{"id":39880,"date":"2022-07-28T15:37:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T22:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=39880"},"modified":"2022-07-29T15:58:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T22:58:19","slug":"ecosystem-impacts-of-river-drying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/ecosystem-impacts-of-river-drying\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecosystem Impacts of River Drying"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"pbs-viral-player-wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; padding-top: calc(56.25% + 43px);\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.pbs.org\/viralplayer\/3070458135\/\" allowfullscreen allow=\"encrypted-media\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7.29.2022 &#8211; <\/strong>As drying in the Middle Rio Grande expands this summer, how will that affect wildlife species and the ecosystem? Clifford Dahm, professor emeritus at the University of New Mexico\u2019s Department of Biology has been studying desert rivers for decades. He talks about the impacts of drying, what people should be paying attention to right now as the river dries, and what the future holds for desert rivers worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correspondent<\/strong>: Laura Paskus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guest:<\/strong> Clifford Dahm, UNM Professor Emeritus, Department of Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For More Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myemail.constantcontact.com\/Dry-Times.html?soid=1103274555107&amp;aid=fY-WwbLpak8\"><em>Dry Times<\/em><\/a><em> \u2013 Our Land Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abq.news\/2022\/07\/reduced-to-a-trickle-river-managers-brace-for-more-drying\/?utm_medium=email\"><em>River Managers Brace for More Drying<\/em><\/a><em> \u2013 The Paper<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7.29.2022 &#8211; As drying in the Middle Rio Grande expands this summer, how will that affect wildlife species and the ecosystem? 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