Arizona

The Colorado River Water Emergency

May 10, 2024 2 0 Doug Geiling

In Nevada’s monstrous Lake Mead Reservoir, the term “dead pool” has a dual meaning. For hydrologists, dead pool represents a catastrophically low water level in a reservoir below which the water can no longer pass through the outlet works of…

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Month in Review | March 2024

May 6, 2024 Like 0 editor

[ Local ] Colorado Senate Republicans block a measure that would have allowed child sexual abuse victims to sue their abusers past the current statute of limitations Elizabeth School District decides to replace Scholastic Book Fair with a conservative book…

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The Colorado Rivers Biggest User Will Conserve Some Water In Exchange For Federal Dollars

December 9, 2023 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Provided by KUNC The Imperial Irrigation District in California, which uses more Colorado River water than any other farm district or city in the West, has agreed to conserve 100,000 acre-feet in 2023 in exchange for payments from the federal…

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Month in Review | August 2023

August 25, 2023 Like 0 Austin Clinkenbeard

Recapping some of the main events in Boulder County, Colorado, America, and the world all within the past month.

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Drought, Famine, Overpopulation, and a Lack of Water: What the Puebloans and the Colorado River Can Teach Us

April 19, 2023 Like 0 Austin Clinkenbeard

Examining Puebloan peoples’ responses to environmental change and growing agriculture can inform modern conservation efforts, but it still may not be enough.

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Wall Street Sees Profits in Dropping Colorado River Levels

February 22, 2023 Like 0 Guest Contributor

As Colorado River Basin states work to find ways to keep water flowing to meet the needs of more than 40 million people, Wall Street continues to invest in southwestern lands with water rights, hoping for big returns as this…

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Navajo Nation Police Department is warning tribal citizens about treatment center recruiters

December 17, 2022 2 0 Guest Contributor

The Navajo Nation Police Department has received numerous missing persons reports that they have traced to addiction treatment centers in Arizona. Now they are warning tribal communities about recruiters.

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The Colorado River has come alive even as it ebbs

August 23, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Water expert Char Miller says the Colorado River's delta with Mexico has slowly been coming back to life, but he worries that with more water needed to prop up Mead and Powell reservoirs, the delta will again dry up, harming…