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The latest issue of Dialogue (Summer 2010) is in publication and the electronic edition will be available shortly. Electronic and print subscriptions are free with a tax-deductible* membership in the Dialogue. To become a member, click the "Join/Contribute" navigation button to the left. For a  free trial issue, email the membership coordinator. You can read and download all of the back issues listed on this page. They are in PDF format.

Contents of the Summer 2010 Issue (available to members)

Planning for the Future: 2010 Statewide Meeting summary – Lisa Robert

Regional Planning Symposium Planned for September – announcement

Update from the New President – Mary Murnane

Letter to OSE/ISC on State Water Plan Update

Reports from the Regions

     San Juan Basin RWP Update – Aaron Chavez

     Jemez y Sangre completes Phase II of RWP Update – Conci Bokum

Utton Center Holds E-Flows Workshop – Alan Hamilton

E-Flows Memorial Flows through the HENRC Gate – Alan Hamilton

Back Issues

Contents of the Fall 2009 Issue

Announcement of the 2010 Annual Statewide Meeting - State Water Planning: A Path Forward?
State Water Plan Update Report - Angela Bordegaray, ISC
Brent Bullock, In Memoriam
Municipal Water Use Isn't Necessarily Conservation - Bruce Thomson and John Shomaker
Reports From the Regions
     MRGCD Moves Toward More Real Water Accounting - Lisa Robert
     Gila River Update: AZ Water Settlement Act Planning Process - Dutch Salmon
Amendments Proposed to New Mexico's Water Quality Standards

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Contents of the Summer 2009 Issue:

Statewide Meeting Speakers Address 'Accountability' - Lisa Robert
Reports from the Regions
   * The Estancia Basin Water Plan: 2009 Update - Dan McGregor
   * Navajo Nation San Juan Basin Water Rights Settlement - Jason John
   * MRG Contemplates Inland Desalination - Lisa Robert, Bob Wessely, and Elaine Hebard
Dialogue about the Dialogue - Board members

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Contents of the Fall 2008 Issue:

Announcement of the 15th Annual Statewide Meeting - Bringing Accountability to Water Planning: Does it Take a Crisis?
Report on Finalization of the Taos Regional Water Plan - Simeon Herskovits
Bringing Accountability to Water Planning - letter from Conci Bokum, President
"Water Management: An Evolving Concept" - Frank Titus
"Status of Efforts to Link State and Regional Water Planning Programs" - Angela Schackel Bordegarary, ISC
Reports from the Regions
     Jemez y Sangre Begins Plan Update - Conci Bokum
     Valencia County Water and Wastewater Master Plan - Kelly Collins
New Mexico's Projected Population Dynamics - Angela Schackel Bordegarary, ISC

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Contents of the Summer 2008 issue:

Keynote Speakers Counsel Nurturing Natural Systems - summaries of talks by Courtney White and V.B. Price at the 14th Annual Meeting.

Reports from the Regions

     Supply and Demand in the Salt and Tularosa Basins - Elaine Hebard
     "Start with the End in Mind" - Frank Splendoria (Mora-San Miguel-Guadalupe Region)

Cases to Watch
     Judge Rules Domestic Well Statute Unconstitutional / State Engineer Appeals - Consuelo Bokum
     State Engineer must look at extinguishing water rights - Elaine Hebard

Lucy Moore Receives Annual Award - photos by Kathleen Grassel

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Contents of the Fall 2007 Issue:

Water Planners Look Ahead to "Next Iteration" (2007 Annual Meeting) - Lisa Robert
Updates from.... - Conci Bokum, President
Reports from the Regions:
     Water for Navajos, at Last - Michael Benson
     Gila River Update - Dutch Salmon
     Northeast NM Regional Water Plan - Kendyl Monroe
Project Reports
     Water Conservation Incentives Project
     Upstream-Downstream Project
14th Annual Statewide Meeting
     Draft Agenda
     Early Registration Form

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Contents of December 2006 issue:
 
 
Markets and Communinty (Dedicated to the Memory of Chris Nunn Garcia)
 
"The Upstream-Downstream Project: Prospects for Trust and Cooperation among Regions Sharing a Common Source of Water"
 
"Marketing Water in New Mexico - Whose Business?" by John Brown
 
"Remembering Chris" by Lucy Moore, Lisa Robert, and Conci Bokum
 
"Save Water for What? Considering Public Welfare in Designing Conservation Incentives" (report from the Water Conservation Incentives Project Steering Committee)

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Winter 2005-06: Making Connections
"Can settlement negotiations make adjudication a community-based process?" (Commentary on Beth Richards' article) by Chris Garcia
 
"Growth and Competition for Land and Water" by Lisa Robert*
Note: To download the image referred to in Lisa's article click on the link below. Warning: this Landsat photo of the Middle Rio Grande makes an extremely large JPG file (6.27 mb). It will take a long time to load, and has been known to cause some computers to crash! Click here to download riogrande.jpg
 
"A Conversation about the Future of Water Leasing in New Mexico" by Molly McIntosh

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Summer 2005 - Water Rights Settlement Agreements in New Mexico by Beth Richards
2005 Annual Statewide Meeting; Spring Fundraising Campaign
Report on work plan progress
Thanks to our contributors

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July 2004 - Water Transfers
Comment: Why Discuss Water Transfers?
New Board Members
"Moving Water" panels from January 2004 Statewide Meeting
"Active Water Management and Water Markets" by Chris Garcia

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January 2004 - State Water Plan: The Product
Synopsis of the "final draft"; review by the Dialogue Board; four assessments - by Conci Bokum, John Carangelo, Janet Jarratt, Tracy Hephner

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Summer 2003 - State Water Plan: The Process
Legislation providing for a comprehensive state water plan; Dialogue letter to the ISC Director; report on 2003 water legislation; schedules of ISC public meetings.

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Winter 2003 - Reports on the January 2003 Statewide Meeting
Demographics; drought; "Transitions" and the road ahead

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