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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — With a legal battle over management of the Rio Grande before the U.S. Supreme Court and more hot and dry weather in the forecast, New Mexico’s top water official said Wednesday that lawmakers have to provide enough funding to protect one of New Mexico’s most precious commodities.

A redistricting map that tribal leaders back passed late Wednesday through its second committee on a 7-4 vote along party lines. Democrats in the House Judiciary Committee favored the proposal for new voting districts for the state’s House of Representatives.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top water official has issued an order establishing the framework for dealing with future water shortages on the Pecos River.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- New Mexicos top water official has issued an order establishing the framework for dealing with future water shortages on the Pecos Rive...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top water official has issued an order establishing the framework for dealing with future water shortages on the Pecos River.

New Mexico’s top water official says a persistent lack of financial support to protect the state’s water resources is behind his decision to step down.

Durango-based company says operation could boost snowpack in northern NM

Farmers growing alfalfa, corn and cotton in the arid Pecos River Basin of eastern New Mexico do so in a region known for extreme droughts and floods. The bas...

ADVERTISEMENT Experts say New Mexico in for hotter, drier weather in 50 years by THERESA DAVIS ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL | Today at 3:53 a.m. This July 10, 2021, image shows low water levels at Elephant Butte Reservoir near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Top climate and water experts in the state warned a panel of New Mexico lawmakers during a meeting Tuesday, July 13, 2021, that water supplies are expected to shrink even more as temperatures rise. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M....

Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal New Mexico temperatures will likely continue to climb over the next 50 years, state geologist Nelia Dunbar said this week – a change with major consequences for regional water supplies and landscapes. Dunbar, the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources director, serves on the eight-member advisory panel crafting a “leap-ahead climate analysis” for the Interstate Stream Commission of what water supplies could look like in 2070. The Chama Riv...