Past Events

For more than 20 years, Laura Paskus has written and produced stories about New Mexico’s rivers, including the Middle Rio Grande. Join us for a presentation and conversation about what she’s learned along the way — not just about climate change and water challenges, but about love, political courage, and connection.

Join us for a must-attend briefing for Middle Rio Grande residents. Cumulative under deliveries to Elephant Butte Reservoir are approaching the Rio Grande Compact limit. That makes this region the center of a potential new Compact violation. State Engineer General Counsel Nat Chakeres and Interstate Stream Commission Director Hannah Riseley-White will present the State’s plans […]

Join us to learn the facts and about actions New Mexico must take to increase the resilience of New Mexico’s heavily used groundwater from Gretel Follingstad, Ph.D. and Maurice Hall, Ph.D., from the Environmental Defense Fund. Gretel and Maurice are authors along with six other co-authors, of the New Mexico Groundwater Alliance’s excellent 2026 New […]

Join us to learn State water agency legislation and funding needs to confront New Mexico’s water crises by funding essential work that only the State can do. The Office of the State Engineer / Interstate Stream Commission budget request is a cry for help. Bureau of Geology groundwater science and data programs must be funded […]

Join us to learn about Project Jupiter — a 1,000 megaWatt data center fast-tracked in Santa Teresa by Doña Ana County officials. A poorly understood and nontransparent amendment passed by the legislature this year made Project Jupiter possible. Local and state governments are promoting this development while ignoring its water supply, air pollution, and carbon […]

Join us for an important discussion about the proposed water rights transfer by Niagara, PNM, and Village of Los Lunas. Teresa Smith de Cherif of Valencia Soil & Water Conservation Board and Kathy McCord of Valencia Water Watchers will help us understand how this proposed transfer goes against New Mexico water law, doesn’t conserve water, […]

Learn from NM watershed advocates how riparian, wetland and upland forest/landscape restoration improve overall watershed function. Natural water shortage is an indicators of overall watershed functionality with important implications for human water use. In our time of increasing aridification watershed restoration is a key element in statewide water management and use. Healthy watersheds are critical […]

Join us for a workshop with two Bernalillo County Commissioners who also serve on the Water Utility Authority board. Their communities are directly affected by the Middle Rio Grande’s water crisis. They will share their perspectives on local steps that could help the state avoid a new violation of the Rio Grande Compact caused by […]

Join us for the next great presentation from State Engineer General Counsel Nat Chakeres about the Middle Rio Grande’s unrecognized water crisis. The Office of the State Engineer’s actions are needed to keep New Mexico out of another Texas lawsuit focused on the Middle Rio Grande, the river segment between the Los Alamos highway bridge […]

Join the New Mexico Water Dialogue for its milestone 30th Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, NM. This year’s event focuses on increasing regional engagement in water planning and taking action to navigate a future of increasing hydrologic scarcity and variability. Discussions will explore ways to leverage existing tools and develop new strategies to support informed decision-making […]

Join three professionals who worked as members of the 2022 NM Water Policy and Infrastructure Task Force to learn about the Water Security Agenda for the 2025 Legislature. The plain truth is the Legislature has, for years, neglected to adequately fund implementation of the laws it has passed and the programs it has started to […]