A decade later all but one — the headwaters of the Gila River — had been fragmented by roads. The deal included an additional amount up to $62 million specifically contingent on building a new Gila dam. New Mexico officials have long cultivated the idea that the state was stiffed in the water wars of the 20th century. That the Upper Gila is the last wild river in the state — and one of the last wild watersheds in the West — appears not to trouble those pushing a new diversion dam. We have to win every time.”Advocates for a wild Upper Gila River have beaten back numerous proposals to dam it over the last 100 years.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 08, 2017 12:01 UTC