Ian James · @ianjames
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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. latimes.com/environment/story/

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Glen Pawelski · @macmapman
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Brewster Malevich · @brews
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Federal Court Stops Project Near in
$2B plan called for 88mi of new track through Ashley National Forest, connecting to line in Colorado, snaking another 150mi along Colorado River and into downtown .
ā€œAn oil train in the headwaters of the Colorado river would be catastrophic.ā€
Failures to assess risks to Colorado River and ā€˜numerous violationsā€™ in projectā€™s impact analysis highlighted. hcn.org/articles/oil-federal-c

#oil #coloradoriver #utah #unionpacific #denver #derailment #nepa #uintabasinrailway

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John Fleck · @jfleck
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Love to see this collaborative creative problem solving in arid lands water: Arizona cities working out how to share groundwater storage azcentral.com/story/news/local

#coloradoriver

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Lee Fife · @colo_lee
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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 Basinā€™s letter says one way to achieve reductions is to account for water lost because of evaporation and leaky infrastructure,

coloradosun.com/2023/08/23/col

#colorado #coloradoriver #water

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Poetry News · @haikubot
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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

abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ch

#coloradoriver #nationalparkservice #invasivefish #chemicaltreatment #ode #poetry

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ted cutezynskiĀ¹ · @shrugdealer
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Gladwyn dā€™Souza · @godsouza
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OccuWorld · @OccuWorld
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Feds ease up on Colorado River restrictions ā€” for now

grist.org/drought/colorado-riv

This yearā€™s 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

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Denise Gutzmer · @DeniseGutzmer
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"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."

apnews.com/article/colorado-ri

#coloradoriver #water #lakemead

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Chris Merle · @clmerle
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The lionā€™s share is used to grow water thirsty crops in the desert to feed the unsustainable cattle industry.

From: @coloradosun
mstdn.social/@coloradosun/1108

#megadrought #ClimateChange #coloradoriver #waterislife #mniwiconi #Water

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Manfred Aretz · @mmaretz
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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.



#coloradoriver #grandcanyon #WindowFriday #Fensterfreitag #mywork #photography #fotografie

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Gladwyn dā€™Souza · @godsouza
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Rich Stein (he/him) · @RichStein
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ā€œThe 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€
earth.com/news/colorado-river-

Study: "Aridification of Colorado River Basin's Snowpack Regions Has Driven Water Losses Despite Ameliorating Effects of Vegetation" ā€” Water Resources Research
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.co

#climatechange #drought #coloradoriver

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BakersRelay · @BakerRL75
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From the Colorado Sun.com: ā€œIrrefutable truthsā€: Coloradoā€™s guiding principles going into Colorado River negotiations, according to its top negotiatorā€

coloradosun.com/2023/07/25/irr

#colorado #coloradoriver #watermanagement

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GregCocks · @GregCocks
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AI6YR · @ai6yr
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Shades · @shades
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by for :

"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."

kunc.org/news/2023-07-06/meet-

#alexhager #kunc #jbhamby #imperialvalley #coloradoriver #california #generationz #imperialirrigationdistrict #iid #irrigation #river #water #crops #livestock #farming

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Toastie · @Toastie
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