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Previous Report Cards:

• 2011 Report Card
• 2010 Report Card
• 2009 Report Card
• 2008 Report Card
• 2007 Report Card
• 2006 Report Card
• 2005 Report Card
• 2004 Report Card

This 2012 State of the Rockies Report Card is titled The Colorado River Basin: Agenda for Use, Restoration, and Sustainability for the Next Generation. The sections of the Report Card include a summary of the Rockies Project Source to Sea trip, an investigation into the Colorado River's many diversions and uses, and an assessment of the "Law of the River," among many other topics.

The Rockies Project aims to inspire Report Card readers and Rockies events attendees to creatively contemplate, discuss, and engage in shaping the future of our beloved, beautiful, and fragile region-the Rocky Mountain West. Enjoy!

Printed copies of the 2004 through 2012 Report Cards are available for purchase through the Colorado College bookstore. Please click here to send a request to purchase a Report Card to the Rockies Project, or please e-mail Rockies@coloradocollege.edu.

 

2012 State of the Rockies Posters are available at:

Stephen Weaver's website or through the Rockies Project.

 

View an Electronic Version of the 2012 State of the Rockies Report Card (PDFs):

• Entire 2012 Report Card (may take a few minutes to load)

Report Card Sections:

• Front Cover, Acknowledgements, Table of Contents


• An Introduction from the President - The Colorado College State of the Rockies Project: Research, Report, Engage!
  Jill Tiefenthaler, President, Colorado College


• Colorado College, The Rocky Mountain West, and The State of the Rockies Project
  Walter E. Hecox, Project Director, State of the Rockies


• Editors’ Preface
  Walter E. Hecox, Project Director, State of the Rockies Project
  Brendan P. Boepple, Program Coordinator, State of the Rockies Project
  Matthew C. Gottfried, Technical Liason, State of the Rockies Project
  


• Kayaking from Source to Sea on the Colorado River: The Basin Up-Close and Personal
  by Zak Podmore, Rockies Project Field Researcher with photos from Will Stauffer-Norris, Rockies Project Field Researcher
  


• The Colorado River Basin: An Overview
  The State of the Rockies Project Research Team


• Demographics, Economy, and Agriculture Depend on Water Storage and Diversion: Is it a Zero Sum Game?
  by Sally Hardin, State of the Rockies Project Student Researcher
  • Case Study: The Flaming Gorge Pipeline
  • Case Study: The Wellton-Mohawk District and the Cienega de Santa Clara
    


• Laws of the Colorado River Basin: Obsolete or Flexible for a Sustainable Future?
  by Warren King, State of the Rockies Project Student Researcher


• Recreation in the Colorado River Basin: Is America’s Playground Under Threat?
  by Ben Taber, State of the Rockies Project Student Researcher


• Environment and Ecology of the Colorado River Basin
  by Natalie Triedman, State of the Rockies Project Student Researcher
  • Case Study: The Tamarisk
  • Case Study: Quagga Mussels


• The Colorado River Basin and Climate: Perfect Storm for the Twenty-First Century?
  by Carson McMurray, State of the Rockies Project Student Researcher
• Case Study: Dust on Snow
• Case Study: Desalination


• Managing the Colorado River Basin: An Agenda for Use, Restoration, and Sustainability
  An Open Letter
  From the 2011-12 Colorado College State of the Rockies Project Student Researchers


• Additional Acknowledgements, and Contributors


• Back Cover