The Water Report—a monthly publication covering key water issues throughout the West—published several articles in the latest issue, two of which were co-written by 吃瓜黑料. The first article “New Mexico’s Rio Grande in the 21st Century,” focuses on the Rio Grande in central New Mexico. The area nurtures a novel agricultural-urban ecological system, in which farming, the Rio Grande, and the cities located along the length of the river have become interdependent, having evolved over thousands of years of human habitation. This evolution has allowed human communities to flourish, but it has come at a cost, having left the valley’s human and natural systems vulnerable to the lack of resilience that comes with rising demand and shrinking water supply. Fortunately, the water management community in the Middle Rio Grande includes many collaborative, courageous, and creative people who appreciate all that the river provides. This article discusses the history of...