In "Western Water A to Z" the Dolores River shows region's water issues in microcosm

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In "Western Water A to Z" the Dolores River shows region's water issues in microcosm

Preface Years ago while I was in graduate school, I had the opportunity to join the University of Colorado Adventure Program for a raft trip down the Dolores River in southwest Colorado. I was in a paddle raft, and we were fast approaching Snaggletooth, one of the more (in)famous rapids in the West.  Ahead of us, the gear boat made it through the chute at the start of the rapid, but then momentarily lodged on the Snaggletooth, a gnarly pointed d…