Posts Tagged ‘Silvery Minnow’
Impact of a Dry Rio Grande
October 9, 2020 – The Rio Grande has been dry near San Antonio, New Mexico, and the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, for the entire summer. Now, the Albuquerque stretch of the river is also critically low and could even stop flowing this month as warm, dry conditions persist. These low flows and dry…
Read MoreA Dry Rio Grande and Its Impact on Endangered Fish
June 12, 2020 – On this month’s episode of Our Land, we visit the dry bed of the Rio Grande south of Socorro, New Mexico, and also talk with biologist Thomas Archdeacon about why the drying occurs, how it affects endangered fish, and why this year’s recovery of rare silvery minnows was complicated by COVID-19.…
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