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.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... T.S. Last wrote the July 18 Journal North article “Caught in the Middle” about Mora County rancher Richard Fresquez and the neighboring Acequia de los Vallecitos Association, run by three locals, Carla Gomez, Rey Villa and Wendy Capek. They diverted the water from Richard’s land in Encinal Cany...

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...

A warmer climate could impact nearly every aspect of New Mexico’s water and land. Dunbar listed likely impacts, including: • Decreased aquifer recharge, more common and hotter drought periods, earlier winter runoff, greater groundwater demands and stress on plant life. • Dry vegetation and catastrophic wildfires that could affect runoff and floodplain ecosystems. • Warmer streams and rivers that could mean changing oxygen levels, which can disturb fish habitat. “Likely the dominant im...

Company Bottling Water In Chaffee County Met With Strong Opposition CBS Denver 9 hrs ago Syndicated Local – CBS Denver SALIDA, Colo. (CBS4) – Nestle Waters, now known as BlueTrition, will renew its contract to pump water from the Upper Arkansas River Basin for bottled water production. With the historic drought, the agreement has been met with opposition. “Today we’re just trying to do damage control frankly. We need restorations that don’t allow pumping in a way tha...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... The Rio Grande near Rio Bravo Boulevard in late June. New Mexico must prepare for long-term water shortages, climatologists and water experts told state lawmakers on Tuesday. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico’s current drought will end someday. But the state ...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Richard Fresquez, left, talks with Betty Montoya and her grandchildren, Lisa Jaye Gandert, 1, and Herminio Espinoza, 12, at her home in Encinal Canyon near Cleveland, N.M. Montoya and about 12 other homes in the area have been without water for a year. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) Copyright © 2...

Verhines to head University of New Mexico Water Resources Program July 06, 2021 Amid a risk of the Rio Grande going dry through Albuquerque this summer and growing threats to the state’s water supplies, The University of New Mexico has named Scott Verhines to be the next director of the UNM Water Resources Program. A New Mexico native, Verhines brings a lifetime of experience in water management to the job, culminating with service from 2011-2014 as New Mexico State Engineer and Secretary...

6 07 2021 Two beautiful conservation houses, Atbara and Inverturret at No 5 and No 7 Gallop Road, grace the newly opened Singapore Botanic GardensGallop Extension. Both wonderfully repurposed, Atbara as the Forest Discovery Centre and Inverturret as the Botanical Art Gallery, they are among the oldest and finest surviving examples of residential properties that English architect Regent Alfred John (R A J) Bidwell designed in Singapore. Bidwell, who had an eventful but short two-y...

The images from Elephant Butte Dam are stark and frightening. Water levels have dipped to about 8% t ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Iconic river may go dry through ABQ this summer