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maxsolomon

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3. And the "Mud Glacier" in Lake Powell isn't going anywhere

Reply to Bo Zarts (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 11, 2023, 06:57 PM

Apr 2023

Last edited Wed Apr 12, 2023, 11:25 AM - Edit history (1)

except downhill. Tons and tons and tons of it that should be in the Gulf of California. It will bury the riverbed for decades, centuries.

I waded through it for several miles on the last day of a rafting trip down the San Juan River 7 years ago - pushing & pulling the raft against an upriver wind.

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Inevitable. maxsolomon Apr 2023 #1

The Monkey Wrench Gang was right all along. Bo Zarts Apr 2023 #2

And the "Mud Glacier" in Lake Powell isn't going anywhere maxsolomon Apr 2023 #3

There are some places VGNonly Apr 2023 #6

U mean the Gulf of California, right? roamer65 Apr 2023 #7

LOL, yes that's what I meant! maxsolomon Apr 2023 #13

Yes he was. yonder Apr 2023 #4

Hayduke Lives Magoo48 Apr 2023 #5

Sounds like the river will be dead by the decade plus the inevitable lawsuits get sorted out. LudwigPastorius Apr 2023 #8

Seems reasonable to me. Lasher Apr 2023 #9

Getting rid of the wildcat subdivision loophole would help in AZ not fooled Apr 2023 #10

Actually, 80% of the water goes to agriculture AZLD4Candidate Apr 2023 #11

The aquifer up where I live not fooled Apr 2023 #14

What is the Navaho Nation's cut? Bayard Apr 2023 #12

California is nearly flooded out with newdayneeded Apr 2023 #15

California is huge. The vast majority of that snowpack isn't going where this water is. maxsolomon Apr 2023 #17

Do it, now, just do it republianmushroom Apr 2023 #16