At 242,500 acres, Rio Grande del Norte National Monument stretches north from Taos, NM to the Colorado state line. In this image, the wilderness area of Ute Mountain is on the left.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – For the second time in 40 years, the stretch of the Rio Grande in Albuquerque has gone dry, the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District confirmed. If you take a look at ...