“They need to slow down,” Goodbar says. “Let’s do this sensibly and not tear the land up so bad.” A family floats on inner tubes across the Pecos River Flume in Carlsbad, New Mexico.

“They need to slow down,” Goodbar says. “Let’s do this sensibly and not tear the land up so bad.” A family floats on inner tubes across the Pecos River Flume in Carlsbad, New Mexico.

Oil and gas companies have used billions of gallons of Rio Grande and Pecos River water for drilling in the past four years, according to an exclusive Inside Climate News analysis.

Water quality in the Pecos River has been a top concern of many residents as they wait to see whether a two-year hiatus on new mining claims in the Upper Pecos watershed announced in the waning ...

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The Pecos Watershed Conservation Initiative (PWCI), an initiative that works to support conservation projects for the Pecos River, shared how and what it's doing to protect the 926-mile river.

Credit: Justin Hamel These days the Pecos River barely fills its dry, sandy bed where it crosses West Texas, but the river could be poised to flow again — with treated oilfield wastewater.

Where was the Pecos River Café located? Since its opening, the Pecos River Café stood at 409 S. Canal St. along Carlsbad’s busiest roadway connecting the city with U.S. Highways 285 and 62/180.

More images of the Pecos River in Carlsbad: Mike Smith can be reached at 575-628-5546 or by email at [email protected] or @ArgusMichae on X, formerly known as Twitter.

“Unfortunately, the Pecos River, of when I was eight, is no longer the same river,” Briones said. “It is absolutely decimated by overfishing, crowding, it’s polluted, it’s trashed.