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The Rio Grande silvery minnow is one of the most endangered fish in North America, according to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). They were classified as endangered in the U.S. in 1994, and now are found in less than 5 percent of their natural habitat in the Rio Grande. Historically, the minnow was found from Española, New Mexico ...
Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Bureau of Reclamation, called Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v.Keys [a] in its earlier phases, was a case launched in 1999 by a group of environmentalists against the United States Bureau of Reclamation and the United States Army Corps of Engineers alleging violations of the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.
89,652 acres (36,281 ha) v. t. e. The Middle Rio Grande Project manages water in the Albuquerque Basin of New Mexico, United States. It includes major upgrades and extensions to the irrigation facilities built by the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District and modifications to the channel of the Rio Grande to control sedimentation and flooding.
Water managers and fish biologists at the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District and the Bureau of Reclamation say they're working to mitigate the effects on the endangered silvery minnow — a ...
The Rio Grande silvery minnow was listed as endangered in 1994 as its numbers dwindled to only 7 percent of its historic range. Skip to main content. Need help? Call us! 800-290-4726 ...
For the first time in four decades, the Rio Grande went dry in Albuquerque, New Mexico, last week. Miles of habitat for many endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow — a shimmery, pinky-sized native ...
1,070 cubic feet (30 m 3) per second. The Isleta Diversion Dam is a structure on the Rio Grande in the Albuquerque Basin near Isleta Village Proper, New Mexico, United States, that diverts water from the river into irrigation canals. There have been some negative environmental impacts due to changes in the river flow that affect the native fish ...
It has been 30 years or so since residents in New Mexico's largest city last saw their stretch of the Rio Grande go dry. Federal water managers released their annual operating plan for the Rio ...