For the first time in four decades, the Rio Grande river in Albuquerque, New Mexico, went dry. Habitat for the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow went with it. Although summer storms have made North America's fifth-longest river wet again, experts warn the drying this far north is a sign of an increasingly fragile water supply, and that current conservation measures may not be enough to save the minnow and still provide water to nearby farms, backyards and parks. When parts of the river dry out, officials use hand nets and seines to pull fish from warm puddles and relocate them to still-flowing sections of the river. The minnow's survival rate after being rescued is slim – just over 5% – due to the stress of warm, stagnant water and being forcibly relocated. The minnow inhabits only about 7% of its historic range and has withstood a century of habitat loss as the nearly 1,900 mile-long river was dammed, diverted and channeled from Colorado to New Mexico, Texas and northern Mexico. 📸: @apnews