During a Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) geology tour of Southern New Mexico Oct. 3, the group visited this large pecan orchard as it was being watered in Doña Ana near Las Cruces. Photo by Laurie Waters

Near the lush pecan orchard is a completely dry section of the Rio Grande riverbed visited during a PEEC geology tour Oct. 3 in Doña Ana near Las Cruces. Photo by Laurie Waters