The September 21st edition of Native America Calling has an excellent discussion of the history of the Dust Bowl, including the mostly ignored effects of that calamity on Native American communities. The guest speakers also pointed out that the current drought in the Southwest along with unsustainable farming and water management is leading us into a replay of the Dust Bowl.
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My dad, a hydraulic engineer, died in 1973. I remember him telling me years before then that the large population growth in the SW was unsustainable due to water issues.
I came across a good article this morning about the water situation in Nevada and Arizona, the title on NPR is "Where the Colorado River crisis is hitting home". It looks like a lot of lights are going out soon because of the low water level at Hoover Dam.
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