Irrigation Canal in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 2005

Ecological and River Restoration

Federal Interagency Stream Restoration Working Group

"Impervious Surfaces Affect a Region’s Hydrology, Ecosystems — Even Its Climate"

Funding Sources

Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC)

EPA Border 2012

EPA Watershed Grants Program

North American Development Bank

Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program

New Mexico Office

West Texas Office

U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, Water 2025

Pecan trees along a drainage canal near Leasburg Dam, New Mexico, 2004

Information and Data Sharing

EconData.Net

Environmental Working Group, Clean Water Report Card

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, National Wetlands Inventory

U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Program

Watershed Information Network

Projects Within the Paso Del Norte Region

  • El Paso-Las Cruces Regional Sustainable Water Project

Final Environmental Impact Statement

Record of Decision

Water Quality

  • Pollution from both urban & agricultural runoff

Center for Watershed Protection

Groundwork El Paso

  • Salinity

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program Overview

Multi-State Salinity Coalition

Tularosa Basin National Desalination Research Facility

Opening the gate that allows water to flow into the field from the irrigation ditch, New Mexico, 1936. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, No. fsa 8b38212

Water Quantity

  • Competing & increasing demands for the region's water

Online Training in Watershed Management

  • Drought

National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Drought Monitor

  • Population growth & development pressure

Protecting Water Resources with Smart Growth (EPA) (pdf)

Smart Growth Online