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Drought Fuels Water War Between Texas and New Mexico
Posted by Sandra Postel of National Geographic's Freshwater Initiative in Water Currents on January 18, 2013
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As climate change alters rainfall patterns and river flows, tensions are bound to rise between states and countries that share rivers that cross their borders. In the Rio Grande Basin of the American Southwest, that future inevitability has arrived. Last week Texas, suffering through a devastating drought, filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Supreme Court…
Sandhill Cranes Are Home–for Now–in the Middle Rio Grande
Posted by Sandra Postel of National Geographic's Freshwater Initiative in Water Currents on February 7, 2011 
Here in the middle stretch of the Rio Grande, this time of year is an avian spectacle of sight and sound. The sandhill cranes are home for the winter. Many have journeyed long distances from their breeding grounds in the northern Rockies, and they’re here to spend a few quiet months along the river’s…
