NO Village at Wolf Creek: May 2024

AmericanRivers.org/rio-grande river

Because river systems are so critical to human thriving and commerce it makes sense to focus on protecting and nurturing those systems to guarantee our children will enjoy their benefits. Toward this end I think John Wesley Powell had a great idea when he advocated for western state lines to be drawn along river drainage basin boundary lines.

See, John Wesley Powell’s Report on the Lands of the Arid Regions of the United States (1878)

It’s too late for that, still, the importance of clean healthy rivers to downstream stakeholders, remains as crucial as ever. Especially as water levels drop.

Alberta Park sits below the Great Divide mountain slopes of the Wolf Creek snowshed, located within the Rio Grande National Forest. Its meltwater feeds through Alberta Park on the way to the Rio Grande River, and that gets way too little attention in this controversy were it sometimes feels like legalities and tossing papers at each other is the only thing that matters.

This posting is dedicated to the Rio Grande River and is basically a collection of articles, a bibliographic resource for learning some important background.

Alberta Park at Wolf Creek needs advocates to start lobbying the USDA-USFS powers-that-be to begin making every effort possible to reconsider going forward with this 1980’s speculative luxury retreat. Why? This is 2024, not the go-go ‘80s, environmentally and sociologically (read stakeholders) - the realities of the Rio Grande River Basin have become way more challenging.

I’m no expert, but I do know enough to seek out experts and get my facts from them. That’s what this bibliographic collection is all about, sharing important information with the friends of Wolf Creek & Alberta Park.

We The People should be able to expect the USDA-USFS to start incorporating the Rio Grande River and the greater good, along with science and climate realities. It’s time to get serious about prioritizing the health of the Rio Grande River system, as paramount over some developer’s glory pipe dream.

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GETTING TO KNOW THE RIO GRANDE RIVER

Texas Water Resources Institute - by Kerry Halladay - email - 2024

HYDROLOGY OF THE WOLF CREEK PASS AREA

MountainStudies.org - Dr. November 7, 2014 - Project Leader: Mark Williams (University of Colorado)

A RIVER STRETCH BEYOND ITS MEANS

Wild Earth guardians.org - email - 2024

A DRYING RIVER - The Rio Grande is in peril, and the consequences have already manifested

Erick S. Albarran - medium.com - Environmental Issue Profiles 2021

CLIMATE-SMART CONSERVATION ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER

Janessa Price - WorldWildlife.org -

RIO GRANDE IN HIGH DEMAND