Water Update (02/25/26)

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of recent storms on New Mexico's snowpack and the expected dry conditions for the Rio Grande this summer.

The latest round of storms helped the snowpack in New Mexico’s headwaters rivers a little, but we’re so far behind that we still should expect to see a dry Rio Grande through central New Mexico this summer. In this week’s Water Update, the Utton Center’s Rin Tara and John Fleck take a look at the snowpack, the runoff forecasts, and the latest reservoir storage numbers. Spoiler alert: they’re not good. But despite the bad news, both Tara and Fleck managed to get out to the river and find joy i...

People in this episode

Hosts: Rin Tara, John Fleck

Topics covered

• snowpack
• runoff forecasts
• reservoir storage
• Rio Grande

Keywords

• New Mexico
• water update
• drought
• river

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Water Update

Places: New Mexico’s, Rio Grande, New Mexico

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