The Durango Herald: Rio Grande del Norte National Monument and a Road Less Traveled
Driving north of Taos and Tres Piedras, New Mexico, and headed toward the Colorado line, I’d seen the sign for Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, but I’d never turned off. Now in July loaded with ...
The Conversation: The Rio Grande isn’t just a border – it’s a river in crisis
The Rio Grande is one of the longest rivers in North America, running some 1,900 miles (3,060 kilometers) from the Colorado Rockies southeast to the Gulf of Mexico. It provides fresh water for seven U ...
The Rio Grande isn’t just a border – it’s a river in crisis
National Geographic news: Road trip along the Rio Grande: A wild and troubled landscape
The Rio Grande, in this part of northern New Mexico, hides in plain view. It is the landscape’s most important feature, but has a shyness about it. Churning in its gorge or slipping silently through ...
Inside Climate News: What the Rio Grande’s More Frequent Dry-Outs Mean for the Region’s Animals and Ecosystems
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—On a late July morning, a snapping turtle, about 18 inches in length, sat solemnly in a dry riverbed where the Rio Grande normally flows here. The aquatic reptile was one of few ...
What the Rio Grande’s More Frequent Dry-Outs Mean for the Region’s Animals and Ecosystems
Fast Company: The Rio Grande is barely a trickle in West Texas—but scientists believe it can be restored
FAR WEST TEXAS—The year was 1897. Flood waters from the Rio Grande submerged entire blocks of downtown El Paso. The New York Times described the crash of crumbling houses and the “cries of frightened ...
The Rio Grande is barely a trickle in West Texas—but scientists believe it can be restored
Texas Monthly: Paddling Down the Rio Grande in the Shadow of a Drought
From its headwaters in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado’s Southern Rockies, the Rio Grande makes its way across New Mexico and into Texas, coursing through some of the country’s farthest flung ...
San Diego Union-Tribune: A drying-up Rio Grande basin threatens water security on both sides of the border
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One of North America’s longest rivers, the Rio Grande — or Rio Bravo as it’s called in Mexico — has a history as deep as it is long. Indigenous people have tapped it for ...
A drying-up Rio Grande basin threatens water security on both sides of the border