RUIDOSO — Community members, village officials and first responders were at the Ruidoso Convention Center on Sept. 23 to hear a presentation on watershed improvement planning for the Village of Ruidoso and the surrounding area in Lincoln County.

A watershed is the area of a given area from which all water drainage flows to a common point. The Ruidoso River watershed includes Ruidoso, Ruidoso Downs, the Hondo Valley and Mescalero tribal land.

Brad Sumrall, department manager for engineering firm Cobb, Fendley & Associates of Albuquerque, held the meeting to gain required feedback from the public about what direction improvement of the Ruidoso River watershed should take.

“We’ll digest what we’ve heard here and move further along with our document, then do a follow-up meeting once we’ve u

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