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Article: Rio Grande joins most- endangered list.
- Article from:
- The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
- Article date:
- March 21, 2007
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Byline: Staci Matlock
Mar. 21--The Rio Grande joins the Ganges River on the World Wildlife Fund's list of the world's top 10 most endangered rivers, both of which are threatened by overuse. The report, released this week, says the Rio Grande, known as the Rio Bravo in Mexico, is threatened by the diversion of too much water, an altered flood plain, dams and invasive plants. The Rio Grande, like some of the other rivers on the list, struggles to reach the ocean, according to the report. Jennifer Montoya, director of the World Wildlife Fund's Chihuahua Desert Program based in Las Cruces, said even her organization was surprised to realize the Rio Grande, ...
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