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Colorado River Basin Integrated Science and Technology
Example USGS Integrated Science Projects in the Colorado River Basin
The USGS has a long history of delivering science and tools to help decision-makers manage and mitigate effects of drought. The ASIST initiative unifies USGS expertise together with the vast national, regional, and local data sets and modeling capabilities to deliver complex earth system science as actionable, predictive intelligence to support decision making.
USGS Science Collaboration Portal for the Colorado River Basin
To help resource managers plan and mitigate long-term drought impacts in the Colorado River Basin, the USGS has launched a platform that brings together science, data, and mapping and analytical tools from across the basin in a central location.
Colorado River Basin Drought and the 2023 Water Year
Over the last two decades, the Colorado River Basin has been in an extended drought, causing substantial changes to the basin, including increased wildfire activity, vegetation shifts, and the depletion of streamflows and water levels in major reservoirs along the river. Although the 2023 water year was a wet year, it was not uniformly good or record-setting.
Geologic Stories in Grand Canyon
Take a trip through Grand Canyon with USGS geologists to learn about geologic mapping in this iconic landscape. On the trip, scientists from Arizona, New Mexico, California and Colorado also conducted a series of related research studies to inform the geologic maps and geologic history of Grand Canyon.