New Mexico Farmers Seek ‘Priority Call’ as Drought Persists

New York Times: Just after the local water board announced this month that its farmers would get only one-tenth of their normal water allotment this year, Ronnie Walterscheid, 53, stood up and called on his elected representatives to declare a water war on their upstream neighbors. “It’s always been about us giving up,” Mr. Walterscheid said, to nods. “I say we push back hard right now.” The drought-fueled anger of southeastern New Mexico’s farmers and ranchers is boiling, and there is nowhere near enough......

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