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and ecological monitoring within the bosque, as well as raising awareness of the ecological importance of this habitat through educational outreach initiatives. BEMP receives funding from a number of sources, including the federal government. As of 2016, the program maintained thirty permanent sites
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predicted that cottonwood trees in the middle Rio Grande bosque will be disproportionately impacted as climate change affects groundwater depth and as air temperatures rise. The report separately concluded that invasive plant species were not sensitive to such changes in groundwater, suggesting that
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and other flood control devices along the Rio Grande are being removed, to allow the river to undergo its natural cycle. However, in June 2023, the Army Corps of
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Maintaining the ecosystem and habitat of the bosque is a difficult and ongoing concern for many. The creation of water diversions such as levees, ditches, irrigation canals, etc has caused irreparable damage, causing floodplains to dry and water levels to drop. Thus creating a ripple effect, many
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