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Jun 6, 2023 · The Colorado River, which carved the Grand Canyon over millions of years, is now in crisis from climate change and overuse.
Jul 27, 2022 · Crisis is brewing on the Colorado River, the result of decades of water use exceeding the river’s water supply, leaving some communities and ecosystems vulnerable—including the Grand Canyon. Climate change is making things worse, shrinking the river.
- Jennifer Pitt
Grand Canyon: A River at Risk draws attention the river’s plight as well as to the larger issue of the looming global water crisis. It follows Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a leading advocate for water conservation and river restoration, eminent ethnobotanist Wade Davis, and their two daughters on a rafting adventure down the Colorado.
Jun 23, 2022 · At least 118 gastrointestinal illness cases have been reported at the Grand Canyon with cases cropping up among visitors to the Colorado River and backcountry campers, according to park officials.
- Marlene Lenthang
- Breaking News Reporter
Apr 28, 2008 · It’s an alarming if little-known fact: one of the world’s mightiest rivers, the Colorado, no longer reaches the sea. Every drop of its water is allocated to agriculture and communities along the way and none remains for the Colorado Delta at river’s end, a once-thriving estuary that supported North America’s most diverse biosphere.
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- Wade Davis, Chris Rainier
May 5, 2023 · Brain cancer couldn’t stop Barbara Lock from backpacking through the Grand Canyon one more time. The Boise, Idaho, mom was diagnosed with glioblastoma.
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The Colorado River is as important today as ever, serving as a life force that continues to shape Grand Canyon National Park in many ways. Yet, many aspects related to the river require management or stewardship. Several valuable archeological sites are located near the river.
