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“I’ve been thinking a lot about Cadillac Desert in the past few weeks, as the rain fell and fell and kept falling over California, much of which, despite the pouring heavens, seems likely to remain in the grip of a severe drought. Reisner anticipated this moment. He worried that the West’s success with irrigation could be a mirage — that it took water for granted and didn’t appreciate the precariousness...
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The environmental history of the Colorado River delta during the past century is one of the most important—and most neglected—stories of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands. Thanks to entrepreneurs such as William E. Smythe, the surrounding desert in Arizona, California, Sonora, and Baja California has been transformed into an agricultural oasis, but not without significant ecological, political, economic, and social consequences.Evan Ward explores the...
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"'Taking Big Red' is aboout present-day frays over the condition of the Colorado, who gets to use it, what for, how much, and when. We who run boats down the Colorado River for fun or adventure have no water rights or water allocations. We don't consume the river; we simply ride it as it rushes downstream. But although the unique experiences and considerable revenue provided by river runners (and sports fishermen and other recreational users) have...
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