Lower Colorado River Companion Reader
Here's a whole pile of pertinent news stories and resources on the Lower Colorado. Don't feel compelled to read all (or any!) of them in advance of the institute, but do feel free to peruse them at your leisure. This page will remain active after the institute is over, so you'll be able to return to it in the future.
Infrastructure & development
Down with the Glen Canyon Dam?
The Colorado River's desalination plant is on its last legs
Delta tunnels project needs water agencies to pay for it. Why some are hesitating
Group of San Joaquin farmers says they're willing to pay for the Delta tunnels
Court upholds uranium mining ban around Grand Canyon by allows nearby mine
agriculture
Money for water: A pilot project wins over skeptical farmers and ranchers
A new fight over water in the California desert, with echoes of 'Chinatown'
Can marijuana save this 'dying' town on the California-Arizona border?
wildlife & ecology
Dispatch from Mexico: A historic pulse of water to restore the delta
Simulated flood injected life into thirsty Colorado River delta, new data shows
California far from solutions as Salton Sea crisis looms
Why a Colorado River reunion with the sea isn't a guarantee
Proposed Salton Sea deal would commit California to acting on pledges as lake shrinks
Climate
Who stole the Colorado River? Scientists say rising temperatures
Climate change worsening Colorado River droughts
Climate change is shrinking the Colorado River
Rising temperatures sucking water out of the Colorado River
business & economics
A Free-Market Plan to Save the American West from Drought
The water czar who reshaped Colorado River politics
Court ruling throws a wrench in two big upcoming water decisions
To save their water supply, Colorado farmers taxed themselves
Society
To these pastors, saving the Colorado River is a divine command
Overview
Colorado River reporting resources
Encounters with the Archdruid (excerpt)
Killing the Colorado (series)
allocation, Supply & Demand
U.S. and Mexico agree to share a shrinking Colorado River
Mohave County fighting CAP proposal to buy, move water to Tucson, Phoenix suburbs
California water project could cramp Colorado River plan
Water managers seek certainty in Colorado Basin
As the River Runs Dry:
The Southwest's water crisis (Part 1)
An ongoing battle between urban and rural water users (Part 2)
Growing Utah town wants even more water via pipeline
Arizona warns developers: There may not be enough water to build in Pinal County
Water fight tied directly to Arizona's growth
Decades later, Las Vegas pipeline project remains stalled by legal challenges
Court upholds plan to pipe groundwater to Las Vegas Valley
Who controls the water? Arizona agencies slug it out
Drought
Colorado snowpack worst in more than 30 years in some areas leaving water suppliers on high alert
Should we 'freak out' over water supply, drought?
An elusive Colorado River drought plan fails to materialize - for now
tribal water issues
Water bailout? Colorado river tribes pose statewide leasing idea
Western Arizona tribes could lease Colorado River water to areas thirsty for development
Water managers look to new ways to save
Phoenix, feds will pay tribes to leave their water in Lake Mead, help prevent shortage
Hualapai Tribe to get 4,000 acre-feet of Colorado River water per year
Supreme Court won't hear California water agencies' appeal in tribe's groundwater case
Gila River member becomes 1st Native American to have a vote on Arizona water board