Coyote Crossing

Hope for the Colorado River Delta
By Chris Clarke on 2011 09 28 at 1:49:25 pm | 0 comments | Shorter URL: http://coyot.es/x2ye

A fantastic video by the Sonoran Institute on their work with Pronatura to restore the Colorado River Delta.

I’ve been following the Colorado River Delta issue for about a decade, and I learned things from this video. It’s an exciting program.
… (continues)</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li>  <li> <div class="details"> <h5><a href="http://faultline.org/site/item/podcast_water_in_the_desert/">Podcast: water in the desert</a></h5> <span class="date">By Chris Clarke</a> on 2011 03 03 at 11:51:59 pm | <a href="http://faultline.org/site/item/podcast_water_in_the_desert/#comments">2 comments</a> | Shorter URL: <a href="http://coyot.es/x0Qc">http://coyot.es/x0Qc</a></span> <p> <p><img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://c.gigcount.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyOTkyMjIxMTA2NzgmcHQ9MTI5OTIyMjEyNDU1OSZwPTQ1MDk3MiZkPSZnPTImbz*zODAxYzU3MzgzMzY*ZDZiOTQ3/ZDg1NDUzNzI3MzRlZSZvZj*w.gif" /><embed src="http://www.cinchcast.com/cinchplayerext.swf?file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ecinchcast%2Ecom%2F%2FCinchPlaylist%2Easpx%3FRecordingID%3D181729&playermode=text&autostart=false&bufferlength=5&volume=80&callback=http://www.cinchcast.com/FlashPlayerCallback.aspx&width=300&height=200" menu="false" wmode="transparent" quality="high" name="181729" id="181729" width="300" height="200" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" <a href='http://faultline.org/site/item/podcast_water_in_the_desert'>… (continues)</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li>  <li> <div class="details"> <h5><a href="http://faultline.org/site/item/fiorina/">Carly Fiorina is a lying, anti-environmentalist sack of crap</a></h5> <span class="date">By Chris Clarke</a> on 2010 07 05 at 12:27:48 pm | <a href="http://faultline.org/site/item/fiorina/#comments">1 comment</a> </span> <p> <p>Via <a href="http://onthepublicrecord.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/this-is-great/" title="On The Public Record">On The Public Record</a>, Mike Taugher, the <i>Contra Costa Times</i>’ environmental reporter, has a <a href="http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_15431861" title="great piece on Carly Fiorina">great piece on Carly Fiorina</a> — the rich incompetent wingnut now trying to replace Barbara Boxer as senator from California — and her attempts to blame</p> <a href='http://faultline.org/site/item/fiorina'>… (continues)</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li>  <li> <div class="details"> <h5><a href="http://faultline.org/site/item/a_few_things_on_friday/">A few things on Friday</a></h5> <span class="date">By Chris Clarke</a> on 2010 06 18 at 12:12:02 pm | <a href="http://faultline.org/site/item/a_few_things_on_friday/#comments">3 comments</a> </span> <p> <p>1) I have been reminded (via a Facebook post by the Center for Biological Diversity’s Great Basin guy Rob Mrowka) that I’ve been meaning to point you all in the direction of <a href="http://chanceofrain.com/" title="Chance of Rain">Chance of Rain</a>, a wonderful blog on western water and related politics by</p> <a href='http://faultline.org/site/item/a_few_things_on_friday'>… (continues)</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li>  <li> <div class="details"> <h5><a href="http://faultline.org/site/item/bogs_in_elk/">Bogs in Elk</a></h5> <span class="date">By Chris Clarke</a> on 2009 11 20 at 7:35:42 pm | <a href="http://faultline.org/site/item/bogs_in_elk/#comments">2 comments</a> </span> <p> <p>Wait. I guess that should be “elk in bogs.”</p> <object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rgNR-9dLclE&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rgNR-9dLclE&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object> <p>The foreleg splash at 0:30 just kills me. </p> <p><a href="http://cuteoverload.com/2009/11/18/just-two-more-minutes-ma/" <a href='http://faultline.org/site/item/bogs_in_elk'>… (continues)</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li>  <li> <div class="details"> <h5><a href="http://faultline.org/site/item/the_deluge/">The Deluge</a></h5> <span class="date">By Chris Clarke</a> on 2009 08 18 at 9:08:06 pm | <a href="http://faultline.org/site/item/the_deluge/#comments">2 comments</a> </span> <p> <p>A year ago The Raven and I watched the storm.</p> <p>We had come up from the river, the day’s ferocious heat still seared into our skins. A hundred fifteen in Bullhead City, and we’d staggered against it, even the sidewalks beneath our feet shimmering</p> <a href='http://faultline.org/site/item/the_deluge'>… (continues)</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li>  <li> <div class="details"> <h5><a href="http://faultline.org/site/item/at_grand_canyon_water_battle_rages_anew/">At Grand Canyon, water battle rages anew</a></h5> <span class="date">By Chris Clarke</a> on 2009 02 22 at 10:14:33 pm | <a href="http://faultline.org/site/item/at_grand_canyon_water_battle_rages_anew/#comments">0 comments</a> </span> <p> <p>Via <a href="http://arizonageology.blogspot.com/2009/02/to-flow-or-not-to-flow-grand-canyon-is.html" title="Arizona Geology">Lee Allison</a>, a relatively thorough <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/news/green/articles/2009/02/22/20090222river-power0222.html" title="story in the Arizona Republic">story in the Arizona