Rio Grande River
January 13, 2010--Water priorities may change as funds dry up (Alamosa Valley Courier)
With future state funding tenuous and local funds dwindling, the Rio Grande Basin Roundtable for the first time is faced with making decisions about San Luis Valley water projects that not all members may support.
January 10, 2010--Forecasts expect runoff to be low in New Mexico rivers (Durango Herald)
Spring runoff is expected to be below average in New Mexico's two major river systems this spring, according to National Weather Service forecasts. The Rio Grande is expected to see only 91 percent of average runoff into Elephant Butte Reservoir north of Truth or Consequences, according to Ed Polasko of the NWS.
November 1, 2009--Toxic waste trickles toward New Mexico's water sources (Los Angeles Times)
More than 60 years after scientists assembled the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, lethal waste is seeping from mountain burial sites and moving toward aquifers, springs and streams that provide water to 250,000 residents of nor
October 26, 2009--More needs to be done to conserve NM water (Denver Post)
Water users along the Middle Rio Grande have made strides in conservation, but experts say more needs to be done if New Mexico is to avoid long-term problems. The Middle Rio Grande Water Assembly gathered Saturday in Albuquerque for the group's annual meeting. They reviewed progress since the 2004 completion of the Middle Rio Grande Water Plan.
September 23, 2009--RiGHT gets $1 million grant (Del Norte Prospector)
The Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust (RiGHT) has been awarded their
second $1 million grant from the North American Wetlands Conservation
Act (NAWCA) toward conservation of the Rio Grande corridor in the San
Luis Valley. The funds were approved at the Sept. 9 meeting of the
national Migratory Bird Conservation Commission.
August 23, 2009--Our water supply, down the drain (Washington Post)
In the United States, we constantly fret about running out of oil. But we should be paying more attention to another limited natural resource: water. A water crisis is threatening many parts of the country -- not just the arid West. Droughts make matters worse, but the real problem isn't shrinking water levels. It's population growth.
July 29, 2009--Managing Rio Grande water a balancing act (Denver Post)
The Rio Grande from south of Truth or Consequences to El Paso, Texas, could look more like a natural river and less like a canal a decade from now, with occasional flooding and plans to restore aquatic hab
- Agriculture
- Caballo Lake
- Elephant Butte Irrigation District
- Elephant Butte Lake
- Endangered Species
- Flood Control
- International Boundary and Water Commission
- Invasive Species
- Irrigation
- New Mexico
- Percha Dam
- Press Clippings
- Rio Grande Canalization Project
- Rio Grande River
- Tamarisk
- Water Quality
- Water Rights
- Water Storage
- World Wildlife Fund
July 5, 2009--Alamosa levee not up to snuff (Pueblo Chieftain)
The tree-studded levee that protects the city of Alamosa from the Rio Grande no longer is up to snuff, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
June 2, 2009--Lawsuit filed to stop logging near Rio Grande Headwaters (Environmental News Service)
Two conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging a logging project on national forest lands in southwestern Colorado that they claim would impact the headwaters of the Rio Grande river.
March 17, 2009--Colorado officials vow to fight Four Corners pollution (Aspen Times)
Colorado's governor and attorney general pledged Monday to work to reduce air pollution in the Four Corners region after a state lawmaker asked for help resolving a decades-old dispute over emissions from
