Elephant Butte Lake State Park
We stayed at Elephant Butte Lake State Park for several days. This state Park is located in South Central New Mexico in the town of Elephant Butte. The water levels are down to just 3% capacity according to the Las Cruces News. This resevior is part of the Rio Grande Project, to supply power and irrigation to Southern New Mexico and Western Texas. When built in 1916 it was the largest man-made lake in the world! Over the past few decades, southwestern states like New Mexico have on average experienced warmer temperatures, earlier springs and less snowpack in the mountains. There…