New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

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28	28	SENATE MEMORIAL 5
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30	30	TH LEGISLATURE
31	31	- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -
32	32	FIRST SESSION
33	33	, 2025
34	34	INTRODUCED BY
35	35	Pete Campos
36	36	A MEMORIAL
37	37	DECLARING FEBRUARY 11, 2025 "ACEQUIA DAY" IN THE SENATE.
38	38	WHEREAS, for generations, acequias have supported a way of
39	39	life centered around local agriculture and customs of sharing
40	40	water; and
41	41	WHEREAS, acequias are a centuries-old form of water
42	42	governance in New Mexico that have created a cultural landscape
43	43	with a web of waterways that nurture tens of thousands of acres
44	44	of farmland; and
45	45	WHEREAS, acequia customs and traditions regarding
46	46	agriculture, seed saving, irrigation practices and food
47	47	preservation are important aspects of the cultural heritage of
48	48	New Mexico; and
49	49	WHEREAS, acequias contribute to the well-being and
50	50	livelihood of thousands of families who generate income from
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78	78	farming and ranching, thereby supporting diversification of New
79	79	Mexico's economy through local food production; and
80	80	WHEREAS, acequias and community ditches number over seven
81	81	hundred in New Mexico with each one governed, operated and
82	82	maintained by elected commissioners and mayordomos; and
83	83	WHEREAS, the role of acequias in local governance has been
84	84	affirmed by laws enacted by the state recognizing acequias as
85	85	political subdivisions and enabling acequias to have important
86	86	powers in local water management; and
87	87	WHEREAS, for more than fifty years, acequias have come
88	88	together to protect and defend water rights, advocate for water
89	89	policies strengthening acequia governance and support funding
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91	91	WHEREAS, the New Mexico acequia association was
92	92	established in 1989 to advocate for water policy beneficial to
93	93	acequias, and the acequia commission was created in statute in
94	94	1993 to serve as an advisory body in state government; and
95	95	WHEREAS, hydrological studies by the New Mexico water
96	96	resources research institute at New Mexico state university
97	97	have documented hydrological benefits of acequias, including
98	98	aquifer recharge through earthen ditches; and
99	99	WHEREAS, as water management is complicated by long-term
100	100	drought and increasing demands for water, acequias will
101	101	continue to be important in any decisions about water policy at
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131	131	NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE
132	132	OF NEW MEXICO that February 11, 2025 be declared "Acequia Day"
133	133	in the senate in honor of the contributions of acequias to the
134	134	history, culture, economy and management of water resources in
135	135	New Mexico; and
136	136	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
137	137	transmitted to the New Mexico acequia association and the
138	138	acequia commission.
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