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Laguna Pueblo Gov. Richard Luarkie, left, talks about the need for tribes to be part of the state's water discussions as New Mexico First president Heather Balas listens during a town hall in Albuquerque, N.M. on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Hundreds of state officials, water managers, researchers and others were participating in the two-day meeting with the goal of developing a series of recommendations as New Mexico grapples with drought. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
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New Mexico Agriculture Department Secretary Jeff Witte, center, discusses the lack of precipitation around the state as Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Secretary David Martin, right, listens during a town hall in Albuquerque, N.M. on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Hundreds of state officials, water managers, researchers and others were participating in the two-day meeting with the goal of developing a series of recommendations as New Mexico grapples with drought. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
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New Mexico State Engineer Scott Verhines listens to a round table discussion on water issues during a town hall in Albuquerque, N.M. on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Hundreds of state officials, water managers, researchers and others were participating in the two-day meeting with the goal of developing a series of recommendations as New Mexico grapples with drought. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
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New Mexico Environment Department Secretary Ryan Flynn, center, discusses water quality issues around the state as Laguna Pueblo Gov. Richard Luarkie and Luara McCarthy of The Nature Conservancy listen during a town hall in Albuquerque, N.M. on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Hundreds of state officials, water managers, researchers and others were participating in the two-day meeting with the goal of developing a series of recommendations as New Mexico grapples with drought. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
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This 2013 photo provided by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute shows a manipulator arm on Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute's remotely operated vehicle collecting a Cladorhiza caillieti sponge growing on a piece of carbonate crust on the seafloor off the coast of Southern California. Researchers at MBARI say they have discovered a new species of poisonous sponge, described as a twig-like carnivore that is able to survive on the dark, frigid ocean floor, just northwest of La Jolla, U-T San Diego reported. (AP Photo/Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
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Rick Knabb, director of the National Hurricane Center, speaks about new color-coded maps that will help coastal residents understand the dangers of storm surge during the upcoming storm season at the 2014 National Hurricane Conference, Tuesday, April 15, 2014, in Orlando, Fla. Knabb is joining emergency managers and forecasters from Texas to Maine this week at the conference. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Rick Knabb, director of the National Hurricane Center, speaks about new color-coded maps that will help coastal residents understand the dangers of storm surge during the upcoming storm season at the 2014 National Hurricane Conference, Tuesday, April 15, 2014, in Orlando, Fla. Knabb is joining emergency managers and forecasters from Texas to Maine this week at the conference. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Rick Knabb, director of the National Hurricane Center, speaks about new color-coded maps that will help coastal residents understand the dangers of storm surge during the upcoming storm season at the 2014 National Hurricane Conference, Tuesday, April 15, 2014, in Orlando, Fla. Knabb is joining emergency managers and forecasters from Texas to Maine this week at the conference. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Rick Knabb, director of the National Hurricane Center, speaks about new color-coded maps that will help coastal residents understand the dangers of storm surge during the upcoming storm season at the 2014 National Hurricane Conference, Tuesday, April 15, 2014, in Orlando, Fla. Knabb is joining emergency managers and forecasters from Texas to Maine this week at the conference. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
