Record-Low Snowpack and Historic Heat Threaten New Mexico’s Time-Honored Irrigation Canals

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By By Tina DeinesApr 21, 2026, 4:55 am96 ptsTrending
As the Rio Grande dries out months early, water managers look to blessings, prayers and groundwater to save the acequias that have spread water, history and culture to farmers and families since the 16th century. By Tina Deines ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—On a sunny spring morning at the end of March, a woman raised…

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