Skim Shady (331.36 ppm)
TheAuroraSentinelNebraska sues Colorado over water it draws from the South Platte River
Gov. Polis: 'We have also continued to meet in good faith with Nebraska, despite its attempts to intimidate Colorado landowners and damage our agricultural communities'
@coloradosun welfare ranchers on public land in the west produce 2% of Americans total beef production and alfalfa is sucking the Colorado River dry. The writing has been in the wall for decades They can learn to adapt like the rest of us and stop being subsidized to destroy public land #deadpool #cowboymyth #Bundy #rewild #graywolf #WildlifeServices #BLM #westernwater #basinstates @WesternWatershedsProject
INSTAAR❄️🏔 INSTAAR's Mountain Hydrology Group has assembled another real-time estimate of snow water equivalent (SWE) for basins in the Sierra Nevada. Their May 1st data show 50-96% of average (2001-2021).
For a full report and detailed maps, see https://buff.ly/3Ue20ag
#CAwater #CAwx #westernwater #rainonsnow #climatechange
INSTAAR's Mountain Hydrology Group has assembled another real-time estimate of snow water equivalent (SWE) for basins in the Sierra Nevada. The April 8th data show 90-138% of average (2001-2021).
For a full report and detailed maps, see https://buff.ly/3Ue20ag
danielrothbergThe Nevada Supreme Court will hear arguments today in an ongoing case about pumping groundwater from the Lower White River Flow System, which feeds the Muddy River, a tributary of the Colorado River and habitat for the endangered Moapa dace.
At stake are key questions about the state's authority to use "best-available science" to regulate overuse, esp. when science points to groundwater drying up surface water. https://westernwaternotes.substack.com/p/water-science-and-law-meet-at-nevada #westernwater #water #science #groundwater #ecology #fish
The Mountain Hydrology Group at INSTAAR just released their 2/1/23 real-time snow water equivalent (SWE) report. Percent of 2001-2021 average ranges btw. 174-250+%. Check it out! We have updated our model and have added comparisons to airborne snow.
#CAwater #CAwx #CAclimate #westernwater #water #rainonsnow #climatechange #climate
Find the PDFs and data at https://www.colorado.edu/instaar/research/labs-groups/mountain-hydrology-group/sierra-nevada-swe-reports
#CAwater #CAwx #CAclimate #westernwater #water #rainonsnow #climatechange #climate
Find the PDFs and data at https://www.colorado.edu/instaar/research/labs-groups/mountain-hydrology-group/sierra-nevada-swe-reports
"What is the land’s best use? Who gets to decide? And how do we balance water conservation, food production and clean power generation in an era of climate emergency?" A deeply-reported piece by the Los Angeles Times' Sammy Roth on Imperial Valley, water and solar. #solar #westernwater #coloradoriver #energytransition https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-01-17/want-to-solve-climate-change-this-california-farm-kingdom-holds-the-key
The Great Basin is characterized by its closed basins, where water is trapped in saline, terminal lakes that support fascinating ecosystems.
But when less water flows in -- from #climatechange or human diversions -- these lakes are often first to see impacts.
High Country News' Caroline Tracey takes a look at a new bipartisan bill funding research and monitoring of these lakes. https://www.hcn.org/articles/south-water-the-wests-salt-lakes-are-turning-to-dust-can-congress-help
Poppy DavisThe part where this is 100% caused by upstream diversions of fresh-water that should flow to the lake is buried deep and glossed over. | The Great Salt Lake’s ecological collapse has begun
Scientists note changes to the food web they’ve never seen before, which could lead to endangered species listings and other disasters at Utah’s famous natural wonder. https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2022/11/08/great-salt-lakes-ecological/ #water #agwater #drought #westernwater #waterlaw
Scientists note changes to the food web they’ve never seen before, which could lead to endangered species listings and other disasters at Utah’s famous natural wonder. https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2022/11/08/great-salt-lakes-ecological/ #water #agwater #drought #westernwater #waterlaw
Alida CantorHello to my fellow #water scholars and #geography community! I study #hydrosocial systems, water politics, #environmentaljustice, #drought, #westernwater, #energy and #climate from a #politicalecology perspective. Excited to rebuild my networks of #HumanEnvironmentInteractions people over here. #Geografriends