Rolf Schmidt-Petersen said the trees tell the story. Drought, climate change and low precipitation, he noted, are leaving their mark on New Mexico’s vegetation and fragile ecosystems. “Dying trees in the watersheds and habitats,” the director of the Interstate Stream Commission told members of the Senate Conservation Committee Tuesday. “That’s the first place we see it.” […]
Water is life in the arid Southwest, and the New Mexico state engineer is tasked with overseeing the state s scarce water supplies. A bill sponsored by Rep. .