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Sheri Trapp

The central challenge on the Colorado River
I’ve been thinking about the central communication challenge as we face down yet another dry year amid the continued drumbeat of Upper Basin talk about finding new ways to take more water out of the Colorado River....

Why an enormous, persistent arctic low-pressure system is helping dry out the American SW
"With snow conditions in the upper CO River Basin tracking at just 31 percent of the total average seasonal accumulation as of mid-January, the 2018 season is looking dryer than the record-dry 2002 season."...

2017 was one of the three hottest years on record, NASA and NOAA scientists say
Even without the help of El Niño, 2017 was a top-three scorcher for planet Earth....

‘Historically bad start’ to winter not reflected in Lake Mead projections
Winter is off to an alarmingly dry start across the Colorado River Basin, but you wouldn’t know it from the latest federal projections for Lake Mead....

Statements on Tribal Council recall effort
Tim Stevens Welsh and Amber Van Fleet have issued a statement on their reasons for recalling Tribal Chairman Dennis Patch and the members of the Tribal Council:...