Republic</a> about the Grand Canyon, Glen Canyon Dam, and science and the environment being disregarded for considerations of political and electrical power. </p> <blockquote cite="http://www.azcentral.com/news/green/articles/2009/02/22/20090222river-power0222.html"><p>Nearly a year after the federal</p></blockquote> <a href='http://faultline.org/site/item/at_grand_canyon_water_battle_rages_anew'>… (continues)</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li>  <li> <div class="details"> <h5><a href="http://faultline.org/site/item/groundwater_mining/">Groundwater mining</a></h5> <span class="date">By Chris Clarke</a> on 2009 02 02 at 1:48:45 pm | <a href="http://faultline.org/site/item/groundwater_mining/#comments">0 comments</a> </span> <p> <p>Arizona’s state geologist <a href="http://arizonageology.blogspot.com/" title="Lee Allison">Lee Allison</a> and I spoke about his submitting a piece on groundwater mining and subsidence to the Carnival of the Arid, and then—most likely due to my being less clear about timing than I ought have been—his post wasn’t</p> <a href='http://faultline.org/site/item/groundwater_mining'>… (continues)</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li>  <li> <div class="details"> <h5><a href="http://faultline.org/site/item/in_hagen_canyon/">In Hagen Canyon</a></h5> <span class="date">By Chris Clarke</a> on 2009 01 27 at 6:21:06 pm | <a href="http://faultline.org/site/item/in_hagen_canyon/#comments">3 comments</a> </span> <p> <p>It makes no sound. If it did the wind would mask it, keening through the sere canyon. Look the wrong way and your mouth fills with dust, with flecks of gravel. It is constant, the wind, and it raises whistles across the crenellated canyon walls.</p> <a href='http://faultline.org/site/item/in_hagen_canyon'>… (continues)</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li>  <li> <div class="details"> <h5><a href="http://faultline.org/site/item/i_wish_theyd_stop_printing_books_i_want_to_read/">I wish they’d stop printing books I want to read</a></h5> <span class="date">By Chris Clarke</a> on 2009 01 24 at 2:52:32 pm | <a href="http://faultline.org/site/item/i_wish_theyd_stop_printing_books_i_want_to_read/#comments">2 comments</a> </span> <p> <p><img src="http://www.faultline.org/images/uploads/deadpoolcover.jpg" width="300" height="450" class="alignleft" class="left" alt="Cover of book" /></p> <p>...especially given that I have no income. </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520254775?ie=UTF8&tag=creekrunningn-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0520254775">This one</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=creekrunningn-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0520254775" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> sounds good:</p> <blockquote cite="http://ucpress.typepad.com/ucpresslog/author_blogs/"><p>Every scientific study confirms that global warming will cause the amount of water in the Colorado River to decline, yet because we already use every drop, there is none to</p></blockquote> <a href='http://faultline.org/site/item/i_wish_theyd_stop_printing_books_i_want_to_read'>… (continues)</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li>  <li> <div class="details"> <h5><a href="http://faultline.org/site/item/owens_valley_the_sequel/">Owens Valley: The Sequel</a></h5> <span class="date">By Chris Clarke</a> on 2009 01 22 at 4:54:33 pm | <a href="http://faultline.org/site/item/owens_valley_the_sequel/#comments">4 comments</a> </span> <p> <p>[Updated 1/26: A warm welcome to the folks from LADWP stopping by. Feel free to join the discussion.]</p> <p>Las Vegas is the fastest-growing metropolitan area in the US. It’s in the middle of the Mojave, the driest desert in the US. Vegas gets the vast</p> <a href='http://faultline.org/site/item/owens_valley_the_sequel'>… (continues)</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li>  <li> <div class="details"> <h5><a href="http://faultline.org/site/item/the_memory_of_water1/">The Memory of Water</a></h5> <span class="date">By Chris Clarke</a> on 2008 10 18 at 12:04:15 am | <a href="http://faultline.org/site/item/the_memory_of_water1/#comments">0 comments</a> </span> <p> <p>This is my whole life: driving alone through the landscapes of the arid West. There is someone waiting for me at home, or there is no one waiting for me at home, or I am already home, watching the far horizon recede through the dust-spattered</p> <a href='http://faultline.org/site/item/the_memory_of_water1'>… (continues)</a></p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li>  <div class="grid_8 alpha omega"> <div class="pagination"> <div class='wp-pagenavi'> <span class="page"></span> </div> </div> </div> </ul> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid_4"> <div id="sidebar"> <div class="widget"> <form method="post" action="http://faultline.org/" > <div class='hiddenFields'> <input type="hidden" name="ACT" value="17" /> <input type="hidden" name="XID" value="" /> <input type="hidden" name="RP" value="search&#47;ccresults" /> <input type="hidden" name="NRP" value="search&#47;ccnoresults" /> <input type="hidden" name="RES" value="" /> <input type="hidden" name="status" value="" /> <input type="hidden" name="weblog" value="" /> <input type="hidden" 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Coyote Crossing

Writing and photography from the Mojave and Sonoran deserts by Chris Clarke

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