Welcome to Wonderhussy Adventure #248
Date of Adventure: 10/810/9/18
While houseboating on Lake Powell, we ran around on a rock outcropping and were stranded in the middle of the lake overnight. After being rescued, I went ashore and studied up on the issue of the Colorado River water crisis...and found it fascinating! John Wesley Powell, a Civil War vet who was the first white man to explore the Colorado River back in the 1800s, foresaw ALL OF THIS...and even stated as much almost 150 years ago. But, Congress did not heed his warning...thanks to lobbying from the railroads.
St George water usage information was taken from:
https://www.wired.com/story/americas...
https://www.citylab.com/environment/2...
https://knpr.org/knpr/201805/stgeor...
Music:
Sailors' Hornpipe: Charles Dalmaine, licensed under a Public Domain / Sound Recording Common Law Protection License.
Flutey Sting by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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Light Sting by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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Photos:
Dust Bowl: Sloan (?) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons; USDA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons; NOAA George E. Marsh Album [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
California Aqueduct: Ikluft Own work, CC BYSA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Horse petroglyph by Bureau of Land Management [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Pioneers: Internet Archive Book Images [No restrictions], via Wikimedia Commons
Green River/Steamboat Rock by National Park Service [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Glen Canyon: By George Wharton James, 1858—1923 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
JWPowell: Smithsonian Institution [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons; United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3a07308 Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Congress: Rufus Porter [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Leeches: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)], via Wikimedia Commons
US map: By US Department of Interior (File:US map rivers and lakes2.jpg) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Central Valley: Carol M. Highsmith Library of CongressCatalog: http://lccn.loc.gov/2013631234 Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Plow: National Archives and Records Administration [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons; U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
RR: John Carbutt [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons,
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
North Dakota: Ray Schauweker Imported from 500px (archived version) by the Archive Team. (detail page), CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
South Dakota: Runner1928 at English Wikipedia, CC BYSA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Idaho: Staplegunther at English Wikipedia, CC BYSA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Colorado: Chris Light Own work, CC BYSA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Wyoming: Bureau of Land Management Oregon National Historic Trail in Wyoming, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Oklahoma: DrunkDriver Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Nebraska: Ammodramus https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
texas windmill: By Leaflet Own work, CC BYSA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Kansas: By John Shea, FEMA Photo Library., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Montana: By Nicolás Boullosa from Barcelona, Spain (montanaUploaded by Gary Dee) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)], via Wikimedia Commons
Seattle: Free photo 96290114 © creativecommonsphotos Dreamstime.com
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