NMAA would like to recognize the 2016 Photo Contest Winners! 1st Place: Daniel Sonis, "Bailing Hay"   2nd Place: Noberto Armijo, "Regando fields of ajo" 3rd Place: Donatella Davanzo, "Acequia in the farolito evening"

                                             "Nuestra Agua, Nuestro Futuro: Acequias Rising!"   Join us TOMORROW for the 17th Annual  Congreso de las Acequias!   November 19th 2016  Sagebrush Inn Taos, NM *All Welcome: Parciantes, Youth, Allies, Supporters* Register at the door 8:00am *Bendicion de … Continued

The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District has received a grant from the United States Bureau of Reclamation to put together a proposal to conduct a basin study in the Middle Rio Grande Basin from the Colorado State line to Elephant … Continued

We would like to thank all those who sponsored & made donations for this years Congreso de las Acequias! Your contribution is toward the future of protecting acequias, water rights & agricultural land for the future of New Mexico!   … Continued

At this year’s Congreso, NMAA is honored to recognize leaders and projects statewide that are energizing the greater acequia community. *Earlier this year, the Taos Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) received a grant for more than $37,000 from the … Continued

Are you interested in learning how to be an organic acequia farmer in northern New Mexico?   Do you want to learn how to increase your production to sell commercially? Are you looking for ways to put your agricultural land … Continued

As political subdivisions, acequias are required to follow the Open Meetings Act, which is intended to allow the public access to decision-making by elected officials. The Open Meetings Act requires that meetings of the acequia be open to the public … Continued

Here in New Mexico, there is a long tradition of being caretakers and protectors of the water in the arid environment we call home. “El Agua es Vida/Water is Life” is a universal concept that echoes the fundamental importance of … Continued

                  Enter your photograph and you could win cash prizes   1st Place- $150.00 2nd Place- $100.00 3rd Place- $50.00   *Your photo could be featured in NMAA Publications Winners will be … Continued