Planning versus “a plan” John R. Brown It may have been Dwight Eisenhower who said that “plans are worthless, but planning is everything.” A […]
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Water Security Planning Act
February 24, 2025 via email to: Director Riseley-White for distribution to Commissioners New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission Santa Fe, New Mexico Attention: Ms. Hannah Riseley-White, Director […]
by John R. Brown This essay argues for an alternative to a mechanistic application of “priority administration” to allocate the “waters of New Mexico.” […]
Introduction The NM Legislature intended regional water security planning to be a New Mexico regional and community water resilience problem-solving tool and unanimously passed […]
📌 Why It Matters New Mexico’s water security is in crisis. New Mexico’s water security is at a tipping point. Decades of overuse, combined […]
What becomes possible when our agencies are well-funded, our water security laws are fully implemented, and we all work together?





