Elephant Butte Lake in New Mexico is at a record-low 1.8% capacity, revealing decades of submerged trash—including tires, metal, and possibly historic artifacts—as water levels plummeted 36 feet since Memorial Day. With snowpack and rainfall shortages hitting lakes statewide, park officials face a massive cleanup using heavy machinery, complicated by federal rules requiring artifact checks for items older than 50 years. The environmental and economic fallout is severe, threatening recreation and ecosystems, while more of the lakebed—and whatever lies beneath—remains exposed as the crisis deepens.
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