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TVAA Members Take Action to Defend Acequias

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TVAA members joined 200 famers and ranchers from across the state in a march around the New Mexico Capital in support of acequias. Photo courtesy of the New Mexico Acequia Association.

Members of TVAA joined farmers from around the state at the La Canción de las Acequias, Acequia Day, held at the New Mexico State Capital on January 29, 2019. Attendees asked senators and representatives to back legislation that supports the acequias. The event received coverage from the Rio Grande Sun as well as from other news outlets.

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Taos Valley Acequia Association

Founded in 1989 as a 501(c)(3), the Taos Valley Acequia Association has a mission to ensure the long-term sustainability of the traditional agricultural communities of the Taos Valley by protecting water rights and preserving and strengthening the acequia systems. This work is accomplished through community education, the adjudication of water rights, and collaborative partnership with communal, local, state, and tribal entities.

Email: info@taosacequias.org

Phone: 575-758-9461

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