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The Rio Chama, a major tributary river of the Rio Grande, is located in the U.S. states of Colorado and New Mexico.The river is about 130 miles (210 km) long altogether. From its source to El Vado Dam its length is about 50 miles (80 km), from El Vado Dam to Abiquiu Dam is about 51 miles (82 km), and from Abiquiu Dam to its confluence with the Rio Grande is about 34 miles (55 k
Jun. 25—MEDANALES — Elaine Padilla drove her pickup truck slowly through the new path of the Rio Chama, which as of last week was through the middle of her property. She drove the length of ...
Abiquiu Dam is a dam on the Rio Chama, located about 60 miles (97 km) northwest of Santa Fe in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA.Built and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the dam is an earth embankment structure 354 feet (108 m) high and 1,800 feet (550 m) long, containing 11.8 million cubic yards (9,022,000 m 3) of fill. [1]
The Coyote Ranger District is the northernmost district of the Santa Fe National Forest and covers 265,100 acres (1073 km 2).It includes the Rio Chama and most of the Chama River Canyon Wilderness (with a small part extending into neighboring Carson National Forest), as well as the northern portion of the San Pedro Parks Wilderness.
Alaina Mencinger, The Santa Fe New Mexican October 11, 2024 at 11:34 PM There will be both this month and next when the Santa Fe National Forest performs prescribed burns near the Rio Chama ...
Nov. 13—The Salvadoran-Mexican Torogoz Restaurant opened Tuesday this week at 410 Old Santa Fe Trail, units A and B, in the same location where Raaga-Go suddenly closed on Oct. 13. Brother and ...
Congress created the Chama River Canyon Wilderness in New Mexico in February 1978. [4] The wilderness area covers approximately 50,300 acres (20,356 ha) on the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest and the Carson National Forest. [5] The water in the Rio Chama brings the canyon area to life.
Impoundment of the reservoir, which filled by 1936, inundated El Vado, the largest town of Rio Arriba County. The town's name meant "the crossing" in Spanish, and it was named so because it was an important ford and trading center on the Rio Chama during the 19th century. [4] The dam was rehabilitated by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1954-1955. [1]