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The Rio Grande Fisheries Data Collection and Management Project worked with workshop participants and others to compile existing data sets that describe the physical and biological characteristics of the Rio Grande. Data is available by three main reaches of the Rio Grande: Upper, middle, and Lower. Data elements describe:
Title: Colorado Stream Flow Data Retrieval Publisher: Colorado Division of Water Resources http://www.dwr.state.co.us/SurfaceWater/default.aspx This site allows the user to retrieve stream gage flow data in tabular and graph forms for various water bodies in Colorado including the upper reaches of the Rio Grande.
Title: Rio Grande Flow Conditions Publisher: International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) http://www.ibwc.state.gov/wad/flowdata.htm Data describing Rio Grande Flow Conditions are updated daily, Monday thru Friday at approximately 9:35am Mountain Time/10:35am Central Time.
Title: Rio Grande Real Time DCP data Publisher: US Army Corps of Engineers Albuquerque District http://www.spa.usace.army.mil/wc/adbb/riogrt.htm From website: Reservoir and stream data from data collection platforms (DCP's) for the last 7 days is presented in a line plot. Text data is also available.
Title: USGS Real Time Flow Data for Colorado (by Major River Basin) Publisher: US Geological Survey http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/current/?type=flow&group_key=basin_cd From website: Real-time data typically are recorded at 15-60 minute intervals, stored onsite, and then transmitted to USGS offices every 1 to 4 hours, depending on the data relay technique used. Recording and transmission times may be more frequent during critical events. Data from real-time sites are relayed to USGS offices via satellite, telephone, and/or radio and are available for viewing within minutes of arrival.
Title: USGS Real Time Flow Data for New Mexico (by Major River Basin) Publisher: US Geological Survey http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nm/nwis/current/?type=flow&group_key=basin_cd From website: Click on the map to choose from ten stations on the Rio Grande. Real-time data typically are recorded at 15-60 minute intervals, stored onsite, and then transmitted to USGS offices every 1 to 4 hours, depending on the data relay technique used. Recording and transmission times may be more frequent during critical events. Data from real-time sites are relayed to USGS offices via satellite, telephone, and/or radio and are available for viewing within minutes of arrival.
Title: USGS Real Time Flow Data for Texas (by Major River Basin) Publisher: US Geological Survey http://waterdata.usgs.gov/tx/nwis/current/?type=flow&group_key=basin_cd From website: Real-time data typically are recorded at 15-60 minute intervals, stored onsite, and then transmitted to USGS offices every 1 to 4 hours, depending on the data relay technique used. Recording and transmission times may be more frequent during critical events. Data from real-time sites are relayed to USGS offices via satellite, telephone, and/or radio and are available for viewing within minutes of arrival.
Title: Middle Rio Grande Water Supply Study Author: S.S. Papadopulos & Associates http://www.ose.state.nm.us/water-info/mrgwss/index.html From website: The Middle Rio Grande Water Supply Study develops a quantitative and probabilistic description of the conjunctive-use groundwater and surface water supply available to the Middle Rio Grande region, under the constraints of the Rio Grande Compact.
Title: Rio Grande Basin Initiative: Texas/New Mexico Interactive County Maps Publisher: Texas A&M University Spatial Sciences Lab http://riogrande.tamu.edu/geographic.php From website: Interactive county natural resources maps are available for counties in the Texas Rio Grande and Pecos Basins. Click on a state and then a county on the map or select a map from the pull-down menu to begin the mapping application. Data describe natural resources and socio-economic resources.
Title: Rio Grande Regional Water Planning Group Publisher: Rio Grande Regional Water Planning Group http://www.riograndewaterplan.org/ From website: The Rio Grande Regional Water Planning Group (Rio Grande RWPG) is one of 16 local bodies established under Texas Senate Bill 1 to coordinate long-range water supply planning by bringing together stakeholders representing a variety of interests. The Rio Grande Regional Water Planning Area (also known as "Region M") includes Maverick, Webb, Zapata, Jim Hogg, Starr, Hidalgo, Willacy, and Cameron counties.
Title: 2006 Texas Regional Water Plan Data Publisher: Texas Water Development Board http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/data/popwaterdemand/2003Projections/DemandProjections.asp From website: Final TWDB Board-Approved water demand projections for the year 2000 through 2060 to be used in the 2006 Regional Water Plans (with clickable map). To view a file in Excel format, click on the Excel image beside the link name. To view a file in text format (text-delimited), click on the text image beside the link name. These pages work best when using Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or better.
