Thanks

We and our dog, Roxie, are thankful for water in the river.  

 There are still some muddy banks and shallows, but Roxie is undeterred and splashes in as if it were the first time she has seen water.

Dry Again

 Just enough water left in the river for Roxie to get her feet wet.

"...This is the third time in four years the river has run dry. It was unheard of for decades before 2022. But this year seems to be the earliest we’ve seen it happen in recent memory. For anyone who drives, or walks by, it’s a grim sign of climate change for New Mexico. 

Data from the EPA shows the snowpack that feeds the Rio Grande has been steadily dropping since the 1950s... "  - KOB Ch.4

Rio Bravo

The Rio Grande at Albuquerque has retreated back into its normal channels. 

The high water lasted right through the Spring and then diminished quite rapidly over the course of a week.  Enough water was probably left behind the dams above Albuquerque to make it though the Summer without exposing a dry bed as was the case last year.

USGS

The trails beside the river are mostly dry now, but they are narrowed by the exuberant growth of the riverside vegetation, giving the bosque the appearance of a tropical jungle.  There are acres of flowering yerba mansa.

Last summer, there was hardly a mosquito to be seen beside the river, but now clouds of them make it challenging to stop long enough to snap a photo.

Water

 The summer monsoon has put water back in the Rio Grande all the way from Albuquerque to Mesilla. 

Also see:

Monsoon flows temporarily prop up New Mexico waters

from NM Political Report

The Rio Grande

 This is the first time in the fourteen years we have lived here that I have seen the river run dry at Albuquerque.

Met on the River Trail

Rio Grande Spring