Living on the knife's edge, even at the source of the Rio Grande
With less snowpack to feed the river and aquifers, Colorado state government may shut off farmers’ wells in the near future.
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With less snowpack to feed the river and aquifers, Colorado state government may shut off farmers’ wells in the near future.
Mayor Louie Trujillo knows he has at least a five-year push in front of him to rebuild water treatment facilities in Las Vegas, N.M., that were contaminated by debris from the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire. And while he’d like things to move at a faster pace, he did get a drop in the bucket on Monday to help.
There’s no certainty swaths of beetle-bitten trees will recover over burn scars.
A proposed deal that Texas and New Mexico say will bring an end to the states’ years-long, multi-million dollar dispute over Rio Grande water had its day in court Monday, facing objections from two irrigation districts and the federal government.
With less snowpack to feed the river and aquifers, Colorado state government may shut off farmers’ wells in the near future.