By KARL MOFFATT; FOR By Karl Moffatt For The New Mexican The Rio Grande Cutthroat Restoration Project's goal is to reduce threats to the state trout's survival and improve its ability to prosper, says Kirk Patten, state fisheries biologist.

Amigos Bravos, one of our myriad nonprofit environmental advocacy groups, celebrated its second decade over the weekend. The group deserves a salute for helping to fight pollution and improve and protect rivers across northern New Mexico.

By MICHAEL SLOANE, NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTO Several

By WILLEM MALTEN, PHOTO BY LUIS SNCHEZ SATURNO The deliberate poisoning of the Valle Vidal and the Ro Costilla has already begun -- the largest water-poisoning program ever undertaken in the West.

By RAAM WONG Journal Staff Writer VALLE VIDAL, CARSON NATIONAL FOREST -- A battle for supremacy of the Southwest's rivers and streams has been under way for more than 100 years, and New Mexico's state fish rarely comes out on top.