Comments on: Don’t blame the Upper Basin states https://writersontherange.org/dont-blame-the-upper-basin-states/ Syndicated Opinion for the American West Tue, 12 Apr 2022 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Marlis Laursoo https://writersontherange.org/dont-blame-the-upper-basin-states/#comment-33 Thu, 24 Mar 2022 21:58:32 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=3307#comment-33 In reply to David H Merritt.

Sen. Monihan’s quote is so apt.

]]> By: David H Merritt https://writersontherange.org/dont-blame-the-upper-basin-states/#comment-32 Thu, 24 Mar 2022 21:38:47 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=3307#comment-32 This is what a lot of us in the Upper Basin have been trying to get across for a number of years. This has been the first declared shortage for the Lower Basin ever. However, when a rancher or grower in the Upper Basin can’t get their decreed water, either because of a call or because there is no water in the stream, it is not a “shortage” – there is just no water available.

]]> By: Rick Gold https://writersontherange.org/dont-blame-the-upper-basin-states/#comment-31 Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:59:21 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=3307#comment-31 Good job Mr. Sibley! Facts are important and you did a good job of pushing back against those who want to write a sensational piece without knowing what they are talking about.

]]> By: Don’t blame the upper basin states — Writers on the Range #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification – Coyote Gulch https://writersontherange.org/dont-blame-the-upper-basin-states/#comment-30 Tue, 22 Mar 2022 12:47:55 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=3307#comment-30 […] the link to read the article on the Writers on the Range website (George […]

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