San Juan-Chama accounts for the bulk of the water New Mexico gets from the Colorado River Basin. There are some historic users such as Navajo Nation farmers diverting water separately from the ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Two New Mexico lawmakers are behind a new effort to protect the Gila River. The bill, sponsored by Congressman Gabe Vasquez and Senator Martin Heinrich, would designate parts ...

Colorado River tributaries in New Mexico bring water to the alfalfa fields ... are closely tied to the Colorado via the San Juan-Chama Drinking Water Project. The system of tunnels and dams ...

FLECK SAYS THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS DEAL ... "We get our water here in Albuquerque from the Colorado River through the San Juan Chama Project. It's really important to ...

In New Mexico, some water users, including the irrigation district, rely on water piped from the Colorado River watershed ...

On the Chama River, Heron Reservoir is 14% full; its neighbors, El Vado and Abiquiu, are at 14% and 51%, respectively. Further down the watershed, on the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico ...

New Mexico state forester. Snowpack in the Rio Chama Watershed area is 132% of normal, and in the Jemez River area it’s 114% of normal. Snowpack totals across the state range from 58% in Rio ...

The Northern New Mexico Type 3 team is expected to take ... The wildfire, sparked by lightning on Sunday, is in the Chama River Canyon Wilderness in the Coyote Ranger District.

the only free flowing river in New Mexico. As some Republicans in Congress float the idea of selling public lands to balance the budget and President Donald Trump considers narrowing the ...