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Still in his first year on the job, Attorney General Hector Balderas says he was most surprised when he took office to learn “how few resources were being devoted to protecting children in New Mexico.” Continue Reading
California is showing us that acting only when a crisis looms isn’t good enough. Continue Reading
“Use it or lose it” clauses give farmers, ranchers and governments holding water rights a powerful incentive to use more water than they need. Continue Reading
National Farmers Market Week last week got me thinking about the economic and cultural importance of not just the state’s 75 farmers markets, but of New Mexico agriculture more broadly. Continue Reading
If these states stopped effectively double-counting their resources, they would have to change laws, upend traditional water rights and likely force farmers and cities to accept even more dramatic cuts than they already face – a political third rail. Continue Reading
A different type of agriculture, less water-intensive and involving higher value crops, should be our goal, not paper rights to support unsustainable products. Continue Reading
We must look at our processes to head issues off before they become a crisis. Continue Reading
The Bernalillo County Commission was remiss in its refusal to listen to the people who live here and who have voiced their objections to the Santolina project and its potential for stripping the Augustin Plains Basin of its water. Continue Reading
A ProPublica article we published Thursday focused on the environmental impact of the West’s largest power-generating facility. But the economic impact is also great for Navajos and others. Continue Reading
The Navajo Generating Station is more a caution than a marvel, showing how much energy it takes to move water through an artificial river system, and the unforeseen damage produced by doing so. Continue Reading
Today Las Vegas is on the brink of a new building binge, and Mulroy remains uncompromisingly bullish. Water can be found, she says. Continue Reading
The federal subsidies that prop up cotton farming in Arizona are just one of myriad ways policymakers have refused, or been slow to reshape, laws to reflect the West’s changing circumstances. Continue Reading
We have an opportunity to restore the health of the Colorado River and its tributaries, including the San Juan River in New Mexico. Continue Reading
This protracted drought and lack of water for farmers directly caused something the newspapers recently covered: the appearance of horse maltreatment and a plan for a horse slaughterhouse in Roswell. Continue Reading
The Elephant Butte Irrigation District says Attorney General Gary King appears to have a “sinister” motive for a lawsuit that seeks to void an agreement dividing water between Southern New Mexico and El Paso. Continue Reading