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Cisco Resort and other water buffalo oddities

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Cisco Resort and other water buffalo oddities

A 1946 report called for the Colorado River System to be dammed, diverted, and industrialized

Jonathan P. Thompson
Jun 1, 2022
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The Colorado River from Navajo Bridge below Lee’s Ferry and Glen Canyon Dam. The proposed Marble Canyon Dam would have been just downstream from here. Jonathan P. Thompson photo.

Reading and listening to accounts of running the Colorado River and its tributaries before the dams came can be heartbreaking because it reminds us of all that has been lost. …

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