Sometimes it seems like the only innovation folks hear about is the next big app coming out of Silicon Valley. But innovation is happening everywhere. Check out Keith Lambert, Former Mayor of Rifle, Colorado. He mobilized his entire town to rethink water. We, for one, couldn’t be more on board. Want to know more? Swing… Read more »
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This thoughtful young woman has a lot to say about the Colorado River, and how important rivers are to the way we live our lives. Terrence Johnson captured her thoughts and experiences as a part of the Raise The River partnership with the American University School of Communication to create PSAs highlight the story of… Read more »
Colorado River reaches the Gulf of California once more
Colorado River reaches the Gulf of California once more John Trotter, a New York based photographer, partnered with with High Country News to document the Colorado River Pulse Flow. In our opinion, he is capturing the soul of what policy initiatives like Minute 319 can accomplish. Click the link in the headline to see his… Read more »
A community gets its river back
For more than two weeks, the Colorado River has been flowing in its delta, through more than 30 miles (48 kilometers) of recently bone-dry river channel choked with desert scrub. The flow is all too brief, lasting only eight weeks in all. The United States and Mexico are demonstrating how a “pulse flow” of water can bring environmental… Read more »
These photographs, taken by Jennifer Pitt at the Environmental Defense Fund, illustrate the truly dramatic changes happening near the Colorado River Delta. Until March 25th, 2014, large swaths of the river channel were just sand. Now, an entire generation is meeting its river for the first time.