2013 is New Mexico’s third consecutive year of drought, with the state suffering some of the warmest and driest conditions in the state since record-keeping began. From the town of Maxwell in the state’s northeast, where municipal water supplies are running low, to the farming valleys of the south, where farmers are struggling and tension with Texas is flaring over scarce Rio Grande water, drought’s impact is being felt across the state.
Stories
- Where drought hits N.M. the hardest
- Maxwell, N.M.: Village is high and dry
- Rio Grande silvery minnow: Balancing People, Ecosystem
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