{"id":4518,"date":"2011-12-15T14:59:56","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T20:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/?p=4518"},"modified":"2011-12-15T14:59:56","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T20:59:56","slug":"rockies-project-field-researchers-travel-down-colorado-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/2011\/12\/rockies-project-field-researchers-travel-down-colorado-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockies Project Field Researchers Travel Down Colorado River"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Will Stauffer-Norris \u201911 and Zak Podmore \u201911 on the Green River south of Wyoming\u2019s Wind River Range in late October.<\/p><\/div>\n

Two Colorado College State of the Rockies Project field researchers have begun a four-month \u201cSource to Sea\u201d journey down the length of the Colorado River.<\/p>\n

Will Stauffer-Norris \u201911<\/strong>, of Dayville, Ore., and\u00a0 Zak Podmore \u201911<\/strong>, of Glenwood Springs, Colo., are paddling the entire length of the Colorado River Basin, from the headwaters of the Green River high in Wyoming’s Wind River Range to the Sea of Cortez. The Colorado River Basin, one of the world\u2019s major fresh-water sources, flows through portions of seven states in the American Southwest on its way down to Mexico, and roughly 27 million people rely on the river for water, energy, and healthy ecosystems. Their goal is to study the Colorado River Basin and how its use, restoration, and sustainability will impact future generations. Their research will be included as part of this year’s Colorado College State of the Rockies Project, a student-led project that aims to increase public understanding of vital social, economic, and environmental issues affecting the Rocky Mountain region. Their findings will be presented at the State of the Rockies conference in April 2012.<\/p>\n

Will and Zak will be reporting from their kayaks with photos, videos, blog posts, and daily GPS tracking. Their schedule:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
October 30<\/td>\nLaunch into Lodore Canyon, north of\u00a0 Dinosaur, Colo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 3<\/td>\nOut of Lodore Canyon near Vernal\/Jensen, Utah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 3-4<\/td>\nResupply in Vernal\/Jensen, Utah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 7<\/td>\nLaunch into Desolation Canyon \u2013 Uintah\/Ouray, Utah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 13-14<\/td>\nOut of Desolation Canyon \u2013 Green River, Utah<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 26-28<\/td>\nPrep for Grand Canyon \u2013 Paige, Ariz.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 29<\/td>\nLaunch into Grand Canyon \u2013 Lees Ferry, Ariz.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
December 23<\/td>\nOut of Grand Canyon \u2013 Pearce Ferry, Ariz.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
December 30<\/td>\nThrough Boulder City, Nev.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
January 10<\/td>\nThrough Yuma, Ariz.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

You can follow them at http:\/\/coloradosourcetosea.coloradocollege.edu\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two Colorado College State of the Rockies Project field researchers have begun a four-month \u201cSource to Sea\u201d journey down the length of the Colorado River. Will Stauffer-Norris \u201911, of Dayville, Ore., and\u00a0 Zak Podmore \u201911, of Glenwood Springs, Colo., are paddling the entire length of the Colorado River Basin, from the headwaters of the Green…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[20,29],"class_list":["post-4518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-december-2011","tag-around-cc","tag-news-from-campus"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}