num_pages: 64
description: The land, water, and air that make New Mexico a Land of Enchantment are facing increasing threats due to drought, climate change, and declining environmental quality protections. In this E-short edition from New Mexico 2050, noted environmental journalist Laura Paskus and Adrian Oglesby, a water law and water management expert, demonstrate how, in the face of such challenges, citizens can preserve and enrich New Mexico’s natural resources.  ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS Laura Paskus is a noted New Mexico environmental journalist and the author of numerous book chapters and periodical articles. She has been the managing editor of Tribal College Journal, assistant editor of High Country News, and president of the Rio Grande Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.  Adrian Oglesby, JD, is an attorney and New Mexico water law and water management expert. He has been the managing editor of the U.S.-Mexico Law Journal, the president of the New Mexico Riparian Council, and a member of the board of directors of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District and presently serves as director of the Utton Transboundary Resources Center, University of New Mexico.  Fred Harris, JD with distinction, is a twice-elected former U.S. senator from Oklahoma and a longtime professor—now professor emeritus—of political science at the University of New Mexico, where he is still director of the UNM Fred Harris Congressional Internship Program. An award-winning author of three novels, he has also produced nineteen nonfiction books on public policy, politics, and government, including, as coeditor, Locked in the Poorhouse: Cities, Race, and Poverty in the United States, and, as coauthor, a recent e-book, These People Want to Work: Immigration Reform.
language: English
title: New Mexico Water and the Environment in 2050
publisher: University of New Mexico Press