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6:49 pm UTC May. 27, 2021 BOULDER CITY, Nevada — Hoover Dam towers more than 700 feet above Black Canyon on the Arizona-Nevada state line, holding back the waters of the Colorado River. On top of the dam, where visitors peer down the graceful white arc of its face, one of its art deco-style towers is adorned with a work of art that memorializes the purposes of the dam.    In five relief sculptures by Oskar Hansen, muscular men are shown gripping a boat’s wheel, harvesting an armful of wh...

Courtesy of Close Authorship Interstate water disputes are as American as apple pie. States often think a neighboring state is using more than its fair share from a river, lake or aquifer that crosses borders. Climate stresses are raising the stakes. Rising temperatures require farmers to use more water to grow the same amount of crops. Prolonged and severe droughts decrease available supplies. Wildfires are burning hotter and lasting longer. Fires bake the soil, reducing forests’ ability to ...

(Ron Knecht) – I recently penned a Nevada water white paper for Fred Simon, MD, running for Nevada Governor.  Here are highlights. Colorado River annual flows are over-allocated among seven states, and reservoir storage in Lakes Powell and Mead is shrinking.  Hence, water allocations under the 1922 Colorado River Compact may be renegotiated or litigated […]

“That could fall,” the father quavered. “It could kill someone!” Puzzled, the young man climbed onto a chair, and pulled the axe out of the rafter. Everyone fell all over themselves thanking him. But he quickly broke off the engagement, concerned that such inanity might be inheritable. This resembles ongoing dithering over the 1922 Colorado River Compact, a 99-year-old agreement among the seven states through which the Colorado River meanders, on how the consumptive use of t...

“That could fall,” the father quavered. “It could kill someone!” Puzzled, the young man climbed onto a chair, and pulled the axe out of the rafter. Everyone fell all over themselves thanking him. But he quickly broke off the engagement, concerned that such inanity might be inheritable. This resembles ongoing dithering over the 1922 Colorado River Compact, a 99-year-old agreement among the seven states through which the Colorado River meanders, on how the consumptive use of the river’s...

Writers on the Range Some Colorado River tribulations today remind me of a folk story: A young man went to visit his fiancé and found the family trembling and weeping. They pointed to the ceiling, where an axe was embedded in a rafter. “That could fall,” the father quavered. “It could kill someone!” George Sibley, a contributor to Writers on the Range. Courtesy photo Puzzled, the young man climbed onto a chair, and pulled the axe out of the rafter. Everyone fell all over themselves tha...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... A bathtub ring of light minerals delineates the high-water mark on Lake Mead near Boulder City, Nev., in August. Lake Mead is a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River. (The Associated Press) Some Colorado River tribulations today remind me of a folk story: A young man went to visit ...

Facing a Colorado River shortage, Arizona prepares for the pain of water cutbacks Ian James, Arizona Republic © Mark Henle/The Republic Lake Mead has declined dramatically since 2000. A high-water mark or “bathtub ring” is visible on the shoreline in this 2019 photo. With the Colorado River’s largest reservoir just 38% full and declining toward the threshold of a first-ever shortage, Arizona water officials convened an online meeting this week to outline how the state w...

“That could fall,” the father quavered. “It could kill someone!” Puzzled, the young man climbed onto a chair, and pulled the axe out of the rafter. Everyone fell all over themselves thanking him. But he quickly broke off the engagement, concerned that such inanity might be inheritable. This resembles ongoing dithering over the 1922 Colorado River Compact, a 99-year-old agreement among the seven states through which the Colorado River meanders, on how the consumptive use of t...

“That could fall,” the father quavered. “It could kill someone!” Puzzled, the young man climbed onto a chair, and pulled the axe out of the rafter. Everyone fell all over themselves thanking him. But he quickly broke off the engagement, concerned that such inanity might be inheritable. This resembles ongoing dithering over the 1922 Colorado River Compact, a 99-year-old agreement among the seven states through which the Colorado River meanders, on how the consumptive use of the river’s...