Without Rights, NM’s Rivers Can Come Up Empty
12.6.24 – In New Mexico, rivers lack rights to their own waters, which means that when dry times strike — or people are unwilling to share — rivers run dry. “Water in New Mexico is managed on what’s called the priority administration system … it’s a system of extraction,” says Paul Tashjian with Audubon Southwest. There are ways to protect rivers, he says — ways that New Mexico can and should explore in coming legislative sessions.
Correspondent: Laura Paskus
Guest: Paul Tashjian, Audubon Southwest, Director of Freshwater Conservation
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