Snowmelt and rain have pushed the river over its banks to flood the riverside forest. I walked about half a mile parallel to the river with my Mamiya C330.
It's nice that your city preserved the riparian environment. Many places in the USA are considering how they can return river valleys to semi-natural conditions after a century of concrete channels and the loss of riparian floodplains.
Some real progress has been made with the river in the vicinity of the Albuquerque. The Corps of Engineers initially turned the river into a rigid channel flanked by steel barriers to catch debris and prevent flooding. Most of those barriers are now gone and the river is allowed to creep over the banks when we have a wet year, nourishing the riverside bosque. Water management in the city, however, is a different story. The whole area has been paved over, causing rapid runoff and carrying pollution to the river. Some ameliorating strategies have been instituted, but the urbanization is likely too far along to really turn things around. Still, having the river to the west and the mountains to the east are the best things about the city.
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New Mexico was very green when I was there a few weeks ago.
It's nice that your city preserved the riparian environment. Many places in the USA are considering how they can return river valleys to semi-natural conditions after a century of concrete channels and the loss of riparian floodplains.
Some real progress has been made with the river in the vicinity of the Albuquerque. The Corps of Engineers initially turned the river into a rigid channel flanked by steel barriers to catch debris and prevent flooding. Most of those barriers are now gone and the river is allowed to creep over the banks when we have a wet year, nourishing the riverside bosque.
Water management in the city, however, is a different story. The whole area has been paved over, causing rapid runoff and carrying pollution to the river. Some ameliorating strategies have been instituted, but the urbanization is likely too far along to really turn things around.
Still, having the river to the west and the mountains to the east are the best things about the city.
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