The river is in decline, suffering from overuse, drought, and contentious water rights negotiations. The Rio Grande is one of the largest rivers in the Southwest U.S. and northern Mexico.

RECENT RAFTING DEATHS IN THE RIO GRANDE ARE RAISING ALARMS FOR NEW MEXICANS WANTING TO ENJOY THE RAPIDS. ANDRES VALLE IN TAOS, WHERE EVEN EXPERIENCED RIVER GUIDES ARE RUNNING INTO DANGEROUS WATERS.

An illustration of a floating barrier in the Rio Grande River of Texas displayed by Texas Republican Governor Abbott as he signed several bills on June 8, 2023, to strengthen Texas border security ...

Authorities in Texas recovered four bodies, including an infant girl, from a river along the U.S.-Mexico ... said two of the bodies were pulled from the Rio Grande on Saturday, one on Sunday ...

sending an estimated 25,000 gallons per second down the river’s dry channel. For farmers along the Rio Grande Valley, the 2,600 cubic feet per second of water is a vital resource amid drought ...

The Rio Grande existed long before humans. It may not outlive us. Through millions of years, the river is mapped in strata, in oral traditions. More recently, in computer models. All tell of ...

For nearly 80 years, the U.S. and Mexico have managed and distributed water from the Colorado River and the Lower Rio Grande – from Fort Quitman, Texas, to the Gulf of Mexico – under the 1944 ...