Colorado River Materials

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Colorado River Materials

Publications and products related to this vital resource.

River Reports

River Report Winter 1998

Saving For a Dry Day profiles the efforts to develop the Arizona water bank and the “Offstream Storage of Colorado River Water and Interstate Redemption of Storage Credits in the Lower Division States,” the criteria designed to allow for interstate water banking. The article includes historical information as it pertains to the Law of the River and the Central Arizona Project – critical elements to the proposal – as well as the Secretary’s role. It also examines the Upper Basin perspective on the proposal and environmental and Tribal concerns.

River Reports

River Report Summer 1998

Angling for Answers: The Quest to Save the Colorado’s Endangered Fish examines the recovery efforts being taken to save the Colorado River’s four native endangered fish species: the razorback sucker, the bonytail, the humback chub and the Colorado pikeminnow. The article also examines reasons for the decrease in populations and the efforts being taken through both the Upper Colorado River Recovery Implementation Program, as similar program on the San Juan River and the recovery efforts in the lower reaches of the river in the Multi-Species Conservation Program.