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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. On the Waterfront: Connecting Neighborhoods to the Shore

   Events
   July 30, 2021
   Panelists: Freddy L. Collier, Jr., Kirsten Holzheimer Gail, Eric Wobser
   Moderator: Rick Jackson

   Euclid Mayor Kirsten Holzheimer Gail, Sandusky City Manager Eric Wobser, and Cleveland City Planning Director Freddie Collier discuss how three Ohio cities – Euclid, Sandusky, and Cleveland – have taken steps to increase waterfront access.

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. Land Lines, July 2021

   Land Lines Magazine
   July 2021
   Edited by Katharine Wroth

   In this issue, aerial photographer Alex MacLean documents the growth of urban agriculture, we explore the critical connections between urban planning and water management, and we report on the...

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. Boston Takes on Climate Change

    Among the World's Most Prepared But Also the Most Vulnerable, the City Is Making Big Plans to Protect Itself
    Land Lines Magazine
    April 2021
    By Anthony Flint, April 27, 2021

    This article is copublished with the American Planning Association’s Planning magazine. After a severe winter storm in 2018, a dumpster broke free of its moorings in Boston's warehouse district, and...