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Bonito Lake reopening, conservation and utilities reserves highlighted in Alamogordo budget workshop
Summary
Parks and recreation and utilities staff briefed commissioners on Bonito Lake restoration and stocking, upstream conservation work and the city’s utility and landfill reserve needs as part of departmental budget presentations.
Officials from Parks and Recreation and Utilities told commissioners Tuesday that Bonito Lake reopened after wildfire-related interruptions and remains a focus of preservation and upstream erosion-control projects.
Belinda Bass, director of Parks and Recreation, said the city-owned lake — located in Lincoln County — was dredged and refilled in 2023 and stocked with rainbow trout in May 2024. The lake closed briefly following a later wildfire in the area but reopened in August 2024. Bass said the city has worked with state…
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