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	River - Albuquerque's Environmental Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Rio Grande is suitably named the "Great River." It is 1,878 miles long, extending from the foot of Stony Pass in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico.
		In the Albuquerque region, the Rio Grande is a slow-moving turbid stream.
		The river channel is of marginal value to most aquatic species due to high turbidity, lack of light penetration for aquatic plants, and the high temperatures.
	www.cabq.gov /aes/s1river.html (378 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		However, the river was not well mapped before the extensive work of the American and Mexican boundary commissions made necessary by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 and again by the Gadsden Purchase of 1853-54.
		The Rio Grande was finally recognized by Mexico as the Texas boundary in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
		The length of this part of the river was reduced from 155.2 miles to 85.6 miles, and the era of King Cotton and economic prosperity began.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/RR/rnr5.html (2011 words)

	The History and Development of the Rio Grande River
		The river currently flows through numerous villages, towns and cities of the state, including the city of Albuquerque, and is a major supplier of surface and ground water used residentially, commercially and agriculturally in these areas.
		The river’s pattern of flow through the state and through the region at this time was braided and slightly sinuous, depositing a great amount of sediment across the river’s floodplain.
		The Middle Rio Grande basin is one of the oldest areas of habitation in the United States.
	www.unm.edu /~abqteach/EnvirCUs/99-03-04.htm (5456 words)

	Middle Rio Grande Project
		The Middle Rio Grande Project was authorized by the Congress to improve and stabilize the economy of the Middle Rio Grande Valley by rehabilitation of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District facilities and by controlling sedimentation and flooding in the Rio Grande.
		A major portion of the work is maintenance of the Rio Grande for a distance of 149 miles to reduce the non beneficial use of water.
		River realignment and improvement work by the Bureau of Reclamation between Velarde and the mouth of the Rio Puerco was begun in 1954 and completed in 1962.
	www.usbr.gov /dataweb/html/mriogrande.html (1488 words)

	Rio Grande River Heritage Project
		The Rio Grande River stretches 2,000 miles from the high Rocky Mountains in Central Colorado to the very southern tip of Texas.
		Rio Grande, Rio Bravo) that is and has been the lifeblood of the region for many centuries is under threat of becoming so overused that it is no longer a river.
		Wild Angels is working to develop community water conservation practices and to build political energy to save the river and the many people and cultures that have thrived along her banks for hundreds of years.
	www.wildangels.org /riogrande.html (215 words)

	Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River, New Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Rio Grande flows out of the snowcapped Rocky Mountains in Colorado and journeys 1,900 miles to the Gulf of Mexico.
		It passes through 800 foot chasms of the Rio Grande Gorge, a wild and remote area of northern New Mexico.
		The Rio Grande and Red River designation was among the original eight rivers designated by Congress as Wild and Scenic in 1968.
	www.nps.gov /rivers/wsr-rio-grande-new-mexico.html (300 words)

	Rio Grande (river) - MSN Encarta
		Rio Grande (river) or Río Bravo, river of North America, rising in the San Juan Mountains, southwestern Colorado and flowing generally southeast for 3,100 km (1,900 mi).
		The Rio Grande is one of the longest rivers in North America but is too shallow for commercial navigation.
		Among the crops raised in the river valley by irrigation are cotton, citrus fruits, and vegetables.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761578924/Rio_Grande_(river).html (173 words)

	Rio Grande County - Home Page
		The gateway to the San Juan Mountains, Rio Grande County is one of the highlights of the San Luis Valley.
		Del Norte is a quaint town with a focus on its historic past; it is the county seat, home to the Rio Grande County Museum, and maintains a historic façade in its main street.
		Rio Grande County really is the epitome of Colorado, which makes it an ideal place to live, work, and play for those who are interested in a Colorado lifestyle.
	www.riograndecounty.org (305 words)

	Rio Grande, river, United States and Mexico — Infoplease.com
		Near the mouth of the Rio Grande is the irrigation-dependent citrus-fruit and truck-farm region commonly called the Rio Grande Valley and developed principally in the 1920s.
		Status of native wildlife in the Middle Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico.
		Recent records of bats from the Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande River of west Texas.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0841960.html (493 words)

	Fly Fishing Creede and South Fork Colorado on the Rio Grande River
		The Rio is an awesome river with a lot of diversity in insect hatches as well as fly fishing techniques.
		The Rio is primarily a brown trout river with some nice bows and cuts.
		The Rio Grande River has been clear to green in color, with mud periods from time to time depending on upstream rains.
	www.gottrout.com /RiverInfo/Rio/Index.htm (409 words)

