For years, environmentalists urged the government to drain Lake Powell and decommission Glen Canyon Dam. Their proposal, called the "One-Dam Solution" or "Fill Mead First," is now receiving support from some new allies: influential farmers in the Imperial Valley. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-09-05/california-farmers-urge-one-dam-solution-for-colorado-river #ColoradoRiver
Not used to seeing this type of article in Rolling Stone
#water #drought #westernusa #coloradoriver
Federal Court Stops #Oil Project Near #ColoradoRiver in #Utah
$2B plan called for 88mi of new track through Ashley National Forest, connecting to #UnionPacific line in Colorado, snaking another 150mi along Colorado River and into downtown #Denver.
āAn oil train #derailment in the headwaters of the Colorado river would be catastrophic.ā
Failures to assess risks to Colorado River and ānumerous #NEPA violationsā in #UintaBasinRailway projectās impact analysis highlighted. https://www.hcn.org/articles/oil-federal-court-derails-proposed-utah-oil-railroad
#oil #coloradoriver #utah #unionpacific #denver #derailment #nepa #uintabasinrailway
Love to see this collaborative creative problem solving in arid lands water: Arizona cities working out how to share groundwater storage #ColoradoRiver https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-water/2023/08/25/tucson-enters-water-sharing-agreements-with-some-phoenix-metro-cities/70673109007/
progress, gradual, but progress nonetheless...
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Western stakes stake out positions on future of lakes Mead, Powell
Upper Basin states say that the Lower Basin states have exceeded their legal allocations while Upper Basin states regularly operate below their allocations.
The Upper Basinās letter says one way to achieve reductions is to account for water lost because of evaporation and leaky infrastructure,
https://coloradosun.com/2023/08/23/colorado-river-basin-states-future-ofmead-powell-reservoirs/
#colorado #coloradoriver #water
Oh glorious river, you flow clear and strong
With a hint of life and nature so long
But these unwelcomed guests, they'll not last
For the National Park Service is here at last
To rid this river of these pesky fish with a blast
#coloradoriver #nationalparkservice #invasivefish #chemicaltreatment #ode #poetry
#coloradoriver #nationalparkservice #invasivefish #chemicaltreatment #ode #poetry
The Federal Bureau of Reclamation Announces Reduced Water Cuts for #ColoradoRiver States. #FreeTheSnake
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15082023/the-federal-bureau-of-reclamation-announces-reduced-water-cuts-for-colorado-river-states/
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-08-13/editorial-drought-nonfunctional-grass
#TragedyOfEnclosure #dispossessed #indigenous communities for #BigAgro, #corruptpoliticians, and #ViolentRanchers to grow #segregated #cities ornamented with useless #turf: Limiting #thirsty, nonusable #landscaping is doubly important right now because California, Nevada and Arizona are negotiating for #shares of the shrinking #ColoradoRiver.
#tragedyofenclosure #dispossessed #indigenous #bigagro #corruptpoliticians #violentranchers #segregated #cities #turf #thirsty #landscaping #shares #coloradoriver #ClimateChangeIsReal #nativeplants
Feds ease up on Colorado River restrictions ā for now
https://grist.org/drought/colorado-river-cuts-arizona-california-2024/
This yearās wet winter helped save the river from collapse ā but a reckoning is on the horizon.
#USA #drought #southwest #coloradoriver #reservoirs #biden #farmers #cities #restrictions #loosened
#usa #drought #southwest #coloradoriver #reservoirs #biden #farmers #cities #restrictions #loosened
"Federal officials said Tuesday they will ease water cuts for Western states reliant on the Colorado River next year thanks to a slightly improved outlook, but long-term challenges remain."
#ColoradoRiver #water #LakeMead
https://apnews.com/article/colorado-river-drought-federal-water-cuts-64f0ccddd6b8bf4669b79dfaded63ed5
#coloradoriver #water #lakemead
The lionās share is used to grow water thirsty crops in the desert to feed the unsustainable cattle industry.
#Water #MniWiconi #WaterIsLife #ColoradoRiver #ClimateChange #MegaDrought
From: @coloradosun
https://mstdn.social/@coloradosun/110888341479301638
#megadrought #ClimateChange #coloradoriver #waterislife #mniwiconi #Water
A rock formation on the north rim of the Grand Canyon with a hole through it. Through this "window" you can see the green course of the Colorado River in the background, which has created this huge canyon in several million years.
