Posts by Myah Wilmarth
Another Dry Season for the Rio Grande
February 5, 2021 – A below-average snowpack this year foretells another bad year for irrigators along the Rio Grande. Below Elephant Butte reservoir, farmers have been told to expect a zero-allotment year as New Mexico delivers promised water to Texas. In the Middle Rio Grande, growers have already been urged not to plant crops unless…
Read MoreThe Biden Climate Plan and New Mexico’s Oil and Gas
February 5, 2021 – Climate change is an important issue for New Mexico. But so is the economic impact of the oil and gas industry. As part of a series of stories looking at how President Joe Biden’s executive order on climate change might affect the state, correspondent Laura Paskus talks with New Mexico State…
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