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Guest Commentary: Heed California water woes, Colorado
Denver Post
April 12, 2015
By Taylor Hawes
On April 1, California Gov. Jerry Brown took bold action in response to the harsh water reality facing California. His unprecedented emergency order required a suite of sweeping actions designed to cut urban water use by 25 percent statewide. Combined with already drastic cutbacks to agricultural water-users, the hope is that the emergency order can help California survive this dire water year. Read more.
Benefits of Colorado River pulse flow start to show
Arizona Daily Sun
Rivers & Lakes
December 18, 2014
Until last spring, it had been 13 years since the waters of the Colorado River had reached the Sea of Cortez. Instead of the lush riparian area it once was, the Colorado River Delta has become a parched desert. Read more.
Colorado River Delta greener after engineered pulse of water
Science Daily
Rivers & Lakes
December 17, 2014
The engineered spring flood that brought water to previously dry reaches of the lower Colorado River and its delta resulted in greener vegetation, the germination of new vegetation along the river and a temporary rise in the water table, according to new results from the binational team of scientists studying the water's effects. Read more.
Saving the Colorado River Delta, one habitat at a time
National Geographic
Rivers & Lakes
December 16, 2014
A trickle of water is being returned to a few parts of the dried-out delta—and those parts are blooming. Read more.
The Colorado River Rejoins the Sea: A Water-level Account of the Historic Pulse Flow
Huffington Post
Rivers & Lakes
May 16, 2014
On March 23, 2014, the gates of the Morelos Dam -- which had been the end of the line for the river almost continuously since the 1960s -- were opened. Water poured out into the sand below and began snaking its way down its old course.
Restoring a once mighty river that has slowed to a trickle
Public Radio International
Rivers & Lakes
March 27, 2014
Can you name the river that rises in a US state at the western edge of the Great Plains and travels 1,400 miles, passes through five US states and Mexico, and is being celebrated for an agreement between the two countries that includes environmental benefits for the first time ever? Listen to the story.
Lindsay Schlageter
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