Title: Continuous Water Quality Station Information and Data by River Basin Publisher: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/compliance/monitoring/water/quality/data/wqm/swqm_realtime_alt.html#data From website: The TCEQ continuously monitors water quality parameters in real-time at four watersheds in Texas (including the Rio Grande). "Real-time" means that the data collected in the field is reported almost simultaneously to the TCEQ, so the agency knows almost immediately about changes in surface water quality in critical watersheds.
Title: Creation of a GIS to Model the Transport of Sediment and Toxic Materials in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo International Watershed Authors: Ms. Angela K. Miller, Dr. Raghavan Srinivasan, Dr. Tharacad S. Ramanarayanan http://www.brc.tamus.edu/srin/projects/tnrcc.html From website: Preliminary results from the sediment coring of the three reservoirs revealed interesting results. Laboratory analysis showed levels of several toxic parameters far below the expected values.
Title: Rio Grande River Basin Monitor Summary Publisher: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/compliance/monops/water_monitors?23 Provides data for select monitoring stations along the Rio Grande. Parameters include surface water temperature, gage height, surface specific conductance, surface dissolved oxygen, surface water pH, and more.
Title: Study: Rio Grande Toxic Substances, Phase I (Summary) Publisher: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/compliance/monitoring/water/quality/data/wqm/mtr/riosum.html From website: The governments of Mexico and the United States performed a joint study on toxic substances in the Rio Grande (called the Rio Bravo in Mexico) from 1992 until 1994 in a major binational cooperation in scientific investigation into common environmental concerns. The results of the study were released to the public in September 1995.
Title: Toxic Contaminants Survey of the Lower Rio Grande, Lower Arroyo Colorado, and Associated Coastal Waters Authors: Jack R. Davis, Leroy J. Kleinsasser, and Roxie Cantu http://www.panam.edu/csl/project4.htm From website: A toxic contaminants study was performed in the lower Rio Grande Valley in February, 1994. The purpose was to screen selected sites for the occurrence and impact of toxic chemicals.
Title: USGS Real Time Water Quality Data for Colorado (by Major River Basin) Publisher: US Geological Survey http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/current/?type=qw&group_key=basin_cd From website: Real-time data typically are recorded at 15-60 minute intervals, stored onsite, and then transmitted to USGS offices every 1 to 4 hours, depending on the data relay technique used. Recording and transmission times may be more frequent during critical events. Data from real-time sites are relayed to USGS offices via satellite, telephone, and/or radio and are available for viewing within minutes of arrival.
Title: USGS Real Time Water Quality Data for New Mexico (by Major River Basin) Publisher: US Geological Survey http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nm/nwis/current/?type=quality&group_key=basin_cd From website: Click on the map to choose from ten stations on the Rio Grande. Real-time data typically are recorded at 15-60 minute intervals, stored onsite, and then transmitted to USGS offices every 1 to 4 hours, depending on the data relay technique used. Recording and transmission times may be more frequent during critical events. Data from real-time sites are relayed to USGS offices via satellite, telephone, and/or radio and are available for viewing within minutes of arrival.
Title: USGS Real Time Water Quality Data for Texas (by Major River Basin) Publisher: US Geological Survey http://waterdata.usgs.gov/tx/nwis/current/?type=quality&group_key=basin_cd From website: Real-time data typically are recorded at 15-60 minute intervals, stored onsite, and then transmitted to USGS offices every 1 to 4 hours, depending on the data relay technique used. Recording and transmission times may be more frequent during critical events. Data from real-time sites are relayed to USGS offices via satellite, telephone, and/or radio and are available for viewing within minutes of arrival.
Title: Bibliography of the Rio Grand River Basin Publisher: Western Waters Digital library (WWDL) http://www.westernwater.org/OtherResources_readings_RGRBbio.html From website: The current version of the Western Waters Digital library (WWDL) is the result of a two-year National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The WWDL has digitized key materials from participating libraries to lay the foundation for continued development of a comprehensive digital information resource about water in the western United States. Content includes bibliographic resources describing Rio Grande biology, ecology, geography, geology, history, hydrology, watershed, water quality, and more.
