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 ...
Reporting supported with a grant from The Water Desk at the University of Colorado Boulder. Aerial photography support provided by LightHawk. FAR WEST TEXAS—The year was 1897. Flood waters from the ...
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 ...
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Across the West, we have recently endured the winter that wasn’t. Here on the Western Slope, we worry about the diminishing Colorado River, but we also need to look at rivers on the other side of the ...
IS ALMOST COMPLETELY DRY. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN ABOUT 40 YEARS THAT THE RIVER CHANNEL HAS DRIED. NOW, THE RIO GRANDE, THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE SOUTHWEST REGION. BONE DRY IN THE METRO TUESDAY. EXPERTS ...
Traverse the Rio Grande through a desert teeming with wildlife and abundant flora. Beginning in the rocky mountains of Colorado and ending in a sandy trickle at the Gulf of Mexico, we pick up this ...
This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Hiking through the emerald green canopy of the bosque, or riverside cottonwood forest, near ...
For years, raw sewage has flowed into the Rio Grande from a beleaguered wastewater treatment plant in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Water quality on the Rio Grande suffered. U.S. and Mexican officials worked ...