In the Heart of the Permian Basin, a Fragile River Struggles Against Aridification and Oilfield Pressures
On a warm afternoon in early May, Charlie Barrett parked his pickup truck in a gravel pullout along a county road just a few hundred feet from the winding Black…
A Beautiful River in the Middle of a Hellscape: The Growing Clash Between Water, Wildlife, and Fossil Fuels in New Mexico’s Permian Basin
It is an early May afternoon in southern New Mexico, just a mile from where the Black River empties into the Pecos River. Charlie Barrett has parked his pickup truck…