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Despite monsoons, Elephant Butte Irrigation District forecasts a dry 2023
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLAS CRUCES − Despite heavy rains during New Mexico's monsoon season and some early fall...
Texas, New Mexico spar with US government in Supreme Court over Rio Grande water divisions
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 month agoTexas and New Mexico faced off with the U.S. government in the nation’s highest court on Wednesday...
Salted earth at the tail of the Rio Grande’s snowmelt
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis story was originally published by Source New Mexico. EL PASO, Texas - The Rio Grande is...
Southwestern US rivers get boost from winter snowpack
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoALBUQUERQUE - Federal water managers have more room to breathe this spring as two Southwestern...
Rio Grande water returns to El Paso this weekend, quenching arid border region
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe dry, sandy riverbed of the Rio Grande will once again fill with water this weekend in the El...
Borderland welcomes unusually large river water supply this season
KTSM via Yahoo News· 2 months agoEL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The Borderland’s river water supply coming from a dam in Elephant Butte is...
Rescuing silvery minnows like ‘slapping a Band-Aid on a severed limb’
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis story was originally published by Source New Mexico. SOCORRO COUNTY, N.M. - Four people walk...
Future with less water predicted in plan
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 6—In 50 years, Rio Grande flows in New Mexico could decline by 30%. Water in reservoirs such as Elephant Butte is expected to evaporate much faster, and soil and trees across the state ...
Land grab or environmental justice? New Mexico moves forward with 30X30 conservation plan
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThirty percent of New Mexico’s land will be blocked off from development by the end of the decade if...
Hell or high water: Migrant deaths in El Paso canals, Chihuahuan Desert mount
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBorder-crossing deaths in the El Paso area are mounting, as migrants desperate to reach the U.S....
