Thanks to more than one thousand Audubon members taking action, an effort to divert the Gila River–one of two last free-flowing rivers in the Southwest, and the last in New Mexico–a New Mexico agency voted to discontinue involvement and funding for the diversion, likely ending the threat to the Gila River permanently.
The Gila River originates from western New Mexico’s Black Range, and reaches across Arizona to join the Colorado River. The river and its tributaries provide crucial habitat for some of the region’s most threatened species, including the Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Southwestern Willow Flycatcher. Read more here. |
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