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1. Lessons from the Colorado River: Climate, Land, and Drought (A 75th Anniversary Lincoln Institute Dialogue)

   Events
   September 8, 2021
   Speakers: Bruce Babbitt, Brenda Burman, and Jim Holway

   Join us for a discussion on lessons from the Colorado river on how climate change and land use drive access to one of the most basic human needs—fresh water.

2. Land Matters Podcast

   Season 2, Episode 6: Land’s Crucial Role in Fighting Climate Change
   Land Lines Magazine
   August 2021
   By Anthony Flint, August 16, 2021

   In this summer of 2021, land is being ravaged. Wildfires burn in the western United States, Canada and elsewhere, destroying whole towns and sending smoke across the continent. Meanwhile, the Amazon...

3. Examining State Planning Enabling Laws Regarding Water Planning Requirements

   Working Papers
   July 2021
   Cassie Pettit and Sagar Shah

   This report summarizes the methodology, findings, and implications of examining and evaluating the legal requirements for water provisions within comprehensive plans in each of the 50 states. Focus...

4. Research Fellow- Colorado River Basin Land and Water Indicators Project

   July 2021

   Position Title: Research Fellow Supervisor Title: Senior Program Manager Dates: August 1, 2021 – April 30, 2022 FLSA Status: Full-time / Exempt Location: Phoenix, AZ or remotely Project Description...

5. Examining the Water and Land Use Connection in Water Utility Planning Requirements

   An Inventory of the Laws of all 50 States
   Working Papers
   July 2021
   Mary Ann Dickinson, Bill Christiansen, Brad Spilka, and Adam Schempp

   This project examined and evaluated the legal requirements for water utility plans in each of the 50 states, with a particular emphasis on how those plans intersect with land use policy and planning...

6. A Cartographic Meditation

   Mapping the Colorado River Basin in the 21st Century
   Land Lines Magazine
   June 2021
   By Zach Sugg, June 18, 2021

   The Babbitt Center’s new Colorado River Basin map is available at no cost as a downloadable pdf and as a hard copy. Where is the Colorado River Basin? A novice attempting a cursory Google search will...

7. Native American Graduate Fellowship Program in Land and Water Management

   Graduate Student Fellowship
   Graduate Student Fellowship Opportunities
   June 2021

   The Native American Graduate Fellowship in Land and Water Management supports Native American students’ pursuit of skills and expertise that can be applied to advance water resilience in tribal communities.

8. Some Experts Welcome Alarm Bells About Arizona Groundwater

   Tucson.com
   May 24, 2021
   Lincoln Institute in the News

9. Map: Colorado River Basin

   Maps and Infographics
   May 2021
   Text by Matt Jenkins and design by Jeff Allenby and Chaz Baculi

   Download PDF This lifeline in the desert has made human survival possible, fed much of the United States, and helped fuel a regional economy that would, by some accounts, be the fifth-largest in the...

10. Houston on the Front Lines of Sprawl

    Videos and Multimedia
    April 2021
    Speaker: William Fulton

    A presentation and dialogue with Bill Fulton, Director, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University.