Preparing for Floods, Droughts and Water Shortages by Working with, Rather than Against, Nature
As I wound my way up Poudre Canyon in northern Colorado, the river flowed toward...
Postel interviewed on new book at Science Magazine
Post Carbon Fellow Sandra Postel was interviewed about her new book Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity. Listen to the interview at Science Magazine.
Farmers, Brewers, and Conservationists Partner to Keep a River Flowing
The fact that a pint of beer requires a whopping 37 gallons (140 liters) of water to produce can turn a favorite beverage into a guilty pleasure. But what if, instead, each hoppy sip helped add flow to a...
Native Americans and Conservationists Collaborate to Return Vital Flow to the Rio Grande
Through a collaborative project of Audubon New Mexico and Pueblos in the Middle Rio Grande, water returns to the river through a drainage outfall to keep it flowing during the dry summer. Photo: Sharon Wirth/Audubon New Mexico The first...
How Smarter Irrigation Might Save Rare Mussels and Ease a Water War
Casey Cox, who hails from a family with five generations of farming history along the Flint River in the southeastern U.S. state of Georgia, never expected to come back home. She’d graduated from the University of Florida in Gainesville...
Postel quoted on groundwater decline at Bloomberg BNA
Post Carbon Fellow Sandra Postel was quoted in this article on US groundwater decline. From the article: From a regulatory perspective, managing this critical resource is problematic because “groundwater is treated separate from surface water when both are linked...
Along a Desert River, A New Breed of Rancher
Rancher Paul Schwennesen in the riparian forest along the San Pedro River, which abuts his land. Schwennesen is shifting to native grasses and water-thrifty crops to save water for the river. Photo by Sandra Postel “I don’t know what...
Repairing The Water Cycle
Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink. The very deep did rot – Oh Christ! That ever this should be. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge El Niño has...
Water Risks are Growing; Here’s a Tool to Help Us Prepare
Earlier this month, the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, released its annual risk assessment, which looks across the spectrum of threats to society and ranks them. This year, it declared water crises to be the top global risk to...
Dam Ideology
Condit Dam in Washington state before it was removed from the White Salmon River in 2011-2012. Photo credit: Creative Commons. When it comes to water, concrete trumps common sense. That was the take-home message Wednesday evening from Daniel P....