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Throw a dart at a map of the\u00a0San Juan Basin\u00a0and you\u2019d likely hit our ranch, if you were aiming for the bull\u2019s eye. Named after the only year-round spring for 10 miles, the Devil\u2019s Spring ranch sits in a watershed that drains to the spring, to our stock ponds, wells, Largo wash, the\u00a0San Juan River, then to you if you live in Farmington, or Arizona, or California.<\/p>\n
In the last two years, nearly two dozen new gas wells have been drilled in this drainage, adding to the 99 that were already here. Those gas wells are our neighbors.<\/p>\n
Our old neighbors used to just throw all their waste in an unlined hole in the ground and cover it up. Our new neighbors put a liner in there first, then run some tests to see if the waste is toxic or not, haul it off if it is, and go ahead and bury the waste if it isn\u2019t. We call the new neighbors Good Neighbors.<\/p>\n
We drink the water at Devil\u2019s Spring. So do our kids and grandkids, and our livestock, and wildlife, and you.<\/p>\n
The Pit Rule is the difference between our old neighbors and our Good Neighbors.<\/p>\n