New Mexico
US’s most endangered rivers are in New Mexico: Report
The rivers of New Mexico are the most threatened waterways in the country, according to a recently released report by advocacy group American Rivers.
The report ranks the top 10 most endangered waterways in the United States, noting that pollution, climate change, and reduced clean water protections all contribute to their decline.
American Rivers cited the Supreme Court decision last May in Sackett v. EPA for the reason rivers across the entire state of New Mexico were ranked first on the list.
The ruling limits how the Environmental Protection Agency can enforce provisions under the Clean Water Act for streams, rivers and wetlands.
As part of the ruling, protections were scrapped for waterways that only run during the rainy season or periods of the year due to snowmelt, according to the report.
In arid states like New Mexico, rivers and streams typically flow only during certain times of the year.
The decision also stripped away protections for “isolated” wetlands, which are not physically connected to streams or surface water bodies and also exist in the state.
On top of this, the report cites a 2006 Supreme Court decision that rolled back protections to closed basins as another reason for the state’s top spot on the list.
“These rulings fly in the face of established science and ignore the value that small streams and wetlands have to their broader watersheds, communities and economies, particularly in places with dry climates like New Mexico,” the report reads.
Here are the most endangered rivers in the U.S., according to America’s Most Endangered Rivers 2024 report:
- Rivers of New Mexico
- Big Sunflower and Yazoo Rivers, Miss.
- Duck River, Tenn.
- Santa Cruz River, Ariz.
- Little Pee Dee River, S.C. and N.C.
- Farmington River, Conn., Mass.
- Trinity River, Calif.
- Kobuk River, Ark.
- Tijuana River, Calif.
- Blackwater River, W.V.
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Grant’s Thursday Evening Forecast
Showers and thunderstorms will continue in eastern New Mexico tonight into Friday. Breezy winds will bring an elevated fire danger in the western half of the state.
Thunderstorms are firing up Thursday afternoon along and east of New Mexico’s central mountain chain while gusty south winds over 30 mph are driving an elevated fire danger across western parts of the state. Storms will continue spreading across eastern New Mexico through this evening, bringing locally heavy rainfall, lightning, small hail, and gusty winds. The winds will weaken later tonight, but showers and thunderstorms will keep going across eastern New Mexico overnight into early Friday morning.
A few spotty storms will redevelop Friday afternoon across eastern New Mexico, with a couple near the Texas state line capable of turning strong to severe. At the same time, breezy southwest winds will ramp back up across western New Mexico, with gusts over 35 mph creating another round of elevated fire danger. Storms will push east out of New Mexico Friday evening while winds gradually ease overnight.
Quieter and drier weather takes over this weekend. Temperatures Saturday afternoon will cool a few degrees but still stay near average for late May. Breezy afternoon winds will continue Saturday before lighter winds and warmer temperatures return Sunday.
Moisture will start building back into eastern New Mexico Monday, bringing a slight chance for thunderstorms near the Texas state line. Monday will also be the hottest day of the warming trend statewide. More moisture spreads into the eastern half of the state Tuesday, increasing storm chances along and east of the Rio Grande Valley by afternoon. Even deeper moisture arrives statewide by Wednesday and Thursday, fueling more widespread showers and thunderstorms through the middle of next week.
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