Director, J. P. (2021, August 16). U.S. Government Declares Water Delivery Reductions to Southwestern States as Climate Change Devastates Colorado River. Retrieved August 22, 2021, from https://www.audubon.org/news/us-government-declares-water-delivery-reductions-southwestern-states-climate

 

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced that 2022 will bring water shortages to Arizona, the Republic of Mexico, and Nevada. The announcement also included that the Colorado River’s reservoirs are continuing to decline because of wetland depletion and longer dry seasons. Climate change scientists do not think there will be an end to the water supply decline. The article addresses worries about the future: will short-term solutions be enough? How long until fossil groundwater and reservoirs will run out? Long-term solutions are needed to restore wetlands and improve forest health, or else problems will only get bigger, faster.

 

This article makes a good point about moving towards the future. The U.S. will need to stop relying on short-term solutions for large-scale problems. Long-term solutions will need to be developed. Even though this article isn’t directly about wetland restoration, it is necessary for solving a problem like the one described. If the nation works harder towards restoring wetlands, larger catastrophes like running out of water in certain areas can be slowed down or avoided for many more years.