THE MEGADROUGHT SERIES, PART 21C

What We Lose If We Lose The Colorado River: A Travelogue

“This river can’t sustain 40 million people. And that’s the problem.”

Imagine the famed Horseshoe Bend, south of Page, Arizona, without water. It’s not out of the realm of possibility. Photo by Preecerichie. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Horeshoe_Bend.jpg.

“Westerners call what they have established out here a civilization, but it would be accurate to call it a beachhead. And if history is any guide, the odds that we can sustain it would have be regarded as low.” ~Marc…