommerceSouthwest SeminarsSweetwater Harvest KitchenVerve Gallery of Photography
Foundations & DonorAdvised FundsAnonymous100+ Women Who Care in Santa FeJonathan and Kathleen Altman TrustBlair-Weisfeld Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation
Sandford and Jane Brickner Advised Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation
Brindle FoundationHarold and Norma Brown Environmental Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation
Caprock Fund of Tides Foundation on recommendation of Ms. Kappy Wells
Castagnola Family Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation
Chamisa Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation
Susan and Conrad De Jong Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation
Douglass Family FoundationJames M. Ewell Charitable TrustEMA FoundationNancy and Thomas Florsheim Family Foundation
Just Woke Up Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Employee Matching Grant
The Kindle Project Fund of the Common Counsel Foundation
Charlotte L. Kiser Charitable TrustLannan FoundationThe Max and Anna Levinson FoundationMaki FoundationMcCune Charitable FoundationMumford Family FoundationNew Cycle FoundationNew Mexico Community FoundationNew Mexico Supreme Court's IOLTA Program
New Society FundNew-Land FoundationEric Oppenheimer Family FoundationPhil and Quarrier Cook, via Santa Fe Community Foundation
Richard and Rachel Fund, New Mexico Community Foundation
Santa Fe Community FoundationSecond Anonymous Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation
Solidago FoundationStuart M. Bluestone Charitable Fund, New Mexico Community Foundation
The Sulica FundThornburg FoundationTurner Foundation, Inc.United Way of Northern New Mexico
Individual DonorsAnonymousCarol and Thomas AagesonRick and Kathy AbelesRachel AberlyAnn AcevesMercedes M. Agogino, Ph.D.Richard Khanlian and Ann Alexander, M.D.Dr. Daniel and Cynthia Allan
Charmay AllredDebra AndersonNeal Apple and Vicki AllenAmber ArcherSu Anne Armstrong and Ted HopkinsAnn Griffith AshJack and Diane BacastowJanice Bandrofchak and J. Cleveland SharpPaul Bardacke and Lisa EnfieldSusan BardesAvelina Bardwell, M.D.Barbara BastleMike Batte and Wanda KileAnn Hardy BatumWilliam BaxterAnne E. BeckettSusan BellReed and Melinda BensonJean L. BergeronAmy BertelliCrawford BestPaul and Ellen BidermanGarland BillsBonnie BinkertFred and Daryl BlackJoyce BlalockJonathan Block and Kathy Glaser-BlockThomas BlogTara Bloyd and Peter NorbyStuart M. Bluestone, Esq.Elspeth G. BobbsSanford and Jane BricknerGrace Brill and Daniel SchwartzWilliam and Margaret BrineyMurray and Cindy BrottMichael BrowdeDonald and Lynda BrownTimothy BrownHarry BrowneIngrid BucherJ & M BuchholzSandy BuffettMary Anne BurkardA. Janine and L.D. BurkeDavid and Hannah BurlingMary Ellen Burns-GonzalesVirginia BurrisAnne BurtonJay Bush and Peggy RudbergDiana Bustamante, Ph.D.Helen CahnChristopher CalvertJoyce CardenLawrence CarreonMichael CasausLee CasiasJohn CatronMr. and Mrs. Thomas B. CatronRod ChambersSusan Chappell, Esq.Wendy ChaseMatthew and Julie Chase-DanielBarbara ChatterjeePeter and Elizabeth ChestnutEsha ChiocchioCynde Van Patten ChristieP.R. ChristieAnne ChristopherKathleen and Hugh ChurchJack and Cindy ClarkCecilia ClarkLucy and Charles CloyesCamille CoatesJulee CoffmanA.T. and Cinda ColeCorinne CollinsKenneth Alan CollinsJuana ColonCarol CondieDonna ConnollyDianne C.Cress and Jon B. McCorkellMichael and Jennie CrewsDavid CrockerBill and Liz CrosmanNancy DahlKim DavisCharles and Helen DavisGlen DeGarmo, M.D.Michael and Sheryl DeGenringAllison Dellinger and Ches HortenstineAnita DemingElaine DiersDavid Doezema, M.D.
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With clients from the Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment(MASE), following our Mount Taylor victory in District Court. From left:Doug Meiklejohn, Nadine Padilla and Laura Watchempino (MASE),Staff Attorney Eric Jantz, Candace Head-Dylla (MASE), law clerkLisa Franceware, and Petuuche Gilbert.
