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The endangered species is only a symptom within a larger system in peril, conservationists say.

The endangered species is only a symptom within a larger system in peril, conservationists say.

WildEarth Guardians asked the court to toss out the 10-year plan and require the agencies to reexamine projects and operations on the Rio Grande.

The Rio Grande River is one of America’s biggest. But it is drying up in the state of New Mexico. And that is bad news for an endangered fish.

On a recent, scorching afternoon in Albuquerque, off-road vehicles cruised up and down a stretch of dry riverbed where normally the Rio Grande flows. The drivers werent thrill-seekers, but biologists hoping to save as many endangered fish as they could before the sun turned shrinking pools of water into dust.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- On a recent, scorching afternoon in Albuquerque, off-road vehicles cruised up and down a stretch of dry riverbed where normally the Rio Grande flows. The drivers werent thrill-seekers, but biologists hoping to save as many endangered fish as they could before the sun turned shrinking pools of water into dust.

Americas fifth-longest river went dry in Albuquerque last week. Habitat for the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow went with it.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — On a recent, scorching afternoon in Albuquerque, off-road vehicles cruised up and down a stretch of dry riverbed where normally the Rio Grande River flows. The drivers weren't thrill-seekers, but biologists hoping to save as many endangered fish as they could before the sun turned shrinking pools of water into dust.

For the first time in four decades, America's fifth-longest river went dry in Albuquerque last week. Habitat for the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow — a shimmery, pinky-sized native fish — went with it.Voters from the Navajo Nation will see familiar faces in the tribe's general election: President Jonathan Nez and Buu Nygren garnered the most votes in Tuesday's primary among a field of 15. Whoever wins will oversee the largest Native American reservation in the U.S., and ...

New Mexico biologists have been driving up and down the Rio Grande trying to save as many silvery minnow fish as possible as the river dries up.