‘It’s a Beautiful River in the Middle of a Hellscape’

The Pecos River headwaters rush untamed through miles of steep canyons and pine-covered slopes. When it exits New Mexico, the Pecos looks more like a tightly managed creek — a conveyance delivering carefully tallied water through the middle of the Permian Basin, the country’s most productive oil and gas region.

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