Are we in a megadrought?
As the dry-spell continues, a radio forum on water security in Western states.
Low water levels at Lake Mead.
Associate editor Brian Calvert hosts Soundtable, a collaboration between the High Country News university classroom program and KVNF radio in Paonia, Colorado. Episode 1: "When in (Mega?)drought." With guests:
- Patricia Mulroy, former general manager for the Southern Nevada Water Authority;
- George Frisvold, an agricultural economist at the University of Arizona;
- Jennifer Pitt, director of the Colorado River Program for the Environmental Defense Fund; and
- Jonathan Overpeck, co-director of the Institute of the Environment at the University of Arizona.
Listen here:
- Water
- Drought
- Agriculture
- Multimedia
- Southwest
- Communities
- Growth & Sustainability
- Audio
- Climate Change
