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Interior Secretary Salazar calls for more high flows through the Grand Canyon

7 hours ago ago from Coyote Gulch

From National Parks Traveller (Kurt Repanshek): The secretary, in Copenhagen to attend the global climate change conference, made his comments Thursday via video to the Colorado River Water Users Association, which is meeting in Las Vegas. “We must find a way to protect one of the world’s most treasured landscapes – the Grand Canyon – while meeting water and clean energy needs in the face of climate change,” Secretary Salazar said. ...

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Interior Secretary Calls For More High Colorado River Flows Through Grand Canyon National Park | National Parks Traveler

15 hours ago ago from Home Page | National Parks Traveler

home log in Interior Secretary Calls For More High Colorado River Flows Through Grand Canyon National Park Posted December 10th, 2009 by Kurt Repanshek These photos, taken at Mile 81 along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, in February 2008 and April 2008 show how high-flow releases can improve sandbar formation on the river corridor. Photos by Roderic Parnell, Northern Arizona ...

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Grand Teton National Park Selects O.A.R.S. as Long-Term Concessionaire The Only Rafting Sea Kayaking Outfitter to Operate Overnight Trips in the Park | Business Finance News | Stock Market | equity | Investment

6 hours ago ago from Business & Finance News | Stock Market | equity | Investment

by EIN on 2009/12/11 in economy ( EMAILWIRE.COM , December 10, 2009 ) ANGELS CAMP, Calif. O.A.R.S. West, a subsidiary of the O.A.R.S. Family of Companies (O.A.R.S.), announced today their official selection as a Grand Teton National Park Service concessions provider. The 40-year-old international whitewater rafting, sea kayaking and multi-sport adventure travel company secured a 10-year contract to operate rafting trips on the ...

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Is China Running Out Of Water?

10 hours ago ago from Stirring Trouble Internationally - A humorous take on news and current affairs

Martin McCauley writes: If you are a keen reader of StirringTroubleInternationally you probably picked up our hilarious spoof breaking news item: ‘Breaking News: China reveals that half of the water in its rivers is piss.' As they say, in every joke there's only a bit of a joke. The point is that less than half of China's 1.3 billion population has access to clean drinking water. The situation is worse than in Africa: desertification is ...

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Judge Throws Monkey Wrench Into California Water

6 hours ago ago from jfleck at inkstain

AP is r eporting this evening that a state judge in California has thrown out the 2003 deal by which California agreed to stop using so damn much Colorado River water: A California judge has tentatively invalidated a landmark pact to curtail the state's overuse of water and allow other Western states to claim their fair share. Superior Court Judge Ronald Candee ruled Thursday in Sacramento that the state improperly agreed in 2003 to ...

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