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Agency OKs funds for Gila diversion report Written by Geoffrey Plant on December 28, 2020 Two days before Christmas, the Gila diversion group got what it had been asking for, as the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission voted unanimously during its regular monthly meeting to approve a line item budget transfer of $25,500 requested by Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project, in order for the group to secure a ※technical compilation report.”  Depending on who...

Copyright © 2020 Albuquerque Journal The low-flowing Pecos River in southeast New Mexico near Lake Arthur on Dec. 10 shows exceptional drought. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal) The Land of Enchantment could really use a white Christmas. All of New Mexico is experiencing some level of drought, according to the latest data from the U.S. Drought Monitor. The last time the state was entirely in drought in mid-December was in 2012. ................................................................ About 53% of the state is in “exceptional drought” status, the most severe level of drought. Gov...