Rio Grande National Wild and Scenic River (Tex. and N.M.)

found: Work cat: Cogan, Dan. Gradsect and field sampling plan for Big Bend National Park/Rio Grande National Wild and Scenic River, 2011:p. 2 (located in the Chihuahuan Desert along the Rio Grande River ... located in Texas along the border with Mexico; includes 196 river miles (~31,360 acres) and forms a portion of the southern Big Bend National Park boundary) (OCoLC)1264150992

found: National Park Service, Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River, Texas website, December 21, 2021:Learn about the Park (Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River; in 1978, 196 miles of the Rio Grande was designated as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System)

found: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River homepage, Feb. 17, 2022(includes 74 miles of the river, northern New Mexico, address: Taos, NM)

found: Wikipedia, Feb. 17, 2022(protects 260 miles of the Rio Grande in New Mexico and Texas; designation first applied in 1968 to a 55.7-mile stretch of the river in New Mexico; an additional 191.2 miles of the river in Texas was added in 1978, followed by another 12.5 miles in New Mexico in 1994; New Mexico portion runs approximately 68 miles)