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The San Juan River swells up, spreads destruction
Watching the streamflow gages for Four Corners area rivers has been astounding; seeing the images of the destruction wrought by the high waters is heart-rending. As of mid-day Monday, the rains had mostly moved on, and streamflows were cont...
Rain and floods and tornadoes, oh my!
A couple of bald eagles watch the storm move in from a cottonwood tree near Norwood, Colorado. Jonathan P. Thompson photo.
Yet another round of storms slammed the Southwest this week, wreaking havoc across the region and hitting the Four...
NOTES FROM THE ROAD: From the San Juan Basin gasfields to Grants uranium country
Note: Apologies again for the sporadic dispatches! I’ve been on the road and blissfully off the grid lately, so haven’t been able to get these up with the usual frequency. Expect more of the same for the next few weeks, then we’ll get back...
NEWSWIRE: The soaking of the Southwest continues, plus a lot more
The La Plata Mountains in full autumnal splendor. Jonathan P. Thompson photo.
⛈️ WACKY WEATHER WATCH⚡️
Welcome to another totally human-curated (and a bit late) edition of the Land Desk’s Newswire, a weekly compendium of important...
Notes from the Road: Lees Ferry in the wind and the rain
Note: I started writing this as the intro to today’s Newswire. Then it occurred to me that today is Indigenous Peoples Day, and some other holiday for certain cultures, and folks probably aren’t going to be into reading the news. So here’s...
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