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If there's a Don Quixote of New Mexico water rights, his name is James Scott Boyd.
For two decades, Boyd has fought a battle he claims ruined his great-grandfather, Dr. Nathan Boyd, more than a century ago and led to New Mexico's losing control over Rio Grande water. He argues the federal government stole his ancestor's water rights at Elephant Butte and the state has failed to protect senior water rights.See the full content of this document
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Man's Crusade Gains Traction
For years, Scott Boyd's arguments seemed to go nowhere. But then a state district judge allowed the 51-year-old former stockbroker to join a massive Lower Rio Grande water-rights case on behalf of his great-grandfather's estate. Boyd is asking the court in Socorro to determine all water rights that date to 1906 or earlier along the Rio Gran...
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