Posts By: Lynne Bairstow

U.S.-Mexico Colorado River collaboration leads to 20% increase in bird abundance. Collaboration between the U.S. and Mexico—supported by a coalition of nonprofits including Audubon—which resulted in a pulse flow through the Colorado River Delta, lead to a 20% increase in bird abundance and a 42% increase in bird diversity. A new study from the International Boundary and Water Commission… Read more »

A first-hand account of what it has been like being a member of the Science Team measuring the results of the 2014 Pulse Flow and subsequent water deliveries into the Colorado River Delta by Karen Schlatter. “As a result, going forward under a new 9-year binational agreement that was signed in September 2017, water flows… Read more »

Final report on historic environmental flows results in hopeful roadmap for Colorado River Delta restoration Cooperation between the U.S. and Mexico governments, supported by a coalition of non-profit organizations, has demonstrated the power of community to achieve environmental benefits as recently released scientific findings in the Colorado River Delta have documented. On November 28, 2018,… Read more »

“I love seeing the joy that the river brings people – the happiness it brings a community,” says Yamilett Carrillo of Restauremos el Colorado, in this beautiful profile of her work in the Colorado River Delta. As part of our coalition of partners, Yami’s work plays an important role in the ongoing collaboration between the United States… Read more »

Colorado River Day is honored each year on July 25th as a day in which people come together across divides in support of maintaining a sustainable Colorado River. We’re celebrating this mighty river that we are helping to restore by launching a new fundraising campaign to bring students from the Delta region to our Laguna Grande… Read more »