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What about this warm, wacky and very weird weather? Meteorologists say #Colorado’s record temperatures in March were “anomalous.” Will we shrug it off, like so much other evidence of #ClimateChange? — Allen Best (BigPivots.com) #snowpack #runoff
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (1714+ words) Click the link to read the article on the Big Pivots website (Allen Best): It was weird, it was wacky. This string of summer days in Colorado that arrived around the first day of spring was extraordinary. Will it change…...
Rethinking How the #UnitedStates and #Mexico Share the #ColoradoRiver — Eric Kuhn, Anne Castle, Carlos de la Parra, John Fleck, Jack Schmidt, Kathryn Sorensen, Katherine Tara #COriver #aridification
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (263+ words) Rethinking How the #UnitedStates and #Mexico Share the #ColoradoRiver " Eric Kuhn, Anne Castle, Carlos de la Parra, John Fleck, Jack Schmidt, Kathryn Sorensen, Katherine Tara #COriver #aridification'coyotegulch.blog Click the link to read the paper on the Getches-Wilkinson Center website…...
Pagosa Country sees more record-breaking heat — The #PagosaSprings Sun #SanJuanRiver #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (585+ words) Click the link to read the article on the Pagosa Springs Sun website (Clayton Chaney). Here's an excerpt: March 26, 2026 It was warmer last week in Pagosa Country than any other time on record, as the area saw five consecutive days…...
The water footprint of #Arizona’s copper mines: Agriculture guzzles more water, but mines are drying up springs and streams nonetheless — Jonathan P. Thompson (LandDesk.org)
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (240+ words) Click the link to read the article on The Land Desk website (Jonathan P. Thompson): A mining operation also requires significant amounts of water for dust control, mineral processing, slurrying, and other uses. Capstone's 2024sustainability reportsays its Pinto Valley Mine withdrew a…...
Navajo Dam Operations Meeting [Virtual] – April 21, 2026 1-3pm — Reclamation #SanJuanRiver #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (41+ words) From email from Reclamation: Join the meeting now Meeting ID:247 128 548 928 44 Dial in by phone Find a local number Phone conference ID:923 961 898# Join on a video conferencing device Video ID:114 427 248 3...
#Arizona hires high-powered law firm, setting the stage for a legal battle over #ColoradoRiver water — Caitlin Sievers (AZMirror.com)
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1018+ words) Click the link to read the article on the AZMirror website (Caitlin Sievers): Arizona is preparing for a legal battle over its rights to Colorado River water. Following an extraordinarily dry winter along the river basin and what's expected to…...
The #ColoradoRiver and the Tragedy of the Anti-Commons — John Fleck (InkStain.net) #COriver #aridification
1+ week, 2+ day ago (174+ words) Click the link to read the article on the InkStain website (John Fleck): Some notes on the current state of the Colorado River" I'm preparing for a panel discussion this evening in Albuquerque. I promised " three-finger promise, Scout's honor, which…...
#ColoradoRiver faces a day of reckoning — Jonathan P. Thompson (WritersOnTheRange.org) #COriver #aridification
1+ week, 5+ day ago (613+ words) Click the link to read the article on the Writers on the Range website (Jonathan P. Thompson): We are two and a half decades into the Southwest's most severe drought of the last 1,200 years, and this winter's snow dearth is one…...
Why Colorado River negotiations stalled, and how they could resume with the possibility of agreement — Karen Schlatter and Sharon B. Megdal (TheConversation.com)
1+ week, 5+ day ago (823+ words) Karen Schlatter, Colorado State University and Sharon B. Megdal, University of Arizona The seven U.S. states that make up the Colorado River basin are struggling to agree on how best to manage the river's water as its supply dwindles due to climate…...
Record heat could put #ColoradoRiver closer to crisis — Tucson.com #COriver #aridification
2+ week, 2+ day ago (242+ words) Record heat could put #ColoradoRiver closer to crisis " Tucson.com #COriver #aridification'coyotegulch.blog Click the link to read the article on the Tucson.com website (Tony Davis). Here's an excerpt: The record-breaking heat in this month's forecast is likely to…...