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Irrigation

Published May 5, 2022 at 2560 × 1920 in Irrigation

Water from the Rio Grande is used to irrigate a field in Belen.

What to know about federal conservation rulemaking
By Hannah Grover | 33 mins ago
The late author and environmental activist Edward Abbey is known for referring to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management as the Bureau of Livestock and Mines due to the bureau’s focus on leasing lands for extraction and grazing.
Debt crisis averted: NM delegation responds to debt ceiling deal
By Nicole Maxwell | June 2, 2023
The debt ceiling saga neared its end this week after both the U.S. House and Senate approved a deal to raise the debt limit, with provisions.
Lands around Chaco officially withdrawn from oil and gas leasing
By Hannah Grover | June 2, 2023
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland officially withdrew lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park from mineral leasing on Friday morning.

ECECD will soon see a nearly 68 percent increase in funding
By Susan Dunlap | May 26, 2023
On July 1, a constitutional amendment to increase the distribution from the Land Grant Permanent Fund t toward educating the state’s youngest children goes into effect.
CYFD: Repeat maltreatment in decline, but higher than average
By Susan Dunlap | May 25, 2023
New Mexico has 360 more repeat child maltreatment cases annually than the national average.