Coalition calls upon Colorado River water managers to embrace severity of climate crisis amid federal forecasting exercise
In anticipation of the Bureau of Reclamation’s 24-month water forecast on the Colorado River, a coalition of nonprofit organizations is calling for more focus on the climate crisis in managing Colorado River water supplies. The Bureau’s forthcoming August 24-month study is a key benchmark for managing the nation’s two largest reservoirs – Lake Mead and Lake Powell – but this annual exercise continues to be a problematic endeavor that creates false hopes and unrealistic expectations for the 1 in 10 Americans who live in the Colorado River Basin. The coalition — Glen Canyon Institute, Great Basin Water Network, Utah Rivers Council and Living Rivers the Colorado River Waterkeeper — is calling on the Bureau and water managers to do more to plan for a drastically drier future.
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