Jennifer Pitt
@JnPitt
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Colorado River Program Director for @audubonsociety - tweets are my own
Joined February 2011
This winter relieves *some* pressure on our water supply—but we would need years of big winters to restore water levels. The reality is we need to prepare for a drier future, and make plans to share the shortages #CORiver #birdsneedwater
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Water is life.
Happy #WorldWaterDay!💧. The UN 2023 Water Conference starts today - uniting the world to solve the water crisis. You can play your part. Your simple #WaterActions will make a big impact. Be like the hummingbird 🐦 and do what you can!.➡️
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Conservation Organizations Emphasize Need to Protect Environmental Priorities in Colorado River Basin | Audubon #birdsneedwater
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Denver—Several conservation organizations today urge Colorado River Basin decision-makers to protect critical environmental priorities as they wrestle with Basin management decisions being made...
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RT @ByIanJames: The river's end:.In Mexico, where the shrinking Colorado River no longer flows to the sea, some are calling for a "water re….
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In Mexico, where the shrinking Colorado River no longer flows to the sea, some are calling for a "water revolution."
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The massive dams on the #ColoradoRiver were supposed to protect us. But today, the water stored behind them is so diminished that govt has warned of system collapse. We all have to use less water.
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Audubon submits comments to Bureau of Reclamation as they develop new operating rules.
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RT @audubonsociety: We need to continue reforming Colorado River management—because while winter storms are inherently good for water suppl….
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But conservation mindset still needed.
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RT @JnPitt: If states use the 100-year-old #ColoradoRiver Compact and other venerable laws to argue that management improving outcomes for….
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Can it survive another century?
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If states use the 100-year-old #ColoradoRiver Compact and other venerable laws to argue that management improving outcomes for tribes and environment is not possible, they will be proving the legal framework needs reform #birdsneedwater.
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Can it survive another century?
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Join me next week - in-person or virtual - for the @SalazarNAmerica event on transboundary conservation #birdsneedwater
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RT @audubonsociety: Immediate water conservation is needed to prevent near-term crisis on the Colorado River, but the conditions driving th….
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Audubon’s letter to address historically low water supplies.
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Today is the last day of 2022 flows in the #CORiver Delta supporting communities, birds, and other wildlife. This wouldn't be possible w/o significant collaboration b/w the U.S. and Mexico @usbr @conagua_mx @usibwc @cilamexico #birdsneedwater
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Binational agreement a model for river management in a climate change world.
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We can fix this with collaborative decision-making!.
About 40 million people in the Western United States depend on water from the Colorado River, and the entire nation benefits from food farmed with its waters.
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RT @yodibal: we can not afford to ignore the fact women's key and essential role in #society! Join us at the #wwweek2022 as we launch the w….
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Enough said via @NYTimes #birdsneedwater
nytimes.com
Quotation of the Day for Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022.
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RT @audubonsociety: As we face a hotter, drier climate, short-term reductions in water use are non-negotiable—carrying on as usual risks co….
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Water scarcity on the River means deeper cuts are coming.
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RT @TheStephSy: "The cuts are significant, but I think even more significant is the rapidity with which the reservoirs on the Colorado Rive….
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The federal government on Tuesday announced a second round of water restrictions to states that depend on the Colorado River Basin. The move comes as the American West faces unprecedented challenges...
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RT @TheStephSy: Coming up tonight on @NewsHour, how the most recent water cuts will and will not help the crisis of the shrinking #Colorado….
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Time to scale up water conservation - thank you @SenCortezMasto @SenMarkKelly @SenatorBennet #birdsneedwater
cortezmasto.senate.gov
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) announced an agreement to include $4 billion in funding for the Bureau of Reclam...
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RT @maurice_water: Exciting news: @EnvDefenseFund @NASA and @USGS are presenting @OpenETdata at #WWWeek Aug. 29. Our user panel will includ….
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