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Without Rights, NM’s Rivers Can Come Up Empty

December 4, 2024
Aerial view of a dry riverbed under a partly cloudy sky, with sparse vegetation and distant mountains in the background.

12.6.24 – In New Mexico, rivers lack rights to their own waters, which means that when dry times strike — or people are unwilling to share — rivers run dry. “Water in New Mexico is managed on what’s called the priority administration system … it’s a system of extraction,” says Paul Tashjian with Audubon Southwest.…

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River for Monarchs: Sandia High School Seed Workshop

April 19, 2024
A monarch butterfly with open wings perched on a purple flower, surrounded by green foliage under a clear blue sky.

4.19.24 – This fall, the Rio Grande corridor will be planted with thousands of milkweed plants, thanks in part to students from Sandia High School who put aside their textbooks for pots of soil and seeds. The “River for Monarchs” project is meant to help restore the Rio Grande’s habitat and make the land more…

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