WILL UPDATE YOU WHEN A LOCATION HAS BEEN SET. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN WATER LEVELS IN THE RIO GRANDE AND ACROSS THE STATE ARE RUNNING DANGEROUSLY LOW. TODAY, SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS GATHERING TO ADVOCATE FOR STRONGER PROTECTIONS. IT COMES AS THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ACCEPTED A SETTLEMENT BETWEEN NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS, REQUIRING OUR STATE TO REDUCE ITS USE OF GROUNDWATER PUMPING BY NEARLY 6 BILLION GALLONS OVER TEN YEARS. THIS WAS BACK IN MAY. MANY ARE NOW WONDERING HOW THIS WILL IMPACT OUR STATE. IT’S THE EARLIEST RECORDED DATE THAT THE RIVER HAS DRIED IN ALBUQUERQUE, AND IT’S ALSO A CHANCE TO HIGHLIGHT THE STATE OF CRISIS THAT OUR RIVERS ARE IN, ACROSS EVERYWHERE, ACROSS THE STATE. TAKE A LOOK AT THE RIO GRANDE WATER LEVELS ABOUT A YEAR APART. THIS IS VIDEO FROM SKY SEVEN. THE 2025 FOOTAGE WAS IN NOVEMBER. THEN JUST EIGHT MONTHS LATER, YOU CAN SEE THE RIO GRANDE IS COMPLETELY DRIED UP. THE NEW MEXICO WILDERNESS ALLIANCE HAS A PETITION O
Rio Grande’s early drying shows need for more protection of rivers
New Mexico Wild has a petition on its website calling on legislators to take urgent action.
With record heat and extreme drought causing the Rio Grande to dry up earlier than usual, a group of organizations including New Mexico Wild gathered to advocate for stronger protections not only that river, but all rivers and waterways in New Mexico. “It’s the earliest recorded date that the river has dried in Albuquerque, and it’s also a chance to highlight the state of crisis that all our rivers are in,” said Tricia Snyder, rivers and waterways program director for NMW. In May, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted a settlement between New Mexico and Texas requiring New Mexico to reduce its use of groundwater by nearly six billion gallons over 10 years. NMW has a petition on its website calling on legislators to take urgent action. You can sign it by going online to https://nmwild.org/get-involved/sign-a-petition/new-mexicos-waters-deserve-stronger-protections/
With record heat and extreme drought causing the Rio Grande to dry up earlier than usual, a group of organizations including New Mexico Wild gathered to advocate for stronger protections not only that river, but all rivers and waterways in New Mexico.
“It’s the earliest recorded date that the river has dried in Albuquerque, and it’s also a chance to highlight the state of crisis that all our rivers are in,” said Tricia Snyder, rivers and waterways program director for NMW.
In May, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted a settlement between New Mexico and Texas requiring New Mexico to reduce its use of groundwater by nearly six billion gallons over 10 years.
NMW has a petition on its website calling on legislators to take urgent action. You can sign it by going online to https://nmwild.org/get-involved/sign-a-petition/new-mexicos-waters-deserve-stronger-protections/
