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The Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River is a U.S. National Wild and Scenic River that protects 260 miles (420 km) of the Rio Grande in New Mexico and Texas, in the United States. The designation was first applied in 1968 to a 55.7-mile (89.6 km) stretch of the river in New Mexico; an additional 191.2 miles (307.7 km) of the river in Texas was ...
Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area is a federally designated National Heritage Area in the U.S. state of New Mexico. [1] The national heritage area includes a section of the upper Rio Grande Valley that has been inhabited by the Puebloan peoples since the early Pre-Columbian era .
The Upper Rio Grande region is an area of six counties defined by the Texas Comptroller for economic reporting in 2022, as mapped here. The region included 2020 population of nearly 890,000, or three percent of the state’s total population, with El Paso County having 97.4 percent of the Upper Rio Grande's population.
The Rio Grande del Norte National Monument is an approximately 242,555-acre (98,159 ha) area of public lands in Taos County, New Mexico, United States, proclaimed as a national monument on March 25, 2013, by President Barack Obama under the provisions of the Antiquities Act. It consists of the Rio Grande Gorge and surrounding lands, managed by ...
Eightmile National Wild and Scenic River [3] Eightmile River, East Branch Eightmile River, Harris Brook, Beaver Brook, Falls Brook: CT: NPS: May 8, 2008 0 25.3 mi (40.7 km) 0 25.3 mi (40.7 km) Eleven Point National Wild and Scenic River: Eleven Point River: MO: USFS: Oct 2, 1968 0 44.4 mi (71.5 km) 0 44.4 mi (71.5 km) Elk Creek Elk Creek: OR ...
Wild Rivers Recreation Area is located in north central New Mexico within the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. Two rivers that run through the park, the Rio Grande and Red River are National Wild and Scenic Rivers. NM 378 that traverses the recreation area is designated a New Mexico Scenic Byway. Recreational opportunities include ...
Rio Grande southeast of Falcon Reservoir, Municipality of Mier, Tamaulipas, Mexico (August 12, 2007) In 1997, the US designated the Rio Grande as one of the American Heritage Rivers. Two portions of the Rio Grande are designated National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, one in northern New Mexico and the other in Texas, at Big Bend National Park.
The national heritage area includes Alamosa, Costilla, and Conejos counties, and portions of Saguache and Rio Grande counties. [2] It also includes within its boundaries Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Baca National Wildlife Refuge, the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness, the South San Juan Wilderness, Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Area, San Luis Wilderness Study Area, Monte Vista National ...