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Without Rights, NM’s Rivers Can Come Up Empty
10.14.22 –In New Mexico, rivers lack rights to their own waters, which mean 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…
Read MoreProtecting Chaco Requires Commitment From ‘All Levels’
10.07.22 – For more than a decade, a coalition of indigenous and environmental groups, along with some archaeologists, have called for the federal government to protect the Greater Chacoan Landscape from increased oil and gas drilling. On Sept. 29, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit heard oral arguments on the latest case,…
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