Lays out the contemporary legal and administrative status of these ancient irrigation institutions, suggesting public policy measures to keep the system alive.

Every society must have a system for capturing, storing, and distributing water, a system encompassing both technology and a rationale for the division of this

Conflicts between Hispanic farmers and developers made for compelling reading in The Milagro Beanfield War, the famous novel of life in a northern New Mexico vi

For generations the Río Embudo watershed in northern New Mexico has been the home of Juan Estevan Arellano and his ancestors. From this unique perspective Arel

This memoir of the author's experience as a mayordomo, or ditch boss, is the first record of the life of an acequia by a community participant.