Like two long-lost lovers who had been cruelly kept apart for 20 years, the Colorado River and the Sea of Cortez finally embraced. The historic reunion occurred. Serving Summit County, CO.

Map of Colorado River pulse moving toward Sea of Cortez by Tay Wiles April 17, 2014 January 24, 2024. ... The Colorado River has now reached the delta for the first time since the 1990s.

PHOENIX — She wasn’t necessarily popping champagne last week, but conservationist Jennifer Pitt was certainly celebrating the arrival of water from the Colorado River into the Sea of Cortez ...

The Colorado River Delta again features flowing water, as the river and the Gulf of California, also known as the Sea of Cortez, reconnected after 16 years.

Below, he watched a finger of water creep down the dry Colorado River channel and meet the tide in the Sea of Cortez. It was the first time the 1,450-mile river had been reunited with its natural ...

The Colorado River has reached its natural destination in Mexico's Sea of Cortez. The reunion between the river and the sea stems from an agreement, named Minute 319, between Mexico and the United ...

The Colorado River has long been the poster casualty of this phenomenon. Just in time for World Water Day in March, the Morelos Dam on the Arizona-Mexico border was opened to allow a “pulse flow ...

The mighty Colorado River no longer reaches the Sea of Cortez. Its entire annual flow has diverted and spit out into hay fields, water fountains in front of Vegas hotels and thousands of golf courses.

To help reconnect the Colorado River to the Sea of Cortez, go to raisetheriver.org. Raise the River is a project of the Redford Center, the Environmental Defense Fund, ...

On Thursday (May 15) a high tide surged past a stubborn sandbar and connected the river with the Sea of Cortez, said Francisco Zamora, director of the Colorado River Delta Legacy Program for the ...

The Colorado River once flowed across the U.S. border into Mexico, emptying into the Sea of Cortez. But now, the river is dammed at the border, a trickle of what it once was.