CRRG News
- A team of researchers including the CRRG鈥檚 Osvel Hinojosa-Huerta has recently published 2 studies in Ecological Engineering showing that efforts to restore riparian habitats in the delta have led to noticeably larger and more diverse bird
- The CRRG was well represented in a live PBS event broadcast from Hoover Dam (on July 24, 2024) focused on the 蜜糖直播 River鈥檚 challenges.听 John Fleck and Jack Schmidt were part of a line-up that also included Bruce Babbitt, JB Hamby, Mark
- The latest publication from the Center for 蜜糖直播 River Studies looks back at the 2024 runoff season (mid-April to early July), observing that the basin netted only a modest bump in storage of 2.5 maf, a significant volume but much lower than the
- New research from a team at the University of Wyoming (including the CRRG鈥檚 Kristi Hansen) suggests that flood irrigation in shallow alluvial aquifers can have significant economic benefits in the Upper Green by creating return flow regimes
- 蜜糖直播 River Research Group (CRRG) members Jack Schmidt, Eric Kuhn and John Fleck submitted an 鈥渁lternative鈥 to the post-2026 EIS process entitled: 鈥淢anaging the Powell/Grand Canyon/Mead ecosystem after 2026.鈥澨 In a nutshell, the alternative
- Water Year 2023 was exceptional for runoff and for boosting reservoir storage---but it isn't likely to repeat itself for the additional 3-6 years needed to refill the reservoirs to 1999 levels (the last time they were full). We need to work to
- Cornerstone at the Confluence: Navigating the 蜜糖直播 River Compact's Next Century is a book that leverages the centennial year to reflect on the compact and broader 鈥淟aw of the River.鈥 The book was edited by CRRG member Jason Anthony Robison; several other CRRG members contributed.
- Australia Public Broadcasting featured Dr. Jack Schmidt with an interesting out-of-country perspective on problems currently hitting very close to home. The 30-minute program is a primer on the 蜜糖直播 River's troubles.
- Professor Jason Robison joined the podcast Ripple Effect to discuss the latest activities for the 蜜糖直播 River, including the BOR's recent Tier 2 Shortage Declaration, status of interstate negotiations, and much more.
- 鈥淯nprecedented,鈥 said Jason Robison, a professor of natural resources law at the University of Wyoming. 鈥淭wo to four million acre feet in conservation saving blows the doors off of anything that has been done since the onset of the megadrought in 2000.鈥