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How Climate Change Sparked A Multi-State Battle Over The Colorado River
April 21st, 2022
Via New York Magazine, a report on how climate change has sparked a multi-state battle over the Colorado River: The Colorado River’s 1,450-mile run begins amid the snowy pinnacles of the Rocky Mountains and ends in the subtropical waters of the Gulf of California. Over the millions of years the river has been running this course, […]
Read more »Dwindling Water Levels of Lake Powell
April 14th, 2022
Courtesy of Terra Daily, a report on the dwindling water levels of Lake Powell: After decades of drought, water levels in Lake Powell, the second-largest humanmade reservoir in the United States, have shrunk to its lowest level since it was created more than 50 years ago, threatening millions of people who rely on its water […]
Read more »Dams In U.S. Southwest Getting Hung Out To Dry
April 11th, 2022
Via Ars Technica, a report on how hydro power is decreasing as climate change hangs the Southwestern US out to dry: News that Arizona’s Lake Powell is slowly but surely drying up has spread far and wide. The reservoir behind the 1,320-megawatt Glen Canyon Dam and power station, Lake Powell plays an important role in providing power […]
Read more »Arizona’s Future Water Shock
March 29th, 2022
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a report on Arizona’s water future: On a Saturday morning in late January a chill wind kicks up dust on the high desert ridge north of Scottsdale where wood skeletons of new homes appear above the mesquite and cactus of the Rio Verde Foothills. Along Rio Verde Drive a white […]
Read more »A ‘Dangerous Game of Chicken” On The Colorado River
March 23rd, 2022
Via Writers on the Range, commentary on inter-basin negotiations and use of water from the Colorado River: Seven Western states and their leaders — all depending on water from the Colorado River — remain divided. Split into basins by an imaginary border at Lees Ferry, Arizona, each state can share blame for the rapid depletion […]
Read more »Colorado River: Don’t Blame Upper Basin States
March 22nd, 2022
Via Writers on the Range, commentary on the Colorado River blame game between Upper and Lower Basin states: Kyle Roerink’s recent “Writers on the Range” opinion (“A dangerous game of chicken on the Colorado River”) reminds one of Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s 1983 caution in a Washington Post op-ed: “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but […]
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