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.
A landmark U.S. Supreme Court settlement will soon force dramatic reductions in New Mexico groundwater pumping across the Lower Rio Grande basin — and reshape who pays for water in Southern New Mexico. Beth Bardwell and Norm Gaume explain the pecan boom that drove the crisis, what the settlement requires, and what it means for […]