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Still Wild and Free, New Mexico’s Gila River is Again Under Threat
Posted by Sandra Postel of National Geographic's Freshwater Initiative in Water Currents on September 27, 2011
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In today’s world where most rivers are turned on and off like plumbing works, the Gila in southwestern New Mexico is a rare gem: one of the few remaining undammed rivers in the United States and the only one in New Mexico. The Gila (pronounced Heela) spotlights what a river can be when it flows…
