Everyone is invited to join the 2017, 11th Annual Taos River and Land Cleanup, a county-wide effort to clean our watershed, community and hiking trails.   DATE: Saturday, July 29th, 2017   TIME: 8am – 2pm (Lunch served at 1:00pm) … Continued

Fruit Tree in Chamisal, NM -Photo taken by Juliet Garcia-Gonzales   Grafting is very useful in fruit tree production for both commercial growers and home gardeners. It is a technique used to propagate a tree's unique cultivars, to have multiple … Continued

Dear Interested Party:   We're continuing our Forest Plan Revision Open Houses next week on Tuesday, July 18th from 1-3:30pm in both Pecos (High School) and Santa Fe (Supervisor's Office). These Open Houses are intended to keep the public involved … Continued

We hope you will join us for: Protecting Farmland and Water Rights: Tools for Land Restoration Friday, August 18th 2017 9:00am–3:00pm Los Luceros Historic Ranch, Alcalde, NM Learn about tools and resources to protect your water rights! Demonstrations & Presentations … Continued

By Paula Garcia, Executive Director of NMAA   The Special Session ended on May 30, 2017, with some resolution on the state budget situation. The Governor signed HB 1 which was a supplemental budget that restored line item vetoes from … Continued

Regando maiz y florez en Taos- Photo taken by Jacinta Chavez It's summer and acequias around New Mexico are flowing with mountain runoff and nurturing gardens, orchards, and green fields. Acequia waters continue to be the lifeblood of our communities … Continued

Though he was expected to become a dentist, Antonio Manzanares returned to his hometown of La Puente after graduating from the University of New Mexico and found that he enjoyed helping old-timers with the time-honored tasks and chores needed to … Continued

By Paula Garcia It took years of planning and persistence to complete a new presa (diversion dam) for Acequia del Alto al Norte in the Mora Valley. After working for nearly two decades with acequias around New Mexico, I finally … Continued

By Miguel Santistevan Irrigating the land can be the best part of the acequia season next to the harvest.  After all the meetings, the acequia cleanings, and hours upon hours of getting the land ready; there is hardly a feeling … Continued

Enrique & Tayari Romero in Nambe, NM -Photo taken by Rita Topete   By Enrique Romero, NM Legal Aid A member is proposing to change permanently the place of use of his water rights served by our Acequia. No other … Continued