The Utton Transboundary Resources Center at the University of New Mexico School of Law has released, Land & Water: Making the Connection, a report that addresses the disconnect between land use planning and water resource management in New Mexico.
The 23-page publication was produced by a panel of eight authors who spent five years discussing the unique challenge of ensuring that demand for water does not exceed the state's limited supplies and that the inherent integrity of the land is preserved for generations to come.
"Moving forward it will be increasingly important to understand and coordinate land and water use decisions between different levels of government," said Carol Romero-Wirth (`98), one of the authors. "This report improves our collective understanding of this relationship so that we can sustain the state's economy and its environmental and cultural heritage."
Along with Romero-Wirth, the report's authors are, Consuelo Bokum, Barbara Calef, Mary Helen Follingstad, Alan Hamilton, Joanne Hilton, Susan Kelly (`81) and Sigmund Silber.