We need your help to protect the Upper Pecos Watershed. In April the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission will be making a decision on whether or not to provide the Upper Pecos with critical Outstanding Waters (ONRW) protections. Please add your name to the petition below in support of clean water in the Pecos.

Dear Water Quality Control Commission: 

The Pecos River is an iconic New Mexico waterway that sustains the local agricultural community, provides exceptional recreational opportunities, and has many rich and diverse ecological values. Outstanding Waters (ONRW) protections will ensure that clean water in the Pecos is preserved.

For generations, the Upper Pecos Watershed supported the Pecos Pueblo peoples and, to this day, remains culturally significant to their descendants. The Upper Pecos Watershed supports a rich tradition of farming, ranching, acequias, and other traditional uses all of which depend on clean water. Thanks in large measure to a long history of respect and stewardship among those who call the area home, most of the waters of the Upper Pecos Watershed remain clean and healthy today. Outstanding Waters protections respects the role of clean water as the lifeblood of our communities and ensures that the clean water of the Pecos is kept clean for future generations. 

We call on the Water Quality Control Commission to designate the Upper Pecos Watershed from Dalton Canyon upstream as an Outstanding National Resource Water (ONRW). 

Please add your name to this petition here >>>