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Colorado River Basin
Realtime, recent, and forecasted hydrologic data with tools and forecasts for the Colorado River Basin.
Open data portal for Colorado River GIS data.
Provisional natural flow of the Colorado River at Lees Ferry, AZ.
A collection of resources related to the Colorado River and its management.
A web-based clearinghouse for scientific and technical information relevant to the Colorado River Basin and the management of its water resources and related natural resources. The Clearinghouse is intended to be useful to managers and other decision-makers, to researchers, to the media, and to the broader public.
Tools, maps, and data from drought.gov focused on the Colorado River Basin
Dashboard showing the status of surface water and surface water storage in the upper Colorado River Basin.
Interactive map viewer of all the hydrological monitoring sites run by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Colorado River Basin.
Science Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the management—and perils in the mismanagement—of water in the western United States. It seems deceptively simple: even when clear evidence was available that the Colorado River could not sustain ambitious dreaming and planning by decision-makers throughout the twentieth century, river planners and political operatives irresponsibly made the least sustainable and most dangerous long-term decisions.
A guided exploration of the Colorado River providing context about many of the most pressing land and water issues in the basin.
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