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Article: World Wildlife Fund Calls for Saving Rio Grande
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- U.S. Newswire
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- June 12, 2000
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LAS CRUCES, N.M., June 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is an op-
ed piece by Jennifer Atchley, head of World Wildlife Fund's
Chihuahuan Desert field office in Las Cruces, N.M.:
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Saving the Rio Grande Before It Is Too Late
By JENNIFER ATCHLEY
When senior US and Mexican officials meet along the border this
week (June 14) to talk about the Rio Grande, the agenda will have
nothing to do with immigration, drug interdiction or even water
rights. As pressing as such problems are, there is another that
dwarfs them all: Saving the river itself.
The Rio Grande, simply put, is dying. It has been dammed,
drained, diverted and polluted for so long that it is very nearly
the riverine equivalent of a ...