The Rio Gallinas flows by thousands of acres of steep slopes and forest burned by the Calf Canyon Hermit Peak Fire last year. The river has been named the most endangered river in America. Photo shot just west of Las Vegas, N.M., Tuesday, April 18, 2023, (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)William Gonzales, with the Rio Gallinas Acequia Association shows Rachel Ellis, with American Rivers, a temporary dam that is keeping debris from the Calf Canyon Hermit Peak Fire from washing down stream into Storrie Lake and Las Vegas. The river has been named the most endangered river in America, due to the fire that scorched much of the watershed last year. Photo shot just west of Las Vegas, N.M., Tuesday, April 18, 2023, (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)A temporary dam that is keeping debris from the Calf Canyon Hermit Peak Fire from washing down the Rio Gallinas into Storrie Lake and Las Vegas. The river has been named the most endangered river in America, due to the fire that scorched much of the watershed last year. Photo shot just west of Las Vegas, N.M., Tuesday, April 18, 2023, (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)A temporary dam that is keeping debris from the Calf Canyon Hermit Peak Fire from washing down the Rio Gallinas into Storrie Lake and Las Vegas. The river has been named the most endangered river in America, due to the fire that scorched much of the watershed last year. Photo shot just west of Las Vegas, N.M., Tuesday, April 18, 2023, (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)Ralph Vigil, with New Mexico Wild and an organic farmer in Pecos, looks at the water in the Rio Gallinas flowing over the dam at the ice skating pond west of Las Vegas, N.M. , Tuesday, April 18, 2023. A temporary dam that is keeping debris from the Calf Canyon Hermit Peak Fire from washing down the river into Storrie Lake and Las Vegas. The river has been named the most endangered river in America, due to the fire that burned much of the watershed last year. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)A diversion takes a portion of the Rio Gallinas and send it into Storrie Lake to supply water for Las Vegas, N.M. The river has been named the most endangered river in America, due to the Calf Canyon Hermit Peak Fire that burned much of the watershed last year. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)
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