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Episode Six: Where the River Ends

The Colorado River comes to an end at the U.S.-Mexico border. The entirety of its flow, already heavily tapped upstream in the U.S., is sent into an irrigation canal to grow crops in the Mexicali Valley and to flow through faucets in Tijuana and Mexicali. The river’s final hundred miles have been mostly dry for decades. Environmental groups on both sides of the border are working together to let the Colorado flow again in its historic channel.

Episode 5: First in Time

Tribes in the southwest hold significant rights to the Colorado River’s water. But they’ve been left out of nearly every major agreement to manage the river. Leaders across the region are debating how to use less water amid the region’s warming climate. Tribes say they never got the chance to use their water in the first place, and that everyone in the river basin should plan for a future where they do.

A Crackdown in Sin City

Las Vegas is known as a city of excess. But not when it comes to water. The desert metropolis relies on the Colorado River to keep its iconic casinos bustling. The short supply has caused city leaders to enforce some of the tightest water conservation measures in the West. Green lawns are enemy number one.

Episode Three: The Big Empty

Lake Powell is a boater’s dream. The nation’s second largest reservoir on the Colorado River is a maze of sandstone canyons teeming with houseboats. But climate change and unchecked demand for water sent the lake’s levels to a new record low this year. In this episode we explore changes to recreation in this popular vacation hotspot.

Locked Up: The criminals justice caught up with in April

Cash Flows | KUNC

Farmers and ranchers use the vast majority of the Colorado River’s water. Getting them to voluntarily use less is difficult.

Drug dealing duo caught after almost crashing into unmarked police car

Podcast: Their Plane Went Down in the Sea

In this episode of Out Alive from Backpacker, two pilots tell the story of fighting for their life after their aircraft crashed in the ocean.

Little Trips Paints on a Blank Musical Canvas