Published: April 16, 2024 By
Colorado River

Colorado River Research Group (CRRG) members Jack Schmidt, Eric Kuhn and John Fleck submitted an 鈥渁lternative鈥 to the post-2026 EIS process entitled: 鈥淢anaging the Powell/Grand Canyon/Mead ecosystem after 2026.鈥澛 In a nutshell, the alternative suggests that the Secretary of Interior be empowered to employ an adaptive management approach allowing releases from Powell to Mead to 鈥渂e optimized to meet environmental, recreational, and cultural goals while retaining an interstate accounting system that still meets water-supply objectives.鈥