“The Colorado is this amazing artist with this grandiose palette,” Vanessa Keating said, “but by the time you get to Yuma, Ariz., you can walk across the river without getting your ankles wet.”
Used by 40 million people in the Southwest, the Colorado River hasn’t regularly reached the Pacific Ocean in decades, and concern over the declining levels of Lake Powell and Lake Mead has grown more urgent in recent years.
“I think more people should be aware that everybody in the country eats the produce provided by the river,” Keating said. “So it’s not just a Southwestern crisis; it’s a countrywide crisis.” Keating’s route has sometimes taken her long distances from the Colorado’s actual course since she uses a wheeled cart to carry food, water and gear, and she prefers to stay on roads.
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