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The current system by which Colorado River water is allocated expires at the end of 2026, and water users are scrambling to reach an agreement. ... States at odds over Colorado River water cuts ...
Sherwood Ranch Pueblo is an historic pueblo located overlooking the Little Colorado River, near Springerville, Arizona. It has two areas of habitation, consisting of over 800 rooms and was inhabited from approximately 1000-1450 A.D.
The Colorado River is approaching a breaking point, its over-tapped reservoirs dropping. Years of drying have taken a toll at the river's source in the Rockies. The Colorado River is overused and ...
The CAP was created by the Colorado River Basin Project Act of 1968, signed by US President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 30, 1968. [6] [7] Senator Ernest McFarland, along with Senator Carl Hayden, lobbied for the Central Arizona Project (CAP) aimed at providing Arizona's share of the Colorado River to the state. McFarland's efforts failed as ...
The Yuma Project is a U.S. Bureau of Reclamation project built to irrigate over 68,000 acres (280 km 2) of land in Yuma County, Arizona and parts of Imperial County, California. The project is designed to exploit year-round farming conditions and water from the Colorado River .
A visual journey along the Colorado River, from the headwaters to Mexico, that shows the environmental toll on the depleting resource.
Horseshoe Bend is a superb example of an entrenched meander. [1] Six million years ago, [6] [7] the region around Horseshoe Bend was much closer to sea level, and the Colorado River was a meandering river with a nearly level floodplain. Between six [8] [9] and five [1] million years ago, the region began to be uplifted. This trapped the ...
Officials want to ease the Colorado River's crisis by reducing water supplies for farms and cities throughout the Southwest. Will it work?