The New Mexico Acequia Association is pleased to announce another successful statewide acequia conference on June 21th 2018 at Los Luceros Historic Ranch in Alcalde. This year, we focused on the struggle of drought and highlighting innovative ways that acequia … Continued

WASHINGTON – June 28th, 2018, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced that they have secured a provision in the Senate’s 2018 Farm Bill to make acequias eligible for grants and technical assistance from conservation and environmental … Continued

Interviews with Acequia Commissioner Patrick Blumm and Mayordomo Carl Gray Witkop Interviewed and written by Olivia Romo, NMAA Staff What is the history of your acequia community, as you know it (or as you’ve been told)? The riverside village of … Continued

                              Written By, Miguel Santistevan It is difficult to write a piece on ‘the art of acequia irrigation’ at a time when so many parciantes are … Continued

Written by Olivia Romo, NMAA Staff On April 3, 2018 acequia leaders from across the state gathered at Los Luceros Ranch to strategize about water management during times of drought. The main topics of the gathering were water sharing, active … Continued

Gophers, prairie dogs, and other mammal pests can indeed damage fruit trees, garden vegetables, and agricultural crops.  In addition to damaging plants, gophers may burrow into levees and ditches damaging irrigation systems, harvesting equipment, utility cables, and can cause enhanced soil loss by erosion. According to … Continued

Written by Linden Schneider Robust monsoon predicted. On Wednesday April 11th folks gathered to learn and teach about soil health at the NMAA teaching farm in Chamisal.  This drought year is the perfect time to think about soil health; most … Continued

                                Written by Olivia Romo, NMAA Staff Acequias and land grants are prominent public bodies that demonstrate a history of good record keeping practices. Today, … Continued

By Serafina Lombardi, NMAA Staff The drought we are facing is real – while I continue to hope for precipitation there is no avoiding what is. We can look to history that analyzes drought in terms of tree ring growth … Continued