The surface of Lake Mead, the country's largest reservoir, is now at 1,045 feet above sea level. Below about 895 feet, water would no longer pass through Hoover Dam. "We are 150 feet from 25 million Americans losing access to the Colorado River."
Ian James
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Ian James
@ByIanJames
Water Reporter, Los Angeles Times, examining water issues and climate change in California and the West | Also: bsky.app/profile/ianjam…
Joined April 2009
- The last two dams have been breached, and the Klamath River is flowing freely for the first time in more than a century. Here are some views of the river running through the drained reservoirs. latimes.com/environment/st…
- I'm thrilled to share the news that I will soon join the Los Angeles Times! I'm going to be the water reporter. I'm looking forward to getting started!
- Last year, I received a tip that a Saudi company was leasing thousands of acres of state-owned land in western Arizona at what appeared to be a discounted rate, while pumping unlimited amounts of water to irrigate alfalfa for cattle.🧵@robodellaz
- Six years ago, The Desert Sun published my investigation examining how Nestlé takes millions of gallons of water each year from a national forest in California and sells it as bottled water. (desertsun.com/story/news/201…) Today this happened: desertsun.com/story/news/env… @janetwilson66
- Superb reporting and analysis by @Yamiche: Biden will take over a deeply divided nation in crisis pbs.org/newshour/show/… @NewsHour
- Tulare Lake has reappeared. For the first time since 1997, the lake is rising on thousands of acres of farmland, reclaiming the lowlands at its historic heart. latimes.com/environment/st…
- Replying to @ByIanJamesToday California water regulators issued a draft order telling Nestlé to halt “unauthorized” water diversions because their investigation found the company doesn’t have valid rights to take much of the water it’s been piping out of the national forest.
- Just weeks after the removal of dams restored a free-flowing Klamath River, salmon have made their way upstream to begin spawning and have been spotted in Oregon for the first time in more than a century.
- "Our salmon have returned home." Indigenous activists spent decades campaigning for dams to be removed on the Klamath River. Now they are celebrating as salmon are heading upstream to spawn. Some fish have made it all the way to creeks in Oregon.
- Crews have nearly finished dismantling the last of four dams on the Klamath River. In mid-August, I saw excavators carving away at remnants of two dams — Iron Gate and Copco No. 1. Soon workers will clear channels, reestablishing a free-flowing stretch of the river.
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- Breaking: The federal government has declared a shortage on the Colorado River for the first time, announcing mandatory water cutbacks next year that will affect Arizona, Nevada and Mexico. Story coming w/ @zaynasyed_ via @azcenvironment
- Five California tribes will reclaim their right to manage coastal land under a first-in-the-nation program. Leaders plan to expand the network to include more tribes throughout the state.
- The U.S. Forest Service has ordered the company that sells Arrowhead bottled water to shut down its pipeline that draws water from springs in the San Bernardino Mountains. latimes.com/environment/st… @alschaben @latimes
