The New Mexico Acequia Association is pleased to announce another successful statewide Acequia Conference that happened on June 16th 2016 at the Santa Fe Community College. This year we focused on the importance of Organizing to Protect Acequias by highlighting … Continued

2014/2015 New Mexico Acequia Rehabilitation Regional Conservation Partnership Program (NMAR-RCPP)    Partnership Program amongst Interstate Stream Commission, New Mexico Acequia Association, Taos SWCD, East Rio Arriba SWCD, Upper Chama SWCD, Tierra Y Montes SWCD, Socorro SWCD, Natural Resources Conservation Service, … Continued

By Beverly Tafoya   Leon Tafoya is a lifelong resident of San Fidel, NM and is currently the Mayordomo of Acequia San Jose de la Cienega for 7 years and former president. Leon's father was a chef for the Harvey … Continued

  The New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission (ISC) received a Capital Outlay Appropriation from the Legislature in the 2014 Regular Session to plan, design, renovate, construct and equip improvements to acequias statewide! The ISC has approved $1,700,000 to be utilized … Continued

Photo taken by Travis Mckenzie   By Travis Mckenzie   Que Vivan Las Acequias y Que Viva La Gente! I have had the honor of learning about and being a part of the Sembrando Semillas network since 2007 and it … Continued

Photo taken by Jacinta Chavez, Taos NM   Edited by NMAA Staff The ultimate test of the power of custom is drought. Old-timers agreed that everyone suffers from drought when you're on an acequia, some more than others, partly by … Continued

By Ari W Epstein, Professor at MIT Terrascope is a program in which freshmen at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) learn how to work in teams to solve and communicate about complex problems, particularly problems with environmental implications. Every … Continued

Acequia Infrastructure Needs Although there is no comprehensive statewide inventory of acequia infrastructure needs nor a cost estimate to address those needs, we can get a sense of the types of projects needed around the state (See table below from … Continued

 ISC 90-10 Program: The Interstate Stream Commission (ISC) administers the 90-10 program (formerly the 80-20 program) funded by an annual, recurring appropriation of $1.9 million from the Irrigation Works Construction Fund (IWCF) to the ISC. Acequias can obtain funding 90% … Continued