This “wild and scenic” section of the famous Rio Grande is a 196-mile stretch of the river that travels east from the Mexican border into Texas and winds through some of the more remote vistas in the ...

There are several float trips and rafting options throughout the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River, including the Lower Canyons, Santa Elena Canyon, Mariscal Canyon, and Boquillas Canyon.

Around 196 miles of the river, which was designated by Congress in 1978 as “the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River,” meanders through stretches of breathtaking desert and canyons of stratified rock.

The National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (NWSRA) currently designates only 76 miles of one river, the Cache La Poudre, within the State of Colorado. That is less than one-tenth of 1 percent of Colorado ...