As conservationists know, these clever dam-building rodents are a boon to recovering wetlands. But they can also contribute to flooding that causes catastrophic damage to acequias, which are crucial ...

Running from the rivers are channels with dams, which the mayordomo can open to direct the water down the acequia to the parciantes. Sometimes several acequias depend on a single diversion dam, called ...

Fossil fuel revenues bankroll education spending in this state, but schools exposed to industry pollution face environmental risks that can affect children’s health and performance.

Susan Montoya Bryan has been a reporter in the AP’s New Mexico bureau since 1999, working as a night supervisor, all-formats ...

Ryan Martinez, the gunman who severely wounded a Native American man at an Española protest against the proposed installation of a controversial Juan de Oñate statute in 2023, is serving the first ...

A lawsuit filed Monday in Santa Fe’s First Judicial District Court by two survivors of gunman Ryan Martinez claims that government and law enforcement officials in Rio Arriba County violated their ...

Santa Fe-based Molly Montgomery comes aboard as a full-time reporter covering topics that include land use, the environment and immigration Molly, who grew up in Santa Fe, has deep roots in New Mexico ...