Associated Press: Drought tests centuries-old water traditions in New Mexico
By Susan Montoya Bryan
September 18, 2021
ABIQUIU, N.M. (AP) — At the edge of a sandstone outcropping, Teresa Leger Fernández looks out on the Rio Chama. The river tracks a diverse landscape from the southern edge of the Rocky Mountains through rugged basalt hillsides, layers of volcanic tuff,… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) released the following statement following this week’s Natural Resources and Education and Labor Committee markups for the Build Back Better Act: Read more »
WASHINGTON - In case you missed it, this week, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández concluded her Agua es Vida Tour to put a spotlight on the climate change impact on New Mexico. Read more »
SANTA FE – Today, Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández kicked off her Agua es Vida (Water is Life) Tour to put a spotlight on the impact climate change is having on the state and the innovative work being done to preserve our water resources Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández announced she secured over $74 million for NM-03 through community project funding requests in appropriations legislation. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the House of Representatives passed legislation to protect communities from PFAS contamination that included Rep. Leger Fernández’s amendment on water used for agricultural purposes. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the House of Representatives passed legislation to protect communities from PFAS contamination that included Rep. Leger Fernández’s amendment on water used for agricultural purposes. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández announced she secured key policy provisions in appropriations legislation to help Tribal communities, expand the clean energy workforce, protect Chaco Canyon, fund rural water programs, protect students from lunch shaming, address access to firearms as a means to prevent suicides, and more. Read more »
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), a member of the House Committee on Natural Resources, joined the New Mexico delegation to urge the Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm to oppose the interim storage of spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste in New Mexico. Read more »
