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The cover of the November/December issue of the Texas Observer magazine features an illustration of a silhouetted cowboy riding a horse down the dry gorge which where the Rio Grande once flowed. Prickly pears and other succulents line the tall rocky walls as the cowboy rides into the sunset. The main headline is "Rio Not So Grande" by Dylan Baddour.

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