Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A drone photo shows Rattlesnake Island, at right, and the high-water marks etched into its shoreline at Elephant Butte Reservoir ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — New Mexico State Parks is reporting that multiple boat ramps have closed across the state because of historically low water levels and ongoing water management operations. The ...

Editor's note: This package was updated with new information. ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. — With a little imagination, the flat-topped butte protruding from the dammed waters of the Rio Grande in Sierra ...

Elephant Butte business owners worry for their livelihoods as low water levels resulted in fewer tourists this summer. While heavy rainfall slightly increased Elephant Butte Lake's levels, some ...

Elephant Butte State Park is experiencing historic lows. Officials are reporting the lake is at 1.7% of normal capacity, the lowest level since 1971. The drought is due to a lack of snowfall, rising ...

Weeks after Elephant Butte Lake dropped to 1.4% of its capacity, New Mexico State Parks closed the lake’s main boat ramp. The division also increased the maximum stay limit from seven to 14 ...

The gently lapping blue waters of Elephant Butte Lake tell a century-old story as indelible and precarious as the striations on exposed islands where water levels once were. The city of Elephant Butte ...