Viva La Verde
Last night I saw a wonderful video about the Verde River in Northern Arizona. It is one of only a few riparian rivers that remain in Arizona today, and it now runs the risk of being a dry riverbed that has water only when it rains. The primary threat is our lowering groundwater level and a pipeline that will start extracting water from the Big Chino aquifer to the cities of Prescott, Prescott Valley and Chino Valley; this aquifer is the primary source of the Verde River. This movie is available to view on the Citizens Water Advocacy Group website (http://www.cwagaz.org/videos/158-vivavideo) and the Vimeo page at http://vimeo.com/63984592 . The movie is about an hour long, but I think you will find it both beautiful and troubling.
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