Posts Tagged ‘New Mexico’
Our Land: It’s not just one dry year: What the Rio Grande’s low flows tell us about the future
April 13, 2018 – You might be surprised to see how low the Rio Grande is through Albuquerque right now. The river has already dried for more than ten miles south of Socorro, and it’s running low in northern New Mexico as it runs through the Taos Gorge and alongside towns like Pilar. But scientists…
Read MoreEast Mountain water application spurs protests from residents, silence from State Engineer
By: Laura Paskus The tony neighborhoods tucked into the juniper-dotted grasslands on the east side of the Sandia Mountains represent yet another battleground in New Mexico’s water wars, one in which the state’s top water official has abandoned one side for the other. Recently, testimony ended in a trial over whether a private company can…
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