Sierra Vista Research Paper

Imagine yourself as a young cowboy that has just received a telegram from a man you met during your time in North Dakota. This man was Theodore Roosevelt telling you that he was going to resign as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and help form the 1st U.S Volunteer Cavalry to fight those rotten Spaniards down in Cuba. Being the striking young man that you are you take up his offer and head down to Texas where this new unit will be training for the harsh environment of Cuba. Training in Texas went great, you and everyone else loaded onto a train headed to Tampa Bay Florida expecting to be there in about 4 days. Just as planned you and the other members of the 1st U.S Volunteer Cavalry arrived in Tampa on time. Now is when the unexpected finally hits, the ships that were to carry all of the men and all the horses will in fact not hold all the men, let alone the horses. You sadly had to get the short straw and were forced to be one of the unlucky men that have to stay in the U.S and take care of all the

“The lands on either side of the mountain front, however, experience a water deficit. The people living in these areas have looked to water-storage projects in the Rockies for irrigation domestic and industrial use, navigation, and hydroelectric power generation, as well as for flood control. Most of the potential site for large dams already have been utilized, and smaller dams in the headwater regions are now being constructed (Rocky Mountains).”

The Colorado River Basin starts in the Rocky Mountains and cuts through 1500 miles of canyon lands and deserts of seven US states and two Mexican states to supply a collection of dams and reservoirs with water to help irrigate cropland, support 40 million people, and provide hydroelectric power for the inland western United States [1,2]. From early settlement, rights over the river have been debated and reassigned to different states in the upper and lower basin; however, all the distribution patterns lead to excessive consumption of the resource. In 1922, the seven US states signed into the Colorado River Compact, which outlined the policy for the distribution rights to the water [3], however, this compact was written during an exceptionally

Yet, humans have limited control on natural events, so this only reinforces the importance of managing water wisely. Recently California’s government has begun to focus more on sustaining and restoring the water supply. Dale Kasler (2016) articulates in his article some of the steps they have decided to make to solve this serious issue. The government has made the following investments: “$415 million for watershed restoration and other environmental aid for Lake Tahoe; up to $335 million for two proposed reservoirs in California, including the Sites reservoir north of Sacramento; $880 million for flood-control projects on the American and Sacramento rivers in Sacramento; and $780 million for flood-control projects in West Sacramento” (para. 10). This could be the first step to restoring the water to California. But these

“Change in the timing and amount of stream flows and spring and seep discharges will affect a wide range of wildlife species, livestock, and wild horses and burros. Water availability from these sources could dry up earlier in the summer as a result of the early melt of the snowpack causing increased competition for water and forage across the landscape. Pipelines and troughs installed by BLM and livestock permits that provide water for livestock, wild horses, and wildlife species over tens of millions of acres may have a reduced capacity to meet these needs” (Pellant). “The Great Basin Desert is home to more than 77,000 mountainous acres of land, 5 distinctive habitats, 71 different kinds of mammals, 18 types of reptiles, and 800 different plant species” (Grange). With all this changing it will be difficult for the desert’s water to meet animal and nature’s needs for life. One animal this has an effect on is the Bull Trout an endangered fish and facing extinction in this desert

One of the challenges developers faced while building these canals was flooding. In 1916 a major flood hit Yuma destroying buildings and homes and more reconstruction needed to be done. To make this water source lasts developers had to change these canals. By adding siphons along the canals and rivers making the water flowing and stable. Now with the water at a steady flow more Wheat, Cotton, Broccoli and Lettuce can be grown for the seasons. The Colorado River flows progressively, Indians in the desert are relying on Yuma on the

In his book, Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Marc Reisner’s main thesis is to show the inefficiency, greed, and inherent difficulty in the American West’s never-ending struggle to turn its unwelcoming desert into a lush garden. One of his main sub-points is that the West is not meant to support millions of people. It has a wide range of geographic challenges throughout the entire region. Its inconsistency and diversity is a primary cause of its water problems. For example, Reisner notes that the West consists of “plains so arid that they could barely support bunchgrass; deserts that were fiercely hot and fiercely cold; streams that flooded a few weeks each year and went dry the rest; forests with trees so large it might take days to bring one down; . . . hail followed by drought followed by hail;” (23).

