IMax: Grand Canyon--River at Risk

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A friend and I went to see a new IMax film this past week, and it was on the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River. I don't know if all the films in this series are narrated by Robert Redford, but he did the narration on this one, and it was both entertaining and sobering at the same time.

One of the principal people in the film was Wade Davis, who is an anthropologist. The film chronicles a trip he took from Lake Powell down the Colorado River. Robert Kennedy, Jr. is also on that same trip. Measuring the height of the waterline on Lake Powell itself, the Lake has gone down almost 50% in the past 10 or so years. This is also echoed in the waterline at Lake Mead.

I hope everyone gets a chance to see the film--it's informative, and it's always great to back a project narrated by Robert Redford. :)

[Earth_First]

1. How 'anti-green-space' you are...

Disclaimer :sarcasm:

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2. yup

That's me. ;)

[XOKCowboy]

3. As I remember the water for that golf course had to be pumped

over 200 miles from the Colorado up an elevation of 200 or so feet.

I just ordered another copy of Cadillac Desert. Incredible book (and PBS documentary) about the history and future of water in the West. It has been incredibly accurate so far in it's predictions.

[DCKit]

8. So pretty, yet so environmentally inappropriate.

It would be one thing if they were using the water (responsibly) to irrigate crops to feed people, but no golf course has greens fees high enough to justify the true cost of this water.

[ColbertWatcher]

4. Don't forget the right-wing Creationists...

...http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=801

and

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1119-28.htm

And they even have their own "encyclopedia"

http://creationwiki.org/Grand_Canyon

I'm surprised Creationists admit the Grand Canyon even exists.

[classof56]

6. Grand Canyon was made by Noah's flood, right?

I recall that after that, God promised he would never send another worldwide flood. Rainbows are testimony to that promise. Kinda too bad...we could sure use that water!

Okay, sarcasm, folks.

Tired Old Cynic

[ben_meyers]

5. Just look at this chart on the history of Lake Mead

Why it's down over 100 feet since the record level set in the mid 80's. I've seen predictions that the lake will go dry in 10 to 15 years!

http://www.arachnoid.com/NaturalResources/index.html

[ColbertWatcher]

7. The way the GOP see it...

...if it's not underwater, it's real estate.

[RadiationTherapy]

9. Lakes are a poor idea for water containment in the SW

"Most" (I have no proof of this other than hiking) water in its natural state out here are in deep canyons or underground which slows the evaporation rate.

It just seems so obvious to me; set a plate of water out next to a glass of water and watch the evaporation magic!!

Stupid Fn humans.

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10. When I was in college

My geology teacher hated the Army Corps of Engineers. He said they made all these really stupid moves which messed up so many geological things in the country. It's quite understandable.