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Challenged a water grab in East Mountains near Albuquerque.
As water becomes more valuable, speculators are attemptingnew ways to get a hold of New Mexico’s scarcesupply; 2013 saw us in a multi-week hearing in front of the State Engineer, fighting to keep a developer from grabbing rights to water in the East Mountains. We expect a decision in 2014.
Challenged State’s failure to regulate industrial dairies.
Where there are good environmental regulations in place, like the Dairy Rule, the New Mexico Environment Department has suspended enforcement of them. With your help, we're working with citizens who live near dairies to hold the line on existing protections, get contaminated water cleaned
up and prevent new contamination from occurring.
Successfully killed every bad environmental bill we tracked during the legislative session.
It’s hard to protect the environment andcommunities when bad laws are on thebooks. That’s why NMELC attorneysspend much of the legislative sessionworking to defeat industry-sponsoredlegislation that would harm our naturalresources and threaten communitywellbeing.
Began defense of Mora County ban on oil and gas extraction.
Mora County came to the Law Centerto defend its landmark county-level banon oil and gas extraction – the first of itskind in the U.S. Litigation began in December 2013 in federal district court and will continue through 2014.
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Thank you for being part of theNew Mexico Environmental LawCenter. In 2013, you made atremendous difference for ourcommunities and our resources,during a time when they needed you the most.
Three years into the administration of Governor SusanaMartinez, we had one foot in administrative hearing rooms,and one foot in judicial courtrooms. They are both importantarenas for New Mexico’s environment and communities.
Administrative rulemakings (where regulations like theCopper Rule and Pit Rule were born and gutted, respectively)are held on the Governor’s home turf. They are presided
over by her appointees, and the appointees of her appointees.And it shows.
But courtrooms are another matter. There, judges are strikingdown the illegal, anti-environment and anti-public decisionsmade by the Administration. The decisions that are coming outof courtrooms are good news for communities throughout ourstate…and bad news for an Administration that is still tryingto evade the law.
You’re making it possible for us to win those critical decisions –some of which are discussed in this Annual Report. Thank you.
Yours truly,
Phyllis and Jack DolhinowShannon DonahuePaula Sass DonnellyNadine DonovanCornelius Dooley, M.D., and Susanne Hoffman-Dooley, Esq.
Jamie DouglassBruce DriverMartha DummerEllen and Bill DupuyMary DyktonCarol EarpConnie EichstaedtDeanna EinspahrElizabeth EllistonVictoria ErhartE. J. EvangelosBernard and Melinda EwellAllison Muller FabaraFairholm Builders, Inc.James FarisShera Farnham and Doug De MuthMaria FellinKristina Fisher and Phil CarterBarbara FixKathleen FlanaganMarilyn ForbesWallace and Valerie FordRichard and Karen FordDavid Fowler and Polly BrownLisa FrancewareSharon FrankletMartha Anne FreemanJamie Gagan,M.D.and AlanRogers, M.D.Kelly Gallagher and Don KrierFaith GarfieldGartner Matching Gift ProgramEileen GaunaDavid and Ilse GayNicholas GentrySheila GershenDaniel GibsonMarvin J. GodnerDebbe GoldbergDon and Lorraine L. GoldmanByron GoldsteinCarol GoodmanEda GordonTom GormanMarian GravesJoel and Cherrin GreenGeorge Greer, M.D.and Requa TolbertGila Tree ThinnersSharon GrossDavid Grusin and Nan NewtonJ.G. GuffyHachette Book Group Matching Gift Program
Peter Hagen and Lindsay Faulkner Hagen
Gail and Daryl HaggardVirginia Tate HamiltonWendell and Harriett HarrisRichard and Anna HarrisonJonathan E. HartshorneHaila HarveyDon and Cheryl HastingsCarol and Lyle HawbakerKaren Heldmeyer, Ph.D.Joseph HempflingJuliana HendersonJudith HenryFrank Herdman and Alice TempleR. A. HernandezEllen HerrAnn and Jerry HicksSara HinerPaula Mays HodgesEric HofstetterRosemary HollandDave and Liddy HollandBarbara HolmesPamela HomerElizabeth HooblerLynne HorpedahlElaine Hounsell
