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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. -- Scientists say New Mexico temperatures will likely continue to climb over the next 50 years -- a...

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 River below Abiquiu Lake Tuesday June 22, 2021. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) “The question is no...