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The #Colorado River states are deadlocked and the river is crashing. will a "grand bargain" finally get its day? " Matt Jenkins (Water Education Foundation) #COriver #aridification
3+ hour, 28+ min ago (1807+ words) Click the link to read the article on the Water Education Foundation website (Matt Jenkins): Western Water In-depth: A "wild idea" to defuse the colorado river compact"s legal time bomb has been kept alive by seasoned observers who believe…...
#Colorado River system continues slide toward crash, despite emergency actions sending water to #Lake Powell: Federal officials study changes to Glen Canyon Dam for low-water use scenarios " The #Denver Post
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (694+ words) Colorado River system continues slide toward crash, despite emergency actions sending water to #Lake Powell: Federal officials study changes to Glen Canyon Dam for low-water use scenarios " The #Denver Post coyotegulch. blog Click the link to read the article on…...
Data centers = heat factories: #Dolores River rambling; Forecasters call for sultry summer " Jonathan P. Thompson (Land Desk. org)
2+ week, 2+ day ago (536+ words) Click the link to read the article on The Land Desk website (Jonathan P. Thompson): " Data Center Watch " Phoenix is hot, thanks to its location and elevation; it's getting hotter, due to climate change, all that concrete and steel and glass…...
#Colorado River Basin " new report from my colleagues on the implications of running on empty " John Fleck (Ink Stain. net) #COriver #aridification
2+ week, 3+ day ago (229+ words) Click the link to read the article on the Ink Stain website (John Fleck): I've been on a "Colorado River sabbatical" of late, but I took a peek last week at Reclamation's latest24-month study. Holy moly things have gotten bad…...
Reclamation says new #Colorado River plan will be short-term: Operating plan may be based on latest Lower Basin proposal " Heather Sackett (Aspen Journalism. org) #COriver #aridification
2+ week, 3+ day ago (510+ words) Click the link to read the article on the Aspen Journalism website (Heather Sackett): Federal officials announced on Thursday that they plan on using a shorter-term framework for future Colorado River management so they can be more responsive to changing…...
Once underwater, #Colorado River canyon country reemerges as drought-stricken #Lake Powell's levels drop " The #Denver Post #COriver #aridification
2+ week, 4+ day ago (212+ words) coyotegulch. blog Click the link to read the article on The Denver Post website (Elise Schmelzer). Here's an excerpt: The tops of trees, dead since Lake Powell's levels rose decades ago, poked through mud and ooze at the silent mouth…...
Climate change comes for a #Lake Powell marina: Will Bullfrog survive the shrinking #Colorado River? " Jonathan P. Thompson (Land Desk. org) #COriver #aridification
4+ week, 9+ hour ago (234+ words) Click the link to read the article on The Land Desk website (Jonathan P. Thompson): It was not, however, a film. The dystopian scene was real as was the aridification, though it did not include any prehistoric creatures " only a handful…...
The #Colorado River and reckoning time for the Front Range " Allen Best (Big Pivots. com) #COriver #aridification
4+ week, 2+ day ago (1737+ words) Click the link to read the article on the Big Pivots website (Allen Best): Casually surveying the urban landscapes in much of Colorado's Front Range, you'd never know that the Colorado River " the source for roughly half the water of…...
I Am Not Optimistic: Western Slope Leaders Gather as #Colorado River Crisis Deepens " KVNF #COriver #aridification
1+ mon, 19+ hour ago (312+ words) Click the link to read the article on the KVNF website (Brody Wilson). Here's an excerpt: A special mid-year West Slope Water Summit brought together water managers and community leaders to address a dire water year. Projected inflows into Lake…...
Four cities that would vanish without Colorado River water
1+ mon, 19+ hour ago (573+ words) We've heard thousands of times (without sources being provided) that 40 million people are dependent upon Colorado River water. But which cities in the American Southwest are 100% dependent and would vanish without it? With agriculture accounting for the vast majority of…...