{"id":10756,"date":"2017-03-03T10:07:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T17:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=10756"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:57:45","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:57:45","slug":"myths-about-water-in-the-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/myths-about-water-in-the-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Myths About Water In The West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5WtkO_IIspo?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>March 3, 2017 &#8211; This week on <em>New Mexico In Focus<\/em>, we talk with John Fleck about his 2016 book, \u201cWater is for Fighting Over and Other Myths about Water in the West.\u201d A reporter with the <em>Albuquerque Journal<\/em> for decades, Fleck now directs the Water Resources Program at the University of New Mexico. We talk about the Colorado River, New Mexico\u2019s most pressing water issues and the role of science in solving tough disputes.<\/p>\n<p><em>Further reading:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/islandpress.org\/book\/water-is-for-fighting-over\">Water is for Fighting Over and Other Myths about Water in the West<\/a>\u2014John Fleck<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmpress.com\/books.php?ID=12597852344402\">Reining in the Rio Grande: People, Land and Water\u00ad<\/a>\u2014Fred M. Phillips, G. Emlen Hall, Mary E. Black<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmpress.com\/books.php?ID=2397\">High and Dry: The Texas-New Mexico Struggle for the Pecos River<\/a>\u2014G. Emlen Hall<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nmpoliticalreport.com\/151659\/next-stop-for-texas-nm-water-dispute-supreme-court\/\">Next stop for Texas-NM water dispute: Supreme Court<\/a>\u2014Laura Paskus, <em>NM Political Report<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swcarr.arizona.edu\/\">Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States:<\/a> A Report Prepared for the National Climate Assessment (2013)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 3, 2017 &#8211; This week on New Mexico In Focus, we talk with John Fleck about his 2016 book, \u201cWater is for Fighting Over and Other Myths about Water in the West.\u201d A reporter with the Albuquerque Journal for decades, Fleck now directs the Water Resources Program at the University of New Mexico. 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