Protect Pollinators & Your Water Rights
Written by Adrienne Rosenberg My heart sank as I drove over the bridge last week. Here on both sides of Highway 75, the Embudo River … Continued
Community Spotlight: Acequia del Rincon
Martha Montoya-Trujillo, is a lifelong resident of Pojoaque, NM and is the current Secretary of Acequia del Rincon. Martha is wife to Alex Trujillo, Mayordomo of the Acequia del Rincon since 1995. She is also board member of the New … Continued
Abeyta Water Rights Settlement
Photo Taken by Theresa Webb There is an enduring divinity that lingers in the Taos Valley, an entity that flows against the weight of the ages, the demands of the people, and the disputes over its existence. The water … Continued
Acequia Youth to Participate in NMAA’s Escuelita de las Acequias
By Juliet Garcia-Gonzales, Sembrando Semillas Project. In a couple of weeks, the Sembrando Semillas youth and youth from other communities will be attending the NMAA first annual La Escuelita de las Acequias. The Escuelita is a 3 part series that … Continued
NMAA partners with NMSU and UNM on acequia study
By Quita Ortiz, Land and Water Program, New Mexico Acequia Association The New Mexico Acequia Association has partnered with researchers from NMSU and UNM on an interdisciplinary acequia study funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), under their Dynamics of … Continued
“He understood the value of land and the food that grows from it when you nurture the land”
Pedro A. Casados Sr. 81 a lifelong farmer and rancher of El Guique, New Mexico passed on peacefully on January 20th. He and his wife Juanita Archuleta de Casados are notably known for their family’s widely recognized indigenous New Mexican … Continued