	"Rio Grande, Colorado, New Mexico - Great Rivers - Angler's OnLine"
		The second-longest river in the United States, flowing 1,885 miles from headwaters to the sea, is a river of mystery, virtually unknown to the world outside its drainage.
		In Colorado, the Rio Grande is surrounded by an extensive wilderness.
		The beauty of the Rio Grande, both in the San Juans and in the Gorge, lies in its endless, uncrowded miles of trout habitat.
	www.flyanglersonline.com /features/greatrivers/riogrande (1834 words)

	Rio Grande
		The Rio Grande, the fifth longest river of North America and the 20th longest in the world, forms the entire border between the U.S. state of Texas and Mexico (in which country it is known as the Río Bravo del Norte).
		Spanish RÍO GRANDE DEL NORTE, or (in Mexico) RÍO BRAVO, or RÍO BRAVO DEL NORTE, one of the longest rivers of North America, flowing 1,760 miles (2,830 km) from its sources in the southern Rocky Mountains of southwestern Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico and marking the entire border between Texas (U.S.) and Mexico.
		The principal tributaries of the Rio Grande are the Pecos, Devils, Chama, and Puerco rivers in the United States and the Conchos, Salado, and San Juan in Mexico.
	www.utexas.edu /courses/h2o/encyclop.htm (536 words)

	Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River - Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River (U.S. National Park Service) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Rio Grande flows from its headwaters in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado for 1,865 miles to the Gulf of Mexico near Brownsville, Texas.
		For 1,250 miles, the Rio Grande is the boundary between the United States and Mexico.
		Sunshine is abundant year-round on the Rio Grande.
	www.nps.gov /rigr (481 words)

	Rio Grande - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Known as the Rio Grande in the United States and as the Río Bravo (or, more formally, the Río Bravo del Norte) in Mexico, the river, 1,885 mi (3,034 km) long, is the third longest river system in the United States.
		The major international border crossings along the river are Ciudad Juárez and El Paso; Presidio, Texas and Ojinaga, Chihuahua; Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas; McAllen-Hidalgo, Texas, and Reynosa, Tamaulipas; and Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros.
		In New Mexico, the river flows through the Rio Grande Rift from one sediment-filled basin to another, cutting canyons between the basins and supporting a fragile bosque ecosystem in its floodplain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rio_Grande (745 words)

	Rio Grande River - Picture - MSN Encarta
		The Rio Grande flows southward from Colorado, forming the border between Texas and Mexico before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.
		The river is also called the Rio Bravo or, in Mexico, the Rio Bravo del Norte.
		In this photograph, the land to the right of the river is in Big Bend National Park, Texas.
	encarta.msn.com /media_701765582/Rio_Grande_River.html (63 words)

	Whitewater Rafting & Kayaking on the Rio Grande River in Colorado
		Whitewater Rafting & Kayaking on the Rio Grande River in Colorado
		The Rio Grande, Spanish for Big River, starts with the snowmelt in the Rocky Mountains and runs through southern Colorado, through New Mexico and then forms the border between Texas and Mexico.
		The most commonly rafted section of the river is the Rio Grande Gorge, which runs 68 miles through southern Colorado and New Mexico.
	www.coloradodirectory.com /rafting/riogrande.html (495 words)

	Wildernet - Rio Grande River
		The Rio Grande is a very solid fishery, with an abundance of fish in the 12-16 inch range, with larger fish scattered throughout.
		Being at high elevation and fueled mainly by melting snow, the Rio Grande is a rather cold river.
		During the spring runoff the river is full of freshly melted snow, and the temperature of the water is especially cold.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaname=Rio+Grande+River (678 words)

	Ministry makes Rio Grande river of love
		And people along the borderland on both sides of the Rio Grande are receiving help in coping with escalating change through River Ministry, a program of spiritual and physical assistance provided by the Baptist General Convention of Texas and hundreds of supporting churches.
		In this context, River Ministry works alongside the six Texas Baptist borderland associations and seven Mexico Baptist regional conventions to do what needs to be done in order to spread the gospel and meet human needs.
		But River Ministry's efforts are designed to be given away to the churches and the Baptists in the borderland, he added.
	www.baptiststandard.com /2000/10_30/pages/riogrande.html (1531 words)

	Rio Grande Project
		Leasburg Diversion Dam, on the Rio Grande 62 miles north of El Paso at the head of Mesilla Valley, is a concrete ogee weir with embankment wings.
		The Rio Grande Project was among the first to receive attention after the passage of the Reclamation Act in 1902.
		Construction of the Rio Grande Project was authorized by the Secretary of the Interior on December 2, 1905, under the provisions of the Reclamation Act, and funds were allocated to initiate construction of the first diversion unit.
	www.usbr.gov /dataweb/html/riogrande.html (1864 words)

	Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River - Areaparks.com
		The Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River, or El Rio Bravo del Norte, provides protection and maintenance of the pristine character of the Rio Grande from the Coahuila/Chihuahua, Mexico, state border upstream from Mariscal Canyon to the Terrell/Val Verde County line in Texas downstream.
		Approximately 69 miles of The Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River designation lies within Big Bend National Park, and an additional 118 miles borders the Park.
		The National Park Service manages both the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River, and the Rio Grande along the park’s boundary for recreation and preservation.
	riogranderiver.areaparks.com (170 words)

	Rio Grande (river) - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Rio Grande (river), rising in the San Juan Mountains of south-western Colorado and flowing generally south-east for 3,034 km (1,885 mi).
		The state’s major river is the Rio Grande.
		Other rivers include the Pecos, a tributary of the Rio Grande, the Canadian, and Gila.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Rio_Grande_(river).html (102 words)

	Dos Rios Ranch, Rio Grande River Pasture
		This portion of the river is part of Lake Amistad and the Amistad National Recreational Area.
		Their presence can still be found in the numerous caves and burnt rock middens found along the Rio Grande River and deep canyons on the ranch.
		This is a very unique ranch where you have access to the Rio Grande River and the Pecos River, due to the location of the two rivers and the geography of the area you will never see another ranch which offers this again.
	www.nvo.com /samland/riogranderiverranch (434 words)

	New Fish Species Found In Rio Grande River Tributary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In a patch of Texas where water either runs scarce or is polluted, two researchers have discovered a new fish species, the first back-boned animal identified in the state in 30 years.
		The San Felipe gambusia was caught nearly seven years ago on a spring-fed tributary of the Rio Grande River bisecting a golf course.
		And with fertilizers and pesticides running into the stream from the golf course, and the creek the only source of water for the small city of Del Rio, the odds of finding something were long.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/InNews/riogrande2004.htm (544 words)

	RGCEDC: Eco-Tourism
		Rio Grande City is within a 100 mile radius of the cool mountains of the Sierra Madre in Mexico, the sunny beaches of South Padre Island and freshwater lakes which are part of the Rio Grande River Basin.
		Falcon Lake is an international lake that was formed by the damming of the Rio Grande River in 1953.
		This lake is fed by the San Juan tributary to the Rio Grande River.
	www.riograndecity.net /tourism/ecotourism.htm (569 words)

	ArcNews Winter 2005/2006 Issue -- Middle Rio Grande River Being Restored Using GIS
		River damming calmed destructive flooding but also narrowed and deepened the river channel, resulting in environmental loss for indigenous cottonwood stands.
		The bosque river map, accessed from the project Web site (www.bosquerevive.com), includes tools that can measure area; draw points, lines, and polygons; add text and labels; and spot coordinates.
		For the bosque river project, information is the glue that binds the multifaceted and multitalented project group.
	www.esri.com /news/arcnews/winter0506articles/middle-rio-grande.html (1014 words)

	NHI - Natural Heritage Institute - Rio Grande River Basin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		he binational Rio Grande/Rio Bravo is the ribbon of life that delineates the longest international border between two countries at radically different levels of development.
		For the lower portion of the basin, the United States is largely dependent upon flows released down the Conchos by Mexico.
		It is one of the most environmentally degraded rivers in North America.
	www.n-h-i.org /Projects/InternationalRivers/RioGrande/RioGrande.html (629 words)

	Taos New Mexico Fishing Report Fly Fishing Report New Mexico - Los Rios Anglers, Taos, New Mexico
		It is with regret, sorrow and sympathy that we aknowledge this fall’s passing of Ron Prieskorn, owner of the Brazos River Ranch.
		Flows are 400’s in Wild Rivers, which is still high compared to the 200-ish norm for this time of year.
		If you gotta fish the Rio look down near Pilar in the late afternoons for fish sipping midges on the edges-- sometimes it can be really good.
	www.losrios.com /fishing_report.php (492 words)

	EPA's American Heritage Rivers > Designated Rivers > Rio Grande River > Rio Grande River Fact Sheet
		This is the nation's second longest river and is rich in natural resources and vestiges of a frontier past.
		The Consortium of the Rio Grande (CoRio) was formed to secure an American Heritage River designation for the Rio Grande, develop a plan of action for a new approach to stewardship of the river and assist participating communities secure the resources needed to achieve their objectives and form strategic alliances for regional projects.
		Funding is being sought from EDA for the regionally focused Rio Grande Institute.
	www.epa.gov /rivers/98rivers/fsriogra.html (515 words)

	Rio Grande River - TX
		I had the river to myself this morning except for some goats high up the canyon wall in a cave and a pair of hawks circling above.
		The river was calm and clear until I turned the corner and entered the Rio Grande.
		The caves aren’t caused by river erosion as they are too high above the old river bed-the Mexican side being lower would mean the river would have had to me several miles wide to carve the caves that high up.
	www.paddling.net /places/showReport.html?1293 (1186 words)

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