Save The Colorado River Archives
Let's Go Rafting -- Cataract Canyon on the Colorado River!
Sent April 18th 2016
Let's Go Rafting -- Cataract Canyon on the Colorado River! Hi Friends Lets Go Rafting! Our great friends atO.A.R.S. Adventure Travelare once againoffering an exclusive raft trip for Save The Colorado friends and supporters in Cataract Canyon on theColorado River in Utah! This 6-daytrip is a fundraiser for Save The Colorado and will support our work to protect and restore the Colorado River and its tributaries throughout the Southwest U.S. Dates: July 31st- August 5th, 2016 Cost:$1,699 per adult, $1,59...
Take Action to Stop “Disaster Capitalism on the Colorado River!”
Sent March 28th 2016
Take Action to Stop “Disaster Capitalism on the Colorado River!†Hello Friends of the Colorado River! Here's what's new along the Colorado River this week!First, we asked you to send emails to the County Commissioners in Boulder, Colorado, asking them to help stop the proposed Colorado River-draining "Gross Dam Expansion" in Southwest BoulderCounty. Over 700 of you sent emails! Thank you! And, can we get that to 1,000 emails? I bet we can! (click here to send an emai...
TAKE ACTION! Ask Boulder County Commissioners to Protect the Colorado River!
Sent March 14th 2016
TAKE ACTION! Ask Boulder County Commissioners to Protect the Colorado River! Hello Friends of the Colorado River! A few weeks ago we ask you to contact the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and tell them to STOP the Lake Powell Pipeline in Utah. Lots of you did it, and Thank You! In addition, we signed on with a large coalition of groups and sent FERC 78 pages of technical documents opposing the project! Now it's time to take action again!This month, we are reaching out to the County Commissioners ...
Colorado River Update: Take Action to STOP the Lake Powell Pipeline!
Sent February 26th 2016
Colorado River Update: Take Action to STOP the Lake Powell Pipeline! Hello Friends of the Colorado River! Please take action to help STOP the proposed Lake Powell Pipeline. The public comment period is closing on Saturday, Feb. 27th (tomorrow), and we need you to send an emailto the federal government today asking them to stop this disastrous project that would drain another 28 BILLION gallons of water out of the Colorado River every single year. The Colorado River is already stretched to the breaking point -- t...
Colorado River Update: Former Commissioner of Reclamation Joins Our Board!
Sent January 26th 2016
Colorado River Update: Former Commissioner of Reclamation Joins Our Board! Hello Friends of the Colorado River! Great news here -- former Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Dan Beard, has joined our board of directors!We are very pleased that Dan is joining us-- he's had an exceptional career in the government and non-profit world, and is spending part of his "retirement" being a vocal advocate for change in water policy in the U.S. and especially in California and the Colorado River basin...
Colorado River Update! Are you READY TO RUMBLE in 2016?
Sent December 16th 2015
Colorado River Update! Are you READY TO RUMBLE in 2016? Hello Friends of the Colorado River! We are fighting hard, having fun, and ready to rumble in 2016! 2015 has been a good year for our work to protect and restore the Colorado River. Here's a quick TOP TEN of our accomplishments in 2015 and a primer for what to expect in 2016. 1. We put all the dam builders on notice! As we've said to you many times in these posts, even though the Colorado River is in historic drought and almost at the legal and ecol...
Colorado River Update: Your Voice Made A Difference!
Sent November 24th 2015
Colorado River Update: Your Voice Made A Difference! Hello Friends of the Colorado River! First, your voice made a difference!A few weeks ago we asked you to send emails to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers asking them to study climate change in their analyses of proposed dam projects in Colorado. Over 750 of you sent those emails, and the Army Corps responded by saying they are delaying the permit decisions on those twoprojects until 2016 (see our press release here). As we've discussed several times in these bl...
Save The Colorado Update: No! More! Dams!
Sent October 29th 2015
Save The Colorado Update: No! More! Dams! Hello Friends of the Colorado River! "When you're in a hole, stop digging." Scientists, government agencies, environmental activists, and news reports have all agreed -- the Colorado River is in a hole. A prolonged 15-year drought, encroaching climate change, and massive human mismanagement have caused the Colorado River to be at its most degraded state in history. Water levels in the main reservoirs -- Meadand Powell -- are at their lowest level in history...
Colorado River Update: Los Angeles launches innovative water recycling plan!
Sent October 2nd 2015
Colorado River Update: Los Angeles launches innovative water recycling plan! Hello Friends of the Colorado River! "The world is run by those who show up." A few months ago I sat in the office ofBill Hasencamp, who is Colorado River Program Director for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California which is the largest municipal water district in the Southwest U.S. and serves water to all of Southern California. Hasencamp and I come from different perspectives when we look at the Colorado R...
Take Action Now To Protect The Colorado River!
Sent September 21st 2015
Take Action Now To Protect The Colorado River! Hello Friends of the Colorado River! I need you to take action today -- click here to send an email to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is on the verge of issuing a "Record of Decision" on two dam/diversion projects that would further drain and destroy the Colorado River to supply even more water to the sprawling Denver area metropolis, most of which will be used to keep lawns green in the semi-desert environment. Howe...
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