Make a Splash in New Mexico Waters
PADDLE Runnable sections line the Río Grande, including classic whitewater lines well-suited to rafting and kayaking like the Race Course and the Box; day-float sections like the one through the…
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Ride the Waves of the Río
AS WE PILE INTO A VAN for the drive upstream to the put-in at Alameda Bridge in Corrales, the conversation quickly turns to the river: How high is the water? Is it up or down from last week? It’s…
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Three Artists Inspired by Water
SASHA VOM DORP Taos Sasha vom Dorp set out to see sound. After learning that sounds had form, he started searching for its shapes and for a medium that would respond to its waves. The answer was…
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Our Water Issues Threaten These Species
RÍO GRANDE SILVERY MINNOW About 25 years ago, the collapse of the Río Grande silvery minnow population alerted people that the river itself needed water. Despite a decades-long effort to reshape water…
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Cool Down at These Water Escapes
CHILL OUT AFTER THE HOT SPRINGS. Drop into some hot springs at Jemez Springs—either primitive or developed. Hikers can reach the natural pools at Spence Hot Springs or McCauley Warm Springs, both in…
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Take a Hike to the Headwaters
MAP A RIVER AND ALL its tributaries, and the web will swallow entire Western states. There’s not a single source, but a network of them. “All the major rivers of the country start as these little…
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Worth Every Last Drop
CANOEING A RIVER with ecology-minded people changes the view. Where many boaters see hazards in sandbars and downed trees with their knotted roots scrubbed bare and aimed skyward, Casey Ish recognizes…
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Running with the Pecos River Current
THE FIRST FISH CATCHES US BOTH BY surprise. I’m practicing flicking my rod to set the fly into a deeper stretch of the Pecos River when the indicator twitches. I tug back, just attempting to unhook…
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Breaking Trail in Socorro
INTIMIDATING, SHARP PINK BLUFFS FACE the trailhead, but the path wraps around to follow a sloping ridgeline. Rob Selina brought me here because it’s his favorite hike, and likely for sentimental…
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Find These Birds in the Gila
LOCATED AT THE NORTHERNMOST end of some birds’ range and the southernmost of others, the Gila Wilderness climbs from cactus-filled desert to steep, pine-covered peaks. Those features, combined with…
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