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Disappearing Colorado River at a crossroads

Let's move beyond the era of dams toward a sustainable future

Dear Jon,

The Colorado River is at a crossroads. Unsustainable water use and management threaten the 40 million people in the Colorado River Basin as well as its unique landscapes, ecosystems, and cultures. Climate change is speeding up the river’s demise. To sustain this icon into the future, we must chart it a new course.

During our next WildEarth Webinar, we’ll discuss the crisis on the Colorado River and how the construction of new dams and diversions is not the answer. The focus will be on what’s at risk if the proposed Whitney Creek dam is constructed in Colorado’s White River National Forest. Register now.

Joining Guardians’ Wild Rivers Program Director, Jen Pelz, and myself on this webinar will be the following guests:

Juli Slivka, policy director at Wilderness Workshop, a community-based conservation organization in Carbondale, Colorado. Juli oversees Wilderness Workshop’s conservation work, managing programs for healthy forests and rivers, habitat conservation, sustainable recreation, and wilderness stewardship.

Delia Malone, chair of the Wildlife Committee of the Sierra Club’s Rocky Mountain Chapter. She has worked as an ecologist for the Colorado Natural Heritage Program, conducting biological surveys across Colorado for rare plants and animals.

Jerry Mallett, avid outdoorsman and the founder and president of Colorado Headwaters. In his over 50 years of advocacy, Jerry has led the Western River Guides Association, worked as a field representative of The Wilderness Society, and was a founding member of American Rivers, where he served on the board for 25 years.

Don’t miss this vital discussion on the value of—and next frontier for—protecting wildlife, wetlands, and wilderness in the headwaters of the mighty Colorado River. Please join us on Wednesday, November 3 at noon MDT for our next WildEarth Webinar.