Dave Marston: Ditches in the West are a vanishing paradise

A warming climate means that there’s not enough water for rivers and ditches.

(Emily Sinclair | via Writers on the Range)

Saddle Mountain Ditch, Crawford County, Colorado, May 2022

(Emily Sinclair | via Writers on the Range) Saddle Mountain Ditch, Crawford County, Colorado, May 2022

| July 26, 2022, 3:00 p.m.

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