Tag: Colorado River
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Drought Mitigation: Should We Be Farming in the Desert?
Irrigated farmland in the desert of the Imperial Valley. (Photo credit: Steve Proehl, Getty Images) Throughout the Colorado River Basin, ongoing drought is pushing agricultural technology to its limits. Just north of the U.S.-Mexico border, California’s Imperial Valley is both a desert and an agricultural wonder. Bordered by sand dunes and barren mountains, the region…
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The West should put its straws away. Great Lakes water is not for sale
A cyclist, right, sits under the shade of a tree as others walk along Lake Michigan on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, as a second straight day of hot soupy temperatures approaching triple digits hung over much of the Midwest in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) It is my hope to put to rest the mistaken…
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40 million people share the shrinking Colorado River.
Here’s how that water gets divvied up. The Colorado River passes through Mesa County, March 7, 2024, near Loma. The river flows for at least 1,450 miles from the Rocky Mountains in Colorado to the Gulf of California in northwest Mexico. (Hugh Carey, The Colorado Sun) The Colorado River provides water for millions of people,…
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Cherish that hamburger. It cost a quarter of the Colorado River, according to researchers.
The Colorado River passes through Mesa County, March 7, 2024, near Loma. New research illuminates how water is used in the drought-stressed river basin. (Hugh Carey, The Colorado Sun) The Colorado River has been overused for decades, but no one has known exactly how the water was used — until a team of researchers compiled…
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Cocopah Tribe: habitat restoration along the Colorado River to address climate change
Map: Tribe will restore areas along the Colorado River to address climate change. The Cocopah Tribe will work on riparian areas with money from several federal sources and private funders. The Cocopah Tribe and two other Arizona tribal communities are working with new money and tools to address climate change after receiving grants from the…
