Drought has hollowed out Chihuahua’s Conchos Valley and bred civil unrest as South Texas demands the water it’s owed.

The Rio Grande Valley region would not have enough water to meet demand for cities, farming, and power generation if the state were struck by a historic drought, similar to the one in the 1950s ...

The Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge is one of the last remnants of the Tamaulipan thorn forest, a dense mosaic of at least 1,200 plants. They once covered more than 1 million acres on both ...

An effort to create a new library at Adams State University in Alamosa that focuses on the water, land and cultural history of the Upper Rio Grande River Basin is in the works.

On Thursday and Friday, parts of the Rio Grand Valley saw a half-year's worth of rainfall as intense thunderstorms blew through, leaving behind flooded and clogged roads and forcing several water ...

This article is part of Running Out, an occasional series about Texas’ water crisis. MISSION — More than 100 years ago, developers lured farmers to the Rio Grande Valley by marketing the ...

The Rio Grande Valley was once covered in forest. One man is trying to bring it back. The Tamaulipan thornforest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of the border with Mexico.

A man casts a net into a canal in McAllen on Sept. 14, 2021. Canals used to deliver water in many parts of the Rio Grande Valley lose anywhere from 10% to 40% of the water they carry to seepage ...

Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, 2800 S Bentsen Palm Dr, Mission, $5 fee or state park pass. NABA Butterfly Park, 3333 Butterfly Park Dr, Mission, $10 fee. Edinburg Scenic Wetlands, 714 Raul ...

Promises that the Rio Grande Reservoir's upgraded dam near Creede would improve recreation and the environment in Colorado haven't materialized, locals say. There is hope for a grant application.

Sewage water in Rio Grande in El ... improvements in a high-risk area of the Upper Valley. In 2021 and 2022, El Paso Water released 1.2 billion gallons of wastewater into the Rio Grande due to ...

Developers began clearing the land in the early 1900s, and Dale's own father bulldozed some of the last coastal tracts in the 1950s.Today, less than 10 percent of the forest that formerly ...