"In 1922, conservationist Aldo Leopold paddled a canoe through the great delta at the mouth of the Colorado River. He wrote about a “wealth of fowl and fish” and “still waters...of a deep emerald hue.” In Leopold’s time, the delta stretched over nearly 3,000 square miles; today, it covers fewer than 250, and the only water flowing through it, except after heavy rains, is the runoff from alfalfa, lettuce and melon fields and pecan orchards." Read more: smithsonianmag/science-nature/The-Colorado-River-Runs-Dry.html#ixzz2fCvtGfpp Follow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter
Posted on: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 02:32:21 +0000