The Colorado River travels through seven US states and two Mexican states over the course of its 1,450mi journey. The River’s basin, inhabited by Native American peoples for at least 8,000 years, faces serious issues today. Dams, aquaducts, land use practices, and recreation impact quality of life for thousands of species. What threats - natural and man-made - does the River face, and what do we need to understand (and do) to restore its health?
https://www.americanrivers.org/river/colorado-river/
https://coloradoriver.org/about-the-river/
Chasing Rivers, Part 1: The Colorado (National Geographic video)
How did the 2010 Baja California earthquake change the course of the Colorado River?
From Hope to Reality: The Colorado River Flows to the Sea (Sonoran Institute video)
Will the Colorado Run Dry?
https://e360.yale.edu/features/the-wests-great-river-hits-its-limits-will-the-colorado-run-dry
We Are Rivers Podcast: Colorado River Compact Call Part 1 – What Could A Call Mean (Podcast episode)
John Wesley Powell’s Exploration of the Colorado River
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/geology/publications/inf/powell/sec3.htm
https://www.nps.gov/dino/learn/historyculture/john-wesley-powell.htm
History of Colorado River Indian Tribes
https://www.postonpreservation.org/colorado-river-indian-tribes
https://itcaonline.com/member-tribes/colorado-river-indian-tribes/
The Colorado Aqueduct
https://www.asce.org/project/colorado-river-aqueduct/
Tribal Water Rights in the Colorado River Basin
https://medium.com/@ricafulton/indigenous-water-rights-of-the-colorado-river-ff80cdd9c504
Restoring the Colorado: Bringing New Life to a Stressed River
https://e360.yale.edu/features/restoring-the-colorado-bringing-new-life-to-a-stressed-river
Native American Tribes Oppose River Project on Navajo Land
https://www.ecowatch.com/native-americans-dam-colorado-river-2641467216.html
Colorado River Basin Natural Flow and Salt Data
https://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g4000/NaturalFlow/documentation.html
Meet the Four Endangered Fish of the Colorado River
https://westernresourceadvocates.org/blog/meet-the-four-endangered-fish-of-the-colorado-river/
Poetry of Rivers and Earth: Geode
https://www.susanbarba.net/books
How are the rivers near you faring? Clean? Healthy? In need of attention?
Grand Challenge: Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet
ERC Grand Challenges: For project design, for inquiry, for activism
Colorado River Basin (Shannon1: Creative Commons)
