This interactive workshop had a panel of three former members of the 2022 State Engineer’s Water Policy and Infrastructure Task Force, Phil King, Ladona Clayton, and Norm Gaume. The panelists are working together currently as NM Water Ambassadors. The Water Ambassadors joint purpose is to advocate for all the water task force recommendations. The panelists each presented their highest priorities for water funding and policy, and why. The joint funding requests to the 2024 Legislature of Dr. Ladona Clayton, Executive Director, Ogallala Land and Water Conservancy, and Norm Gaume, P.E. (ret), President, Water Advocates, are available here.
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 of the Interstate Stream Commission’s three-day evidentiary hearing. The Commission now must decide what changes to make to staff’s July 17 proposal. Closing the record means commissioners must rely solely on […]