Back to the bosque: the Rio Grande's cottonwood forests are threatened treasures. Here's how they're being saved. (Travel Making a Better West).

Sunset | October 1, 2002| | Copyright

Majestic cottonwood trees, their shimmering heart-shaped leaves blazing gold in the autumn sunlight, stand in regal splendor along the banks of the Rio Grande in New Mexico. A breeze rustles the leaves, and for a moment the cottonwoods, some more than 80 feet tall, seem to come alive, whispering secrets of the seasons gleaned from years of watching over the waters.

Known by its Spanish name, bosque, this venerable cottonwood forest stretches some 160 miles along the Rio Grande from Cochiti Lake in the north to just below Elephant Butte Reservoir. The bosque may have ...

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