Closing date: 5:00 p.m., November 28, 2012

The New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute (NM WRRI) announces availability of U.S. Geological Survey 104B grant funds. These funds are made available through the Water Research Act to support research that improves management of the waters of New Mexico. For Fiscal Year 2013, only partial funding is available due to the current federal budget continuing resolution. NM WRRI expects to fund one $30,000 grant with 104B funds in FY 2013.

In the spring of 2013, a separate NM WRRI RFP is anticipated contingent on New Mexico state funding allocations for FY14 and will fund an additional one to four $25,000 seed grants.

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The October 2012 issue of the Divining Rod newsletter is now available online.

http://2012.wrri.nmsu.edu/webcast

Water scarcity to be topic of 57th annual New Mexico Water Conference at NMSU. While much attention has been paid of late to the serious short-term drought situation facing farmers in the American Midwest, New Mexico continues to be immersed in the worst two-year drought period in decades.

In this context, it is timely that the New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute will present the 57th annual New Mexico Water Conference, “Hard Choices: Adapting Policy and Management to Water Scarcity.”

http://newscenter.nmsu.edu/news/article/8785/

The 57th Annual New Mexico Water Conference has been approved for 5.7 credits by the New Mexico MCLE.

The 56th Annual Water Conference Proceedings, New Water New Energy: A Conference Linking Desalination and Renewable Energy is now available.

NEW DATE and LOCATION for the upcoming 57th Annual New Mexico Water Conference.

(Website http://2012.wrri.nmsu.edu )

Water Resources Competitive Grant Program FY 2012:

The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers requests proposals for grants to support applied investigations in select topic areas. Proposals may request up to $200,000 in federal funds for projects that will conclude with a final paper by August 1, 2014. Up to two awards are expected to be made in FY12 and there is no matching funds requirement for these awards.

Awards will be made to Water Resources Research Institutes so please contact NM WRRI Director Sam Fernald (575-646-4337;fernald@ad.nmsu.edu) as soon as possible if you are interested in this opportunity. Deadline is August 15, 2012. If you are interested in submitting a proposal, please have your draft proposal and budget reviewed by NM WRRIno later than August 3, 2012.

is set for July 17-19 in beautiful, historic Santa Fe at the LaFonda. Register by June 17 to get the “Early-Bird Discount.” The Preliminary Program and Online Registration links are easily accessed at www.ucowr.org.

by Bernd Leinauer of the Department of Extension Plant Sciences; Elena Sevostianova and Casey Johnson of the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at New Mexico State University is now available online.