Elephant Butte Lake at Historic Low | Santa Fe News

Elephant Butte State Park is in crisis, sitting at a bone-dry 1.7% of its historic capacity — the lowest since 1971. With no snow, scorching heat, and the dam open, locals like Josh Koch of Mariana Del Sur are battling soft sand and fuel shortages to keep the park alive. Despite the odds, they’re dropping promo codes and flooding social media to get boaters out on the water. Irrigation ends July 28, when hopes rise that the dam’s closure will let the lake begin its recovery — though the record low was even bleaker, at 0.01% in 1954. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/612fb11e7f9ef5b2