Jonathan P. Thompson: LandDesk.org; author of River of Lost Souls, Behind the Slickrock Curtain, Sagebrush Empire; contributing ed. @highcountrynews;
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The Land Desk retweeted
Jun 14
The European mind understands it perfectly. This is what imperial decadence looks like: public institutions converted into branded spectacle, civic memory replaced by adrenaline theater, and the People’s House turned into a content backdrop for regime propaganda.
The joke is not that Europe cannot comprehend it. The joke is that America no longer recognizes what it is becoming.
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If you’ve ever wondered about Lee vs. Lee’s Ferry, what that has to do with a 19th century mass murder, and what any of that has to do with MAGA Sen. Mike Lee, well, I’ve got some answers here: landdesk.org/p/to-lees-or-no…
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The Land Desk retweeted
Sen. Heinrich: I want to commend Senator Barrasso for working in a very bipartisan way on dealing with wildfire threats that we're all struggling with. And I think putting the Roadless Rule repeal into this legislation just blows that up.
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San Juan Basin fossil fuel industries keep polluting, even as they fade away, by @Land_Desk open.substack.com/pub/landde…
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The Land Desk retweeted
May 29
Climate change comes for a #LakePowell marina: Will Bullfrog survive the shrinking #ColoradoRiver? -- Jonathan P. Thompson (LandDesk.org) #COriver #aridification coyotegulch.blog/2026/05/29/…
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The Land Desk retweeted
May 28
Climate change comes for a Lake Powell marina, by @Land_Desk open.substack.com/pub/landde…
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May 10
I weighed in on the ginormous Project Stratos data center project near the Great Salt Lake that would include 9 GW of natural gas generation. open.substack.com/pub/landde…
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The Land Desk retweeted
May 2
MAYDAY! Snowpack Report, by @Land_Desk open.substack.com/pub/landde…
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The Land Desk retweeted
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The Land Desk retweeted
Apr 17
Lake Powell is projected to hit de facto dead pool (3,500’) by July…as in a few months from now
Apr 17
April 24 Month Projections for #ColoradoRiver just out. These show a 7.48 MAF Release from Powell so it loses power head
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The Land Desk retweeted
Apr 17
“…Salt River Basin’s meagre snowpack had vanished by March 1, spring runoff peaked weeks ago, and flows are rapidly falling…Central Arizona Project has relatively low priority rights, meaning it will be the first to take cuts as the river shrinks.”
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Apr 14
The feds are indicating they'll "defend" 3,500 feet in Lake Powell to avoid dropping below minimum power pool, or what I call "de facto deadpool." @Land_Desk open.substack.com/pub/landde…
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The Land Desk retweeted
Apr 12
Colorado River crisis: Emergency drawdown of Flaming Gorge is imminent, officials say. The water situation is crashing so rapidly that authorities can't confidently track the extent of it. - @WyoFile #coloradorivercrisis wyofile.com/its-incredibly-b…
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The Land Desk retweeted
March 2026 was *by far* the hottest in New Mexico's recorded history - 4.4º warmer than the previous record. The statewide average March temperature has never been above 51.2º and this year was 55.6º. It also tied for the 2nd driest March on record.
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The Land Desk retweeted
Apr 8
Precipitation year-to-date in Arizona ranks as the 28th driest on record (since 1895), however the totals ranged widely across the state from slightly above normal in the southeast (Cochise Co) to much below normal in the southwest (Yuma Co).
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The Land Desk retweeted
Apr 8
Year-to-date temperatures are the warmest in the recorded period of record (since 1895) for every state in the southwest 1/3 of the country. In fact, just about every county in these states is the warmest recorded Jan-Feb-Mar.
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The Land Desk retweeted
March was unusually warm across much of the U.S. Daily record highs were widespread and persistent—especially in the Southwest, where some sites saw 12 record days. Over 100 locations tied or set records for their warmest March temperature, highlighting the early-season heat.
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The Land Desk retweeted
Apr 2
California clocked its second-worst snowpack on record Wednesday, a potentially troubling signal ahead for fire season. It’s an alarming end to a winter that saw abnormally dry conditions briefly wiped from CA’s drought map in January. #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2026/04/0…
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The Land Desk retweeted
Trump's @Interior is proposing to revoke the Biden-era withdrawal of federal land around Chaco Canyon from oil and gas development. Pueblo leaders and environmentalists have concerns. The scoping period ends next week. eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Ho…
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The Western Environmental Reporting Collaborative ramps up in July. hcn.org/issues/58-4/how-hcn-…
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