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A 50-year water plan was released by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to counteract the expected loss of 25 percent of New Mexico's freshwater. New Mexico gov. unveils 50-year water plan that targets ...
May 16—New Mexico is getting $14.7 million in federal money for five water projects to address drought, part of $522 million in drought funding for 57 projects across the Western United States ...
The federal government sent about $43 million to aid New Mexico's water systems, while a state bill authorized funds for 66 local projects.
On average, more than 2 percent of the land in New Mexico has burned per decade since 1984. Wildfire smoke can reduce air quality and increase medical visits for chest pains, respiratory problems, and heart problems". [1] "The combination of more fires and drier conditions may expand deserts and otherwise change parts of New Mexico’s landscape.
A drought developed in the Western, Midwestern, and Northeastern United States in the summer of 2020. [3] Similar conditions started in other states in August 2020, including Iowa, Nebraska and certain parts of Wisconsin and Minnesota. At the same time, more than 90% of Utah, Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico were in some level of drought. [4]
Jul. 31—Several weeks of rain have brought much-needed, if uneven, drought relief around New Mexico. The moisture has created a drastic drop in the state's exceptional drought conditions since ...
The drought is largely driven by temperature, which increases the rate of evaporation, with some contribution from the lack of precipitation. The several wet years since 2000 were not sufficient to end the drought. Researchers calculated that without climate change-induced evaporation, the precipitation in 2005 would have broken the drought.
In the drought-ravaged western U.S., farmers are using wool to conserve water and replace synthetic fertilizers. ... knowing that wool retains moisture helped Wilde solve a domestic problem: His ...