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Events happening in New Mexico the week of September 16 – September 21

The expanded "fallowing" program aims to help replenish Southern New Mexicos drought-stricken aquifer.

Events happening in New Mexico the week of September 8 – September 15

Events happening in New Mexico the week of September 1 – September 7

Legislators and advocates alike proclaimed the legislative session of 2023 the “Year of Water”. This was not an accident, this was hard work on the part of the scientific community,

The idea is to build off of a grant program to support irrigators that choose to stop irrigating their land for a one-year period. From 2020 to 2023, the Interstate Stream Commission gave out 73 grants to do just that, letting about 2,500 acres of land go temporarily dry.

After decades of litigation, officials are set to sign a settlement agreement in the Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo water rights case regarding the Rio Chama. The agreement does not settle all of the issues that the Pueblo has brought forward, but it does settle the Ohkay Owingeh’s claims on the Rio Chama, Nat Chakeres, general counsel […]

After a wet start of the year, drought conditions are returning to New Mexico. A seasonal outlook from the National Integrated Drought Information System indicates that the drought conditions will likely develop over most of the state and the drought conditions that currently exist in portions of the state will persist over the next three […]

The commission has broad powers to investigate, protect, conserve and develop waters, whether theyre within New Mexico or are interstate waterways such as the Rio Grande and Colorado River.

An array of water managers, experts and lawmakers talked about how to bolster water supply and ensure the maximum amount possible makes it to Texas to meet conditions of the