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Creating Water Resiliency on the Navajo Nation

July 1, 2025 | By Peggy Hodgkins

Ryan Barton emphasizes the importance of collaboration and negotiation in solving water issues and bringing resilient water systems to the Navajo Nation.  As a hydrologist working for the Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources,  Ryan has been involved in projects for over a decade including hydrographic surveys, lake capacity studies, and the San Juan River Basin Crop Inventory.  Science Moab talks with Ryan about his most recent and ongoing efforts to successfully provide drinking water to the Westwater community west of Blanding, UT through extensive collaboration among various entities.  Ryan’s path into hydrology has been influenced by family and childhood