Spring 2019: Groundwater

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Invisible Water GROUNDWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND AGRICULTURE IN UNION COUNTY By Kate Zeigler and Barbara Podzemny

Rabbit Ear Mountains north of NM 370 in Union County. Photo by James L. Stuby.

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A common conception in northeastern New Mexico is that most producers are sitting above the Ogallala aquifer and, therefore, “oceans of water” lie beneath our feet.

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edible New Mexico | LATE WINTER 2019


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