The Upper Pecos watershed is an important water source and members of the communities that rely on it say that it needs to be protected. The Water Quality Control Commission heard arguments for listing the Upper Pecos watershed as Outstanding National Resource Waters during its monthly meeting on Tuesday. ONRW designations protect against environmental degradation, […]
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Ralph Vigil s farm in Pecos, New Mexico depends on the Pecos River as it has for 13 years, the same river that runs across almost the entire eastern side of the state, crossing its southern border with Texas in the southeast corner.
What happens in the headwaters of the Pecos where Vigil grows vegetables like lettuce and tomatoes has a direct impact, he said, on the rest of the river – even hundreds of miles south cities like Roswell or Carlsbad. Our watersheds are extremely important to a lot of our traditional communities in New Mexico. The health of that watershed is vital, Vigil said. If we don’t have healthy watersheds, we don’t have healthy communities beneath them.