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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 impact on water quality going forward is going to be related to temperature increase,” Dunbar said. ...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Pictured is is a pecan field in the Mesilla Valley near Las Cruces, New Mexico. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal) Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal New Mexico’s top water agency will host three online public meetings this summer for Lower Rio Grande farmers interested in applying for grants that would pay landowners not to pump groundwater for 18 months. Farmers who irrigate in the Rin...

The extremely low rainfall last year left the entire state grappling with a dangerously dry climate experts said could take years to come back from.

Pandemic Emptied Unemployment Trust, Left Fraud Unchecked - By Morgan Lee Associated Press New Mexico probably overpaid unemployment insurance benefits by an estimated $250 million during the coronavirus pandemic amid a backlog of investigations into potentially fraudulent claims, the budget and accountability office of the Legislature announced Wednesday in a research report. Analysts briefed members of the Legislature's lead budget writing committee on the trajectory of record-setting unemployment claims during pandemic. New Mexico has paid out more than $3 billion in unemployment claims t...

Some New Mexico farms apply for pilot project to save water Susan Montoya Bryan View Comments ALBUQUERQUE - More than two dozen farms in southern New Mexico have applied for a program that will pay them not to plant their fields as water managers look for new ways to stretch resources in the drought-stricken state. It's the first phase of a multiyear pilot project being managed by the Office of the State Engineer. State Engineer John D'Antonio has described the program as essential for ensuring the aquifers in the lower Rio Grande remain at sustainable levels in the future. The Legislature ap...