New Mexico’s watersheds are getting a checkup from University of New Mexico researchers, who plan to use a $7 million National Science Foundation grant to better understand how watersheds throughout the state are functioning and the long-term impact of different management decisions.

New Mexico landscapes play a role in drinking water access, biodiversity and capturing carbon from the atmosphere. With more extreme drought and variable rainfall predicted in the state’s future, UNM’s Accelerating Resilience Innovations in Drylands Institute wants to get hard data about watershed health into the hands of people making water management decisions.

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