#Fotografie #Photography #MyWork
#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday
#GrandCanyon #ColoradoRiver
#coloradoriver #grandcanyon #WindowFriday #Fensterfreitag #mywork #photography #fotografie
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#bipartisan #desertificationspecies designing #failedstates for corporate #kleptocrats at the center of American #foreignpolicy, the #MiddleEast, since the 60s, by managers from #newworldorder #BushTheElder to #regimechanger #DickCheney, exporting #IndianCountry from the #ColoradoRiver Basin and #Mississippi.
#BiPartisan #desertificationspecies #failedstates #kleptocrats #foreignpolicy #middleeast #newworldorder #bushtheelder #regimechanger #dickcheney #indiancountry #coloradoriver #mississippi #recordofthepaper #judithmiller #keepitintheground
āThe fact that warming removed as much water from the basin as the size of Lake Mead itself during the recent megadrought is a wakeup call to the climate change impacts we are living today.ā
https://www.earth.com/news/colorado-river-basin-has-lost-enough-water-to-fill-lake-mead/
Study: "Aridification of Colorado River Basin's Snowpack Regions Has Driven Water Losses Despite Ameliorating Effects of Vegetation" ā Water Resources Research
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022WR033454
#ClimateChange #drought #ColoradoRiver
#climatechange #drought #coloradoriver
From the Colorado Sun.com: āIrrefutable truthsā: Coloradoās guiding principles going into Colorado River negotiations, according to its top negotiatorā
#colorado #coloradoriver #watermanagement
āWhat Are We Willing To Sacrifice?ā A Journey Down Americaās Most Endangered River [Colorado]
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/09/colorado-river-endangered-climate-crisis-tour <-- shared media article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #USA #USWest #colorado #coloradoriver #watermanagement #waterresources #climatechange #ecosystems #climatecrisis #GlenCanyonDam #waterrights #ecosystems #changes #model #modeling #environment #sustainable #sustainability #dam #LeesFerry #biology #hydrology #geology #endangered #archaeology #ecology #anthropogenic #resource #wilderness #FirstNation #foodweb #research #science #interconnectedness #culture #cultural #USGS #watersecurity
@usgs
#gis #spatial #mapping #water #USA #uswest #colorado #coloradoriver #watermanagement #waterresources #climatechange #ecosystems #climatecrisis #glencanyondam #waterrights #changes #model #modeling #Environment #sustainable #sustainability #dam #leesferry #biology #hydrology #geology #archaeology #ecology #anthropogenic #resource #wilderness #firstnation #foodweb #research #science #interconnectedness #culture #cultural #usgs #watersecurity #endangered
From the Grand Canyon Conservancy "Victor Vomit Sign" #heatwave #hiking #GrandCanyon #GrandCanyonNationalPark #ColoradoRiver #warning
#heatwave #hiking #grandcanyon #grandcanyonnationalpark #coloradoriver #warning
by #AlexHager for #KUNC:
"The Colorado River is governed by more than a century of legal agreements, most of which were hammered out by generations of older white men. The ranks of the river's top policy negotiators have begun to diversify in recent years, including more women and people of color, but still tend to skew older. [JB] Hamby's inclusion marks the first time a member of Generation Z will be at the negotiating table, making deals for the Southwest's most important water source."
https://www.kunc.org/news/2023-07-06/meet-the-colorado-rivers-newest-and-youngest-power-player
#JBHamby #ImperialValley #ColoradoRiver #California #GenerationZ #ImperialIrrigationDistrict #IID #irrigation #river #water #crops #livestock #farming
#alexhager #kunc #jbhamby #imperialvalley #coloradoriver #california #generationz #imperialirrigationdistrict #iid #irrigation #river #water #crops #livestock #farming
To recap.
Part 1: šļø Arizona's unique aggression
https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.7/indigenous-affairs-colorado-river-how-arizona-stands-between-tribes-and-their-water-squeezed
Part 2: āļø The SCOTUS ruling
https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-supreme-court-keeps-the-navajo-nation-waiting-for-water
Part 3: š The Chemehuevi Tribe trying to turn paper water into wet water
https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.7/indigenous-affairs-decades-after-the-colorado-river-flooded-the-chemehuevis-land-the-tribe-still-struggles-to-get-its-share-of-the-river
Part 4: š° Corporate fuckery
https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.7/indigenous-affairs-colorado-river-how-private-interests-benefit-from-tribal-water-settlements
Part 5: š± The Hopi Tribe trying to grow
https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.7/indigenous-affairs-water-the-fight-for-our-lives-arizona-water-regime-limits-the-hopi-tribes-future