But it wasn’t always this way. It’s the Colorado River Delta, where the river once met the Pacific Ocean and created a sprawling network of forests and wetlands. For decades, though ...

Almost all wastewater is reused or returned to the Colorado River. In 1922, conservationist Aldo Leopold paddled a canoe through the great delta at the mouth of the Colorado River. He wrote ...

The Colorado River Delta is an important rest point for migratory birds including the yellow-breasted chat, vermilion flycatcher and endangered yellow-billed cuckoo, according to conservationists.

But it is real, and is an oasis for endemic and migratory birds that cross the Colorado River delta. Here, just south of the US-Mexico border, used water from the city of Mexicali gets a second life.

The Colorado River Delta is an important rest point for migratory birds, including the yellow-breasted chat, vermilion flycatcher and endangered yellow-billed cuckoo, according to conservationists.

conservationists are working to bring a once-dying river delta back to life. On a stretch of the Colorado River, which on the Mexican side of the frontier is mostly a dry riverbed, native ...