Title: Middle Rio Grande Basin Research Report 2008 Author:
Finch, Deborah M.; Dold, Catherine, eds. Source: Albuquerque,
NM: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky
Mountain Research Station, Middle Rio Grande Ecosystem
Management Research Unit. 20 p. Description: An ecosystem is
rarely static. A natural system composed of plants, animals, and
microorganisms interacting with an area's physical factors, an
ecosystem is always fluctuating and evolving. But sometimes,
often at the hands of humans, ecosystems change too much. Such
is the case with many of the ecosystems of the Middle Rio Grande
Basin of New Mexico. Keywords: Middle Rio Grande Basin, New
Mexico, ecosystem, conservation, restoration, drought, bark
beetle, grazing, fire, Valles Caldera National Preserve, climate
change, bosque, Rio Grande silvery minnow, Hybognathus amarus
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