Politicians debate poverty, crime, and education, but ignore the invisible elephant in the room: New Mexico's growing water scarcity. From the draining Ogallala aquifer […]
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Water Security Planning Act
Effective democratic governance of New Mexico's water resources requires more than good intentions — it requires shared vocabulary. Drawing on Elinor Ostrom's Governing the […]
inclusive of regional community concerns, ideas, spared & shared water to blend with science based models of resilience for lifting Brother River from his […]
Without funding, New Mexico will remain in emergency mode—reacting to shortages, assuming the enormous risk and costs that a compact violation unleashes, and defending […]
The ISC’s Rulemaking Hearing on New Mexico’s Water Security Planning Act Record Closed “Record closed.” Hearing Officer Felicia Orth declared it at the close […]
Public comments on the Interstate Stream Commission’s proposed water planning rules reveal an unusual consensus across New Mexico — scientists, farmers, acequias, counties, and […]