Donna HouseDeirdre HowleyHank and Bonney HughesTracy M. HughesPaul HultinTim HunterMadeleine HurdJeffrey Huser and Debra Colonna-HuserDon HydeTova IndritzRenee IngoldPatricia JahodaEric Jantz and Mary DickmanMary JebsenAmy JenkinsThomas and Carlyn JervisRichard and Ella JonesDoug JonesRobert and Ethlyn JonesMiriam JoscelynMark KalinNorty and Summers KalishmanHeather Karlson and Bill LeesonJohn KaronKaufman ConstructionDr. Kirt KempterBarbara and Tobey KingDavid KingDon Kirby and Joan GentryRichard Klein and Claire ZoellerPat KlockShelbie Knox and Dave ClarkSandra KoenigRuth and Paul KovnatPatricia KuhlhoffDonald Kurtz and Elizabeth GutierrezCarol and Marvin LachmanDiana LahmBrigitte LaingLakind Dental GroupMichael and Barbara LangnerSylvia Gerstein LaPan and Richard LaPan
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Time&Talents Given By:Lynda BrownIsabel DeverauxJamie DouglassLisa FrancewarePaul Hultin, Esq.Marilyn MaxwellKyla van BurenAnne WernerJoan West
Gifts Made in Memory Of:Winston O. AbbottYvette BestAdrian BrownRay and Esperanza CarreonSebia HawkinsDavid HendersonKeith A. KellumVirgil LeeJack LevanJames and Therese LitwinPeter K. Martin and Ursula A. GrayDonald and Betty MeiklejohnElizabeth MeiklejohnRinda MetzCarlotta MinterRobert MyersPeter RavenGail RybaArnold Souder, Jr.Onnie TaylorPaul V. ThompsonFrances K. TysonJohn WeitzTom Wootten
Gifts Made in Honor Of:Jessica AberlyJonathan BlockVirginia Deal, master weaverPhyllis DolhinowCon DooleyVicki ErhartBruce FrederickMaxine GoadSam and Wendy HittDouglas MeiklejohnNMELC StaffNeil Norby and Theodore BloydWilliam C. OlsonNettie ResslerJohn ScanlanJulia TakahashiJoan West
Contact Information
1405 Luisa Street, Suite 5, Santa Fe, NM 87505
505.989.9022 telephone | 505.989.3769 fax | www.nmelc.org
N e w M e x i c o
Paul Mitchell, President, Albuquerque
Frank I. Sanchez, Vice-President, Roswell
Susanne Hoffman-Dooley,
Secretary, Santa Fe
Harry Browne, Treasurer, Silver City
Myron Armijo, Santa Ana Pueblo
Stuart Bluestone, Santa Fe
Sandy Buffett, Santa Fe
Diana Bustamante, La Mesa
Michael Casaus, Albuquerque
Eileen Gauna, Albuquerque
Donna House, Alcalde
Renee Ingold, Fallbrook, CA
Leona Morgan, Albuquerque
Kitty Richards, Albuquerque
STAFF
Jonathan M. Block, Staff Attorney
Juana Colón, Communications Officer
Bruce Frederick, Staff Attorney
Eric Jantz, Staff Attorney
Shelbie Knox, Development Officer
Elizabeth Lee, Director of Philanthropy
Douglas Meiklejohn, Executive Director
Yana Merrill, Director of Administration
and Finance
Baxter, Bodhi, Lulu and Maury,
Office Dogs
“NMELC is a leading environmental justice advocate in the state,incredibly persistent and dedicated, remarkably effective in
both the courtroom and the Roundhouse!
– Kristina Fisher
2014 Board of Directors Fiscal Year 2013 Unaudited Financial Report ( January 1, 2013 – December 31, 2013)
The Law Center keeps its books according to “Generally Accepted AccountingPrinciples” (GAAP), which require us to book the entirety of a multi-year grant in theyear that we receive the grant pledge. While that system keeps us in the good graces of the IRS, it can make our Annual Reports appear unbalanced. For instance, using theGAAP system, it seems that our expenses exceeded our revenue in 2013. In reality,
we received payments for several grants that were booked in previous years, and
met all of our expenses last year.
If you have any questions about our accounting, please email Yana Merrill, Director of Administration and Finance at [email protected], or call (505) 989-9022.
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A Look Back at 2013
Douglas MeiklejohnExecut ive Director
ANNUAL REPORT 2013 NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER
Total Income: $ 797,181.
5.5%Membership 32.2%Native American
8.9% Administration
16.3%Development&Fundraising
1.9%Other
19.6%Major Donors
5%Fees&CostReimbursements
501(c)3 tax ID: 85-0360664
INCOME EXPENSES
Total Expenses: $ 817,046.