Stuff I wrote elsewhere: on the implications of a low snowpack on the Colorado
Posted on | February 21, 2012 | No Comments
Over at the Lane Center, my latest on the progression of our Colorado River showpack:
In December, I paid a visit to Boulder Harbor on the west shore of Lake Mead to see the results for myself. Boulder Harbor is one of those places where the dropping reservoir is made tangible. Two years ago, its boat ramp was closed, its shrinking harbor abandoned to an epic flock of American coots feasting on the critters left in the muck and an osprey that entertained me with a spectacular dive to pick off a stranded fish. Now, thanks to last year’s big snowpack, the water’s back, and boaters have displaced my osprey and coots.
But things appear to be headed back in the other direction.
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- A drought of the Lower Colorado River Basin’s own making
- What’s That Dam Called Again?
- Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere: The Birds
- River Beat: LaRue and the Question of How Much Water There Really Was
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