High up in the Rocky Mountains is the starting point of the Colorado River. For six million years, up until 1960, it cascaded through the southwestern landscape for 1,500 miles before reaching the sea. But the construction of some forty dams siphoning water away from the river and a demand increase in the region, the Colorado no longer makes it to its final destination: the Colorado River Delta in Mexico. The delta is left dry and cracking in the heat of the sun, stripped of its lush habitats and wildlife. This is how it has remained for decades, until four days ago.

On March 23, the Morelos Dam was opened allowing a “pulse flow” of water to begin the historic 70-mile journey down the bone dry Colorado River Delta to the Sea of Cortez, reconnecting the river and the ocean for the first time in forty years. Continue reading Be a part of restoring the Colorado River Delta →