But environmental scientists and local conservation advocates say there are opportunities to restore environmental flows—the currents of water needed to maintain a healthy river ecology—on the Rio ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) —A freshwater mussel found in parts of the Rio Grande is at the center of a new legal fight. The Center ...

Frank Schuster’s three-thousand-acre farm lies on the edge of the Rio Grande, punctuated by the rust-colored border wall that cuts through his cropland. Schuster has been tending his land near Pharr, ...

Mark Garcia can see that there’s no shortage of water in the Rio Grande this year. The river flows past his farm in central New Mexico, about 50 miles south of Albuquerque. The rush of springtime ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One of North America’s longest rivers, the Rio Grande — or Rio Bravo as it’s called in Mexico — has a history as deep as it is long. Indigenous people have tapped it for ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico and the United States said Monday they had reached an agreement that involves Mexico immediately sending more water from their shared Rio Grande basin to Texas farmers after ...

The United States and Mexico have reached a new agreement on water usage in the Rio Grande, but South Texas officials said the deal is likely to bring little relief to farmers suffering from ongoing ...

Editor's note: This story was reported with a grant from The Water Desk at the University of Colorado Boulder and in partnership with the El Paso Times. EL PASO — Maria-Elena Giner faced a room full ...

FAR WEST TEXAS — The year was 1897. Floodwaters from the Rio Grande submerged entire blocks of downtown El Paso. The New York Times described the crash of crumbling houses and the “cries of frightened ...

Reporting supported with a grant from The Water Desk at the University of Colorado Boulder. Aerial photography support provided by LightHawk. FAR WEST TEXAS—The year was 1897. Flood waters from the ...