Title: Middle Rio Grande Basin Study - Modeling Albuquerque's Urban Growth Publisher: US Geological Survey http://nm.water.usgs.gov/mrg/ From website: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Middle Rio Grande Basin Study was a 6-year effort (1995-2001) by the USGS and other agencies to improve the understanding of the hydrology, geology, and land-surface characteristics of the Middle Rio Grande Basin in order to provide the scientific information needed for water-resources management. The Santa Fe Group aquifer system is the main source of municipal water for the region, and the main purpose of the study was to improve the understanding of the water resources of the basin.
Title: Sustainable Agricultural Water Conservation in the Rio Grande - Maps and Data Publisher: Rivers Systems Institute, Texas State University-San Marcos http://www.rivers.txstate.edu/rg/maps_and_data.htm From website: Shown below are sample static maps of the Rio Grande River basin using data from external agencies and project researchers. The purpose of these maps is to demonstrate the types of data viewable in a GIS format and could be useful for researchers and the public. More maps will be created as more data are collected.
Title: Texas/Mexico Borderlands Information Center (BIC) ArcIMS Viewer Publisher: Texas Natural Resources Information System http://www.tnris.org/website/CHSProject/viewer.htm From website: The BIC has built an outstanding ArcIMS website with vertically integrated and downloadable datasets covering three counties in South Texas. In the future, the BIC hopes to build ArcIMS coverage for the entire Texas/Mexico border region with binational datasets.
Title: TNRIS Data Distribution System Publisher: Texas Natural Resources Information System http://www.tnris.org/datadownload/download.jsp From website: Use this website to download 1 meter resolution DOQQs for the entire state of Texas. You can also download available 2.5 meter DOQQs, DRGs, TxDOT, DEMs, Hillshades, and more.
Title: USFWS Region 2 Refuge Land Ownership Status Files Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Region 2 http://www.fws.gov/data/r2gis/landstatus.htm From NBII Metadata Clearinghouse: The data represent USFWS-interest on the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Texas. They are intended to provide interested parties access to data which describe USFWS-interest at the Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) The ZIP data files contain information on current land ownership in compressed shapefile formats. There are also metadata files (a detail description) of each data layer. The metadata files have a .htm extension and can be opened with any browser. The shapefiles are in decimal degrees, with a DATUM of NAD 83.
Title: Geophysics of Rio Grande Basins Publisher: US Geological Survey http://crustal.usgs.gov/projects/rgb/ Using geophysics to understand subsurface aspects of the 3D hydrogeologic framework of Rio Grande basins - contributions to the project "Geologic Framework of Rio Grande Basins"
Title: Annotated Checklist of the Fishes of the Rio Grande Drainage, Dona Ana, El Paso, and Hudspeth Counties Publisher: Carl S. Lieb, Laboratory for Environmental Biology, Centennial Museum, University of Texas at El Paso http://museum.utep.edu/chih/chklist/fish/fish.htm From website: This list of species includes all the historically occurring taxa that are now apparently extirpated from the region, as well as the upper Rio Grande forms that come as far south as Elephant Butte Reservoir in Sierra County. The latter may disperse considerable distances downstream as rare migrants or waifs. The list is based on Laboratory for Environmental Biology specimens and the literature given in the References section.
Title: Rio Grande Silvery Minnow Critical Habitat Buffer Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Region 2 http://criticalhabitat.fws.gov/ From NBII Metadata Clearinghouse: Critical habitats are areas considered essential for the conservation of a listed species. These areas provide notice to the public and land managers the importance of these areas to the conservation of this species. It does not afford any special protection or restriction other than where federal funding, permits, licenses, authorizations, or actions occur or are required. The GIS files and their associated coordinates are not the legal source for determining the critical habitat boundaries of Rio Grande silvery minnow. Polygon shapefile depicts the 91.4 m (300 ft) critical habitat buffer for the Rio Grande silvery minnow based on the description provided in the Federal Register. The geographic extent includes Bernalillo, Sandoval, Socorro and Valencia Counties in New Mexico.
Title: Rio Grande Silvery Minnow Population Monitoring 2003 Publisher: US Bureau of Reclamation, Albuquerque Area Office http://www.usbr.gov/uc/albuq/rm/rg/ A US Bureau of Reclamation project which monitored fisheries populations at 20 sites along the Rio Grande in central New Mexico. Data were collected from 2000-2003. Data include locality description, population monitoring data, and monitoring station photos.
Title: Nonindigenous Aquatic Species of the Rio Grande River Basin Publisher: US Geological Survey http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/SpeciesList.asp From website: Obtain information, maps, or issue queries to the NAS database regarding different nonindigenous aquatic species found in the Rio Grande Basin.
