Colorado River’s fate relies on water cuts that may never happen
The federal government has come up with two ideas for how to save the Colorado River. Neither is likely. Federal and state water authorities have been beating their drums since a supplemental environmental impact statement was released on April 11th. Both options, either relying on existing priority systems or just relying on flat cuts distributed […]
Battered coastline, flooding rivers trap residents, bring misery in Santa Cruz County
Soquel, Calif. — The parking lot behind JJ’s saloon was covered in 3 inches of mud. It was noon Monday, and the Santa Cruz County saloon flooded her three times in her ten days. All recent flooding has come from direct rain, but Soquel Creek was pouring over the levee into downtown last week, according […]
Rivers rising in Arizona, some residents told to evacuate | Kingman Daily Miner
RIMROCK, Arizona – Some residents of north-central Arizona were told to prepare to evacuate Tuesday afternoon due to rising water levels in rivers and basins. The Yavapai County Sheriff has ordered residents of the Rimrock and Lake Montezuma areas along Wet Beaver Creek to evacuate or move to higher ground. Residents of Beaver Creek were […]
