Crews work to save endangered fish in the Rio Grande

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It was a strange sight to see the Rio Grande dry through Albuquerque. That sent crews from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service scrambling to save the Rio Grande Silvery Minnow. For years, conservationists have been working to repopulate New Mexico's waterways with the endangered fish.Rio Grande Silvery Minnow population at riskWith the dry riverbed posing a risk to the fish, crews were called on to pull as many minnows out of the river as possible. "