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Rio Grande benefiting from heavy snowmelt

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  PILAR, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico kayakers and farmers are taking advantage of heavy snowmelt feeding the Rio Grande.

Hydrologist Royce Fontenot says the Rio Grande flow at Embudo has reached 4,111 cubic feet per second (116.42 cubic meters per second) this spring. That is the highest it has been since 2014, and Fontenot says there still more snowmelt from Colorado and Rio Grande Basin to come.

Kayakers on the Rio Grande in Pilar on Tuesday said the area was considered a Class 4, which they say is an ideal kayaking condition.

The water is also good news for farmers. A New Mexico association says farmers can grow more crops and afford to have more livestock when river flows are high.

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Information from: Albuquerque Journal, http://www.abqjournal.com