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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 ...
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 ...
Algoma Girard, 1856. Tirodon Hay, 1882. Hybognathus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. Its members are collectively known as the silvery minnows. Hybognathus are pelagophils that are native to North America. The populations of such pelagophils, including species of Hybognathus, continue to decrease in their natural habitats.
Along the sinuous course of the Rio Grande and Pecos rivers, the Rio Grande silvery minnow tells a tale of dwindling waters and rising temperatures. Once spanning vast stretches of these majestic ...
Dec. 29—Native cottonwoods and invasive kochia weeds grow nearby. Porcupines can be found nosing around, and signs of beavers building homes can be seen along the Rio Grande where the city of ...
Diversion dam. Height. 21 feet (6.4 m) Length. 674 feet (205 m) Spillway capacity. 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.
Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Bureau of Reclamation, called Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v.Keys 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.
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 ...