2012 marks a new year and a new approach to damage prevention in New Mexico. Thanks to House Bill 500 which was signed into law (HB500), then the pending PRC Rules & Regulations, the Damage Reporting & Enforcement Tracking System (DRETS) and NM811’s huge advertising effort, New Mexico will see marked improvement in damage prevention. [...]
Patrick Lyons is a lifetime (third generation) resident of New Mexico and Owner/Operator of Lyons Angus Ranch. In addition to serving as Chairman of the Public Regulation Commission, he is an active managing rancher/farmer in New Mexico with a continuous cow/calf operation, buying and selling beef cattle, and growing, harvesting and utilizing alfalfa. He represents [...]
When New Mexico 811 (NM811), formally New Mexico One Call, Inc., began providing one-call service to Albuquerque in 1990, there were 5 companies who were members. By 1991, there were 64 members. At this time, the board adopted an algorithm in order to administer membership dues. Now, 22 years later, NM811 has 444 members and [...]

On this issue cover is a photo of northern New Mexico’s pristine Sangre de Cristo Mountains and the quiet beauty of nature at its winter’s best: a peaceful and tranquil scene except where the highway is the only sign of human intervention, a subtle reminder that life goes on, and as imperfect as human behavior is, people are the reason we do what we do. People can sometimes be an inspiration, and occasionally a disappointment, but people and how we interact with them define our life’s experiences and our character. Just as nature inspires us, we want to be an inspiration to others. (more…)