The garden beds are empty in José Villegas’ backyard, and the land where he grew even more corn and calabasas is a flat ...

The rhythms and dancing by New Mexico's New World Drummers, along with hundreds of people seated along the Rio Grande, welcomed the waters for the 2025 irrigation season. The scheduled release of ...

Environmental advocates on Wednesday celebrated a decision by the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission to prohibit the discharge of fracking wastewater into the state’s waterways and ...

Most water used by farmers and cities along the Rio Grande is unsustainable. These communities are using more water than ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. The funding tap is about to be turned on for projects to treat and reuse New Mexico’s salty brackish water — but ...

The New Mexico Environment Department and Office of the State Engineer have awarded more than $25.9 million in grant funding ...

New Mexico’s arid climate means we naturally receive limited annual precipitation, but the effects of climate change have exacerbated these challenges. Rising temperatures have led to prolonged ...

A simmering feud over management of one of North America’s longest rivers reached a boiling point when the U.S. Supreme Court sent western states and the federal government back to the negotiating ...

The New Mexico Environment Department is offering free testing for private well water owners in parts of Mora, San Miguel, and Taos counties. In a 2025 geological study, heavy metals were found in the ...

Water is the lifeblood of New Mexico. From our farms and ranches to our families and businesses,every drop matters. As our state faces ongoing drought and rising demand, we must look at everyavailable ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – It’s no secret water can be a fickle resource in New Mexico. Ask any farmer, and they’ll tell you there are good years and bad years. Water managers at the Middle Rio Grande ...