Recreation on the Rio Grande River New Mexico

by Lucinda Walter

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Recreation on the Rio Grande River New Mexico

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Lucinda Walter

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Photograph - Photography, Digital Art, Fine Art

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Rio Grande River by Taos, New Mexico, USA. The bridge is a one lane vehicle only bridge.
R�o Grande Wild and Scenic River
The R�o Grande Wild and Scenic River, located within the R�o Grande del Norte National Monument, includes 74 miles of the river as it passes through the 800-foot deep R�o Grande Gorge. Flowing out of the snowcapped Rocky Mountains in Colorado, the river journeys 1,900 miles to the Gulf of Mexico. Here the river flows in a rugged and scenic part of northern New Mexico. The river was made a part of the National Wild and Scenic River System in 1968; among the first eight rivers Congress designated as Wild and Scenic. The river gorge is home to numerous species of wildlife, including big horn sheep, river otter, and the R�o Grande cutthroat trout.

The R�o Grande Wild and Scenic River provides a wide variety of recreational opportunities, luring anglers, hikers, artists, and whitewater boating enthusiasts. Two developed recreation areas are located along the river: Wild Rivers on the north and Orilla Verde in the south. In addition to these scenic recreation areas, a spectacular vista of the gorge is seen from the High Bridge Overlook where highway 64 crosses.
http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/prog/recreation/tao...

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July 8th, 2013

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