CBS News report on the Rio Grande “Las Cruces, New Mexico — For nearly 2,000 miles, the Rio Grande River winds it way from the Rocky Mountains down to the Gulf of Mexico. As one of the country’s longest and […]
Read More...EBID Headquarters Office at 530 S. Melendres St., Las Cruces will close early on Friday, April 26th at 12 pm (or slightly before) to begin an upgrade project which should be completed over that weekend. Please keep this in mind […]
Read More...PROFESSIONAL LEGAL SERVICES REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Click HERE for the complete document. EBID 2019-05A Elephant Butte Irrigation District (EBID) now invites sealed proposals from independent contractors for professional legal services. It is EBID’s intent to select one or more legal […]
Read More...Click the following link to view the presentation: Water Supply Update-EBID Apr 2019 – Dr. Phil King
Read More...Click the following link to view the presentation: Growers Meeting KM Spill update-Zack Libbin
Read More...Click the following link to view the presentation: Groundwater Status Update – 2019 – Erek Fuchs
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Theme: New Mexico Dams and Watershed Health: A Need For a New Approach May 1st – 3rd, 2019 Early bird registration and hotel rate special end April 10th. Register Now! Go to: https://nmwsc.org/wp/category/workshops/ Hilton Garden Inn Uptown 6510 American Parkway […]
Read More...Elephant Butte Irrigation District will hold its annual Growers Meetings at the following times and places. All EBID members, both producers and small tract owners, are highly encouraged to attend. Hatch Area: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 […]
Read More...The South Central Solid Waste Authority (SCSWA) teamed up with the Elephant Butte Irrigation District (EBID) and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) via a grant to provide farmers with temporary disposal sites for scrap tires that could end up […]
Read More...EBID Staff Report The Roads Act is back on the road so to speak. First presented during the 2017 New Mexico Legislative Session, it is now staging a comeback. The issues prompting the legislation have not disappeared but remain of […]
Read More...The Elephant Butte Irrigation District and the South Central Solid Waste Authority have partnered with the New Mexico Environment Department to offer three temporary opportunities for EBID members, farmers, and the public to legally dispose of tires. Help reduce illegal […]
Read More...Josh Buettner showcases the effective branding of New Mexico’s chile pepper industry in this video for the Market to Market section on Iowa Public Television. Featuring spots by Gary Esslinger, Treasurer/Manager of EBID and Hatch Valley producer Preston Mitchell. (Click […]
Read More...For Immediate Release Mesilla Dam Bridge Shutdown February 19-22, 2019 Las Cruces, NM Date: February 5, 2019 Contact: EBID 575-526-6671, Ext 1 As part of Elephant Butte Irrigation District’s Operation and Maintenance of Mesilla Dam, EBID will be performing maintenance […]
Read More...Notice: Mesilla Dam Bridge Shutdown January 21-25, 2019 and January 28-31, 2019 Las Cruces, NM Contact: EBID 575-526-6671, Ext 1 As part of Elephant Butte Irrigation Districts Operation and Maintenance of Mesilla Dam, EBID will be performing maintenance to the […]
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Register for the On-Farm Water Conservation Irrigation Efficiency Workshop to be held on the New Mexico State University Campus at Hernandez Hall, Rm 103 on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. For course Registration Details visit: professionaldevelopment.nmsu.edu/courses or call (575) 646-7852. Topics include […]
Read More...Farmers received a bleak forecast for the 2019 irrigation season at the December Elephant Butte Irrigation District Board of Directors meeting. Dr. Phil King, water resources specialist for the District, noted that total usable project storage currently sits at just […]
Read More...KRWG’s recent story on NPR (By MALLORY FALK NOV 12, 2018) As The Rio Grande Dries Up, Experts Look For New Water Sources “The southwest is getting drier. There’s less water to go around, even as more people are moving to the […]
Read More...Elephant Butte Irrigation District was formed in 1918, only two years after the completion of Elephant Butte Dam. Together they transformed a flood prone high desert watershed into an agricultural oasis and economic dynamo for the entire southwest region. This […]
Read More...EBID hosted a cross cultural water resource tour earlier this summer for a group traveling across the U.S. as part of the International Leadership Visitor Program. The story appeared in the June issue of Irrigation Leader. You can read the […]
Read More...As warming strains NM’s water supplies, “status quo” no longer works On the downstream side of Elephant Butte Dam, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation employees navigate a stairwell above the Rio Grande, passing scat from the ring-tailed cats that like to […]
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