New Mexico Water and the Environment in 2050

by Laura Paskus, Adrian Oglesby, Fred Harris (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826356130
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	07/01/2015
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	45
File size:	326 KB

About the Author

Laura Paskus is an environmental journalist and a correspondent whose work has been widely published. She is the producer of New Mexico In Focus's series Our Land: New Mexico's Environmental Past, Present, and Future.

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.

Former US Senator Fred Harris (1930–2024) was a professor emeritus of political science at the University of New Mexico as well a director emeritus of the UNM Fred Harris Congressional Internship Program. He produced twenty nonfiction books on public policy, politics, and government, including the coedited Locked in the Poorhouse: Cities, Race, and Poverty in the United States, as well as three novels.