water management

New Mexico’s Interstate Stream Commission has a new leader, just as the U.S. Supreme Court case between New Mexico and Texas over water from the Rio Grande might be coming to a close. Hannah Riesley-White took over the top job this month at the department tasked with keeping the state on track with interstate water compacts and federal regulation.

Our warming atmosphere is giving us stronger storms, hotter summers and winters with an unpredictable snowpack that is shifting growing seasons and putting water supplies at risk. You may have noticed changes in your home garden, while farmers across the state are adapting to protect their livelihoods, generations-old lifeways, and our food supply.

The Senate on Wednesday, March 29 approved a resolution to overturn the Biden administration’s expanded protections for waterways. President Joe Biden has said he will likely veto the measure, which also passed the House in mid-March.

New Mexico authorized more than $100,000 earlier this month for engineers who are working to develop a plan to divert the Gila River for agricultural uses…