BERNALILLO COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR VANDALS WHO DID SOME SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE BACHECHI OPEN SPACE NEAR RIO GRANDE AND ALAMEDA. PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR ED CHISMAR SAYS SOMEONE OPENED AN IRRIGATION VALVE…LEAVING SEVERAL ACRES OF OPEN SPACE FLOODED. HE CALLS IT A WASTE OF A PRECIOUS RESOURCE AND SAYS IT'LL COST ABOUT 10 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FIX THE DAMAGE.
CHISMAR SAYS THE WATER WASHED OUT A TRAIL AND UPROOTED PLANTS. THE VANDALS HIT LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
