WildEarth Guardians: Rio Grande Flows Diminish in Dry Spring
March 14, 2020
March 14, 2020
SANTA FE, New Mexico, March 14 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release:
The Natural Resources Conservation Service released its monthly streamflow forecast for the Rio Grande Basin this week predicting Rio Grande flows (at the Otowi gauge near Santa Fe) will be 64 percent of average this year. This is a dramatic decrease in predicted flows from the 90 percent forecast in January. The news is even worse in southern New Mexico and Texas where flows are expected to be . . .
The Natural Resources Conservation Service released its monthly streamflow forecast for the Rio Grande Basin this week predicting Rio Grande flows (at the Otowi gauge near Santa Fe) will be 64 percent of average this year. This is a dramatic decrease in predicted flows from the 90 percent forecast in January. The news is even worse in southern New Mexico and Texas where flows are expected to be . . .