Uncle Sam’s Dams on the Border

Imperial Dam, Desilting Pool, and the beginning of the All-American Canal (bottom right). My idea of driving five hours across the desert from Indio to the Imperial Dam on the Colorado River outside of Yuma, Arizona in beautiful winter light was met with hundreds of millions of reports that no agreement could be reached on […]
Public comments on ‘unacceptable risks’ at Hoover and Glen Canyon Dams released

A sign on Lake Mead showing water levels at Port Hemenway in 2021. (Photo: Duncan Phoenix – KLAS) Las Vegas (KLAS) — The U.S. Reclamation Service (USBR) has released a scoping summary following two online meetings in November and December on the operations of the Hoover Dam on Lake Mead and the Glen Canyon Dam […]
Debris removed, but dams delayed – Silvercity Daily Press

(Press staff photo: Joe Lutz)Mimbres’ Grijalva Ditch’s headgate is now stuck in a bend in the middle of the channel. Joe Lutzdaily press staffAs this year’s legislative session continues, farmers in the Gila and Mimbres river basins are desperate for help to restore vital irrigation infrastructure destroyed by floods during last summer’s very wet monsoon […]