Archive for 2004

Meeting West Texas’ water needs

Program combines new technologies to protect water supply
By Jenna Smith
For more information regarding this subject, contact:
Mike Mecke
(915) 336-8585
mbmecke@ag.tamu.edu
For the first time, a water conservation program combining all current technologies to protect water supplies is underway in the semiarid and arid, desert region of West Texas.
Mike Mecke, extension [...]

November 2nd, 2004 | Posted in RGBI
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Conserving in the Winter Garden

Pumping restrictions, limited water require efficient irrigation
By Jenna Smith
For more information regarding this subject, contact:
Giovanni Piccinni
(830) 278-9151
g-piccinni@tamu.edu
Efficient water use in the Rio Grande Basin is critical to conserving limited supplies. Limited water availability and pumping restrictions have impacted both urban and agricultural water users, necessitating the use of [...]

November 1st, 2004 | Posted in RGBI
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Scientists pull for Bigtooth Maple

NMSU team on track to develop a drought-tolerant maple variety
By Norman Martin
For more information regarding this subject, contact:
Rolston St. Hilaire
(505) 646-3638
rsthilai@nmsu.edu
One of the nation’s loveliest trees for fall color is the maple, but New Mexico misses out because of an exceedingly dry landscape that prevents the legendary tree from [...]

August 3rd, 2004 | Posted in RGBI
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Monitoring water flow and quality

Database and GIS provide timely information for Rio Grande
By Jenna Smith
For more information regarding this subject, contact:
Zhuping Sheng
(915) 859-9111
z-sheng@tamu.edu
or visit http://www.pdnwc.org
Technology has hit the Rio Grande, from Elephant Butte Dam, New Mexico, to Fort Quitman, Texas.
Research scientists from Texas A&M University (TAMU), New Mexico State University [...]

August 2nd, 2004 | Posted in RGBI
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