8 min
The Bilingual River Semester in the West Podcast
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- Gobierno
The Colorado River was long ago tamed: Manifest Destiny and a can-do attitude built dams and canals that take nearly all its water to Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles. Mexico, home of the Colorado's mouth, was left with what remained: water that existed mostly on paper. After 100 years, this dynamic is slowly shifting.
The Colorado River was long ago tamed: Manifest Destiny and a can-do attitude built dams and canals that take nearly all its water to Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles. Mexico, home of the Colorado's mouth, was left with what remained: water that existed mostly on paper. After 100 years, this dynamic is slowly shifting.
8 min