Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWater Update (05/20/26)
For the May 20 Water Update, Rin and John step away from discussing the bleak water numbers and take some time to talk about the moral obligation of …
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Water Update (05/06/26)
In this week’s Water Matters, Rin Tara and John Fleck talk about the delightfully named “jiggle,” a series of pulses released from Isleta Diversion D…
2 weeks ago
Water Update (04/22/26)
There is no way to sugar coat the bad water news pill as 2026 enters what should be the rising limb of the runoff season, as Rin Tara and John Fleck …
4 weeks ago
12: Tucker Davidson on Birds and Hope
Guest: Tucker Davidson
It seemed unfair – asking Tucker Davidson to name his favorite bird. A senior water associate at Audubon Southwest, Davidson is…
1 month ago
Water Update (04/08/26)
Water Update: a shrinking Colorado River forecast
A declining runoff forecast for the Colorado River Basin means a tough year for water users as the B…
1 month, 1 week ago
11: The Proposed Settlement of Texas v. New Mexico on the Rio Grande
Episode 11
Guest: Phil King
With a final agreement in sight that would settle Texas's 13-year-old lawsuit against New Mexico over water use on the Rio Grande, Ri…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Water Update (03/11/26)
With irrigation water flowing through the irrigation ditches of New Mexico’s Middle Rio Grande Valley, Rin Tara and John Fleck look at the latest sno…
2 months, 1 week ago
Water Update (02/25/26)
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…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
10: Mapping Aquifers with the NMBGMR
Episode 10
Guest: Stacy Timmons, Associate Director for Hydrology Programs at the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources
When the New Mexico legisla…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Water Update (02/11/26)
The snowpack and runoff forecasts for New Mexico’s rivers have begun conjuring up stories about the epically dry 2002. On this week’s episode, Rin Ta…
3 months, 1 week ago