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8 Nev. L.J. 871 (2007-2008)
Collaboration in Mexico: Renewed Hope for the Colorado River Delta

handle is hein.journals/nevlj8 and id is 887 raw text is: COLLABORATION IN MEXICO: RENEWED HOPE FOR THE COLORADO RIVER DELTA Francisco Zamora-Arroyo,* Osvel Hinojosa-Huerta,** Edith Santiago,*** Emily Brott,**** and Peter Culp***** I. INTRODUCTION A little more than thirty years ago, the Colorado River Delta (the Delta) was considered all but a dead ecosystem by scientists and environmental orga- nizations alike. Once one of the largest wetland ecosystems in North America, a century of dam building, upstream water diversions, and agricultural develop- ment in the Mexicali Valley had reduced millions of acres of wetland ecosys- tem to just a few scattered areas of disconnected habitats by the 1970s. However, after flood flows in the 1980s and 1990s helped to revitalize impor- tant parts of this ecosystem, a collection of scientists, environmental organiza- tions, public officials, and private business leaders began to take a renewed interest in this ecosystem-and began to explore the possibility that it could be restored. With more than a decade of determined efforts now behind us, we think that there is renewed hope for the Colorado River Delta. International recogni- tion of the Delta's ecological and socioeconomic importance has never been * Dr. Francisco Zamora-Arroyo is Director of the Upper Gulf of California Legacy Program of the Sonoran Institute. Dr. Zamora has ten years of experience working in the Colorado River Delta during which he has developed an integrated analysis and view of the threats and opportunities for conservation and restoration of conservation priority areas. The Sonoran Institute is a not-for-profit organization that inspires and enables community decisions that respect the land and people of the West. ** Dr. Osvel Hinojosa-Huerta is the Director of the Water and Wetlands Program in Pronatura Noroeste. Dr. Hinojosa has coordinated several research and conservation projects in northwest Mexico, particularly about rivers and wetlands in the Sonoran Desert, including the Delta. He has elaborated on conservation and sustainable rural development plans, evaluated the status of endangered species, implemented restoration programs, and applied private and public mechanisms for securing water for instream flows. *** Edith Santiago is the coordinator of the Sonoran Institute's field office in Mexicali. She manages on-the-ground activities. **** Emily Brott is the project manager of the Sonoran Institute for outreach activities in the Delta. She manages the Adopt-the-River Program and environmental education activities. ***** Peter W. Culp is an attorney with the Phoenix office of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P., with a practice focusing on environmental, water, and natural resources law. He has assisted the Sonoran Institute and other NGOs with Colorado River Delta restoration efforts and Colorado River policy matters since 1999.

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