Dereliction of duty: DOI, the White House, and the Colorado River
By Kennedy Maize The Colorado River is dying. Water levels in government-made lakes Mead and Powell have sunk to heretofore unimaginable lows in a decades-long drought. They are now more than two-thirds empty. The giant river system spans two Mexican states, seven U.S. states, and 29 Indian tribes. The federal government owns the U.S. portion … More Dereliction of duty: DOI, the White House, and the Colorado River