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<br />. <br /> <br />1:3:33 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />New 1I1exico ...aler <br />shortage predicted <br />~......' ~lcxic(l L~ (,1Clnj:l ~rin.U5 water Sh(l~- <br />.J.I.!eS. accordm,(! to the Stltt~s Secrctan' of <br />:\atural kesourcc.s Dr. Thomas Bahr: . <br />Bahr di.scu.\...ro future ~rspecti\'Cs In con- <br />St'r\atWn V.1th the 1~1 participants in the 1988 <br />:\:\(O Southwestern R~oroJ :-lecti~ of the <br />:-;J.tlOna! A-'i..<;ocial.Jon of COrL,,",,:r\'ation Di.<;tricls <br />(;";:\CO" <br />The meetin~ took rlace in Santa Fe. ~~1. <br />Sept. ;-9, Participants Included COrLo;ervation <br />district Oilicials from the Four Comt'r3 states. <br />Bahr cxplain(>d that :-"e't\' .'lcxlco receives <br />about 85 million acre-fIX! of precipitation an. <br />nuall}: "How'{'\'('r. evaporation and deliver\' <br />obli~tions of ellUll Interstate compacts ]ca\'e~ <br />lL<; -o\1th little merone million 3O\'-fet:t <i usable <br />surlace ......atcr... Bahr said. <br />The Sblc also has a fairly ahundant sup- <br />p]~' of ~und Wi1ter. but ahout thffi.'-iourths 0( <br />it IS hr.:lckish. he added. _ <br />"B~' th(. ~ 2ll(IO, \\Oiu..1' supplies ....'iIll'QwI <br />demand. By 2020. it i.<; estlrnatt.-d that dcmandJ <br />will exceed supply by onc-half million acre- <br />fcet:' Bahrsaid. <br />GO\'emor Garn'}" C3m.lthers. .....ho spoke <br />l:iter In the rro~. echoed Bahr's concerns. <br />He uI'}led the ~up to ~'t.1 in....-,!vro in water <br />quantity and quality issues at the ~~roots <br />level. "I need }uur help in seeking sensible <br /><l.Ol.-emt'nt among local rroplc to cort'>t'n'e our <br />....'ater and. in the case of ace quia, toa!5(l con-- <br />SCf\'e our culture." Carruthel'5 said. <br />~..\cf) ExecutIve Vice President Ernest <br />Shea from Washinj.!trm. D.C. ~T't',..J II.'ith the <br />:\ew .'-Iexicoofficial... "Walerqualityand quan- <br />lit}' Will dominatt' cort"Cr\'ation initJall\'\'S and <br />pro~ for years to comc," he said. <br />Wilson ScaJin~ chief. U.s. Department of <br />ARriculture's Soil Cnnsef\'ation Sen.'lce, <br />Wa..~hmi!t(Jn. DC, prm'ided a statu.~ report of <br />NE\N MEXICO STOCKMAN <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />his ~nc}"s proJ!rams to reduce soil erosion <br />and lmpmw .....ater QUality. <br />Other topics addressed at the meeting in- <br />cluded hol~lIc re.source manas!cmenL COOl" <br />dinated resource man<4!emcnt plannin~, <br />pesticides and endangered species. and con- <br />St'f\'ation necds in urbanizinl: areas. <br />Ounng the bu.<,lnCM st.,.......lOn. Ralph Curtis. <br />Colorado, was electeJ ~ACD director for the <br />Southw'~tt.--m Rejo!ion. Curtis replaces William <br />Hams(m of Silver City. :-';~l. <br />James Henness, Colorado. II.-a.\ elected <br />rej.1ion chainnan for the SOuth.....est Rl.~on, <br />Kathlt:en Burcham, an educ.llor from Ber- <br />thauJ, CO, and Colorado's M0SC3--Hoo~.,t Soil <br />and Water Conservation Distnct recei\'cd <br />Deulz-Allis Conscn'ation Em'irunmental <br />Education A.....ards. The awan:l L<' ~ven for <br />oul..tanding efforts m leaching children about <br />the need for COOS('f\'ln~ natural resources. <br />The :-.iabonaI Associallon of Consef\'atJon <br />Di.~tricts L" a pri\'atc. nonprofit o~aCl1zation <br />rl"pre."CntJAA O\w 2,900 local soil and ....;aler <br />((In.......n.allon districts nationwwt:. TI1c pnmary <br />functIOn of ~ACD i..~ to servc the mem~r <br />dl~b1cts as one voice utilizin,l:! the force oflocaJ <br />100tiatiw and St'11',l~m't'rnmt'nt in the conser- <br />\'atJon and dewlopment of natural resources. <br />There are 4'i so1l and ......ater cansen'alion <br />districts in r-,\.....' f.1ex.ico. Thc)' are politicalsu~ <br />dl\1Sions of the Stale and are responsible <br />undt.'f stale Ia...... for directJ~so~ and II.'atcr con- <br />servation programs ......ithin theIr district <br />boundaries. <br /> <br />OCTOBER 1988 <br />