Now Arizona is not the typical state that has a lot of precipitation and rain yearly, but it depends off other reservoirs, lakes, and rivers located in other states to for their water supply. After searching and conducting research, it was found that the main impact Arizona is suffering from the drought is decreasing water levels is from Lake Mead (located in Nevada), and the Colorado River, which flows North to South through several U.S. states. Research and data found shows that the Bureau of Reclamation releases water into the Colorado River below Lake Mead to meet water demands of downstream users in Arizona and California, and also to satisfy treaty obligations to the Republic of Mexico. Findings by the Bureau of Reclamation show that Lake Mead water level’s peaked at 1,214.26 in January of 2000. Almost a decade and a half later, recorded in January 2014, the water levels of Lake Mead are now 1,108.75 (Smith, 2014). This findings show that Arizona is continually getting a decline in water from Lake Mead every month that passes, affects thousands of residents living in Arizona, which already lacks water to begin with. If this continues, this can cause many civilians to both stand by and bare the drought as long as they can, or decide to move out of Arizona to states with a better water supply, so they won’t be burdened with the continual burden of having to ration and conserve water. The state has

Rancho Palos Verdes is an affluent suburb of Los Angeles. Sitting atop the Palos Verdes Hills and bluffs of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, it is known for expansive views of the Pacific Ocean. The history of Rancho Palos Verdes dates back to the Spanish explorers and the establishment of the first Spanish rancho land grant in California. Its most notable geographic features are the Palos Verdes Hills and cliffs with grand vistas of the Pacific Ocean, and views of Santa Catalina Island.

The last place I went to was called, “Vista Point”. Vista Point was at the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge. It was when but it was also a high place. But it was just another view of the Golden Gate Bridge. I don’t really have anything to write about this because it was the same thing but, it was just as good as the other places.

In The Great Thirst, Norris Hundley offers a comprehensive view of the aboriginal waterscape and how early Native Americans managed the water resources available to them prior to contact with Europeans. He describes a California with abundant water, though not necessarily through rainfall. Depending on the location in California, water can be found in rainfall, runoff from snow melt, and from underground aquifers. At the time of first European contact with the area, these aquifers resulted in underground springs and even fountains coming to the surface of the earth. He discusses rivers, lakes, and marshlands that were year-round, but whose size fluctuated according to the seasons. Furthermore, he discusses how water resources could vary greatly in the area. For example, Hundley discusses both El Nino and La Nina and how they result in fluctuations in precipitation. However, more importantly, Hundley discusses longer periods of drought, which seem to operate independently of the El Nino/ La Nina cycle, and can cause significant shortages in water availability. He discusses the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers and the roles that they play in the waterscape of the area, as well as the numerous underground water rivers that play pivotal roles as well. Finally, Hundley discusses how the source of the water, the Pacific Ocean, creates the precipitation that falls over the California area, resulting

With today’s drought situations, it is more important than ever to be aware of the water sources in Wyoming as well as the various uses of the water and the amount of usable water that is available compared to the amount that must be used. This paper will not only inform about those uses and numbers, but also the highly debated HB 19 bill and the four major river basins in the western part of the country that supply Wyoming with it’s water. We will be talking about where and how Wyoming gets most of its surface water every year. Along with surface water, groundwater is also an important supply of water to the area which we count on for the environment, and it is important to try to conserve as much of

Water has become such a scarce necessity that the city is now taking larger amounts of water from the Cutzamala and Lerma River Basins. Mexico City does provide for itself a decent amount of water—approximately seventy percent (Tortajada and Castelan, 2003). Even though Mexico City supports itself with water from the basin it lies in—Basin of Mexico—it does so with repercussions. The most difficult problems the city is facing occur because the groundwater is being mined: they are removing more than naturally flows in. Mexico City is situated on a dry lake bed, and it is suffering from soil subsidence. They are overdrafting groundwater so much that the city sinks at an average rate of thirty centimeters each year (Alcocer and Williams, 1996).

The plentiful natural lavishness of Sierra Vista has made it one of the world's hottest holiday destinations. The magnificence and liveliness of the city can undoubtedly give you a refreshing and enthralling experience. From explorers to multimillionaire vacationers, Sierra Vista AZ hotels serve the individual requirements of people of diverse personalities.

Built on an inhospitable dessert, Las Vegas seemed to thrive as a fantasy, complete with high-end homes and luxury resorts. In the best of times, water conservation is a complex task in Las Vegas, anticipating the multitude of factors that can affect the reliability of the community's water supply and investing in resources or projects that will provide a buffer against uncertainty. Subsequently, researchers from the Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography state that Lake Mead has a “50% chance of deteriorating to ‘dead pool’ by 2036”1 which is the level at which the reservoir's surface drops “beneath Las Vegas' lowest water intake”2. Las Vegas nearing its imminent water shortage plans to conserve water by “constraining water for irrigation, fountains and water features, golf course and Government facilities”3 to building underground aquifers which burrow tunnels in its effort in maintaining water. But as the slow process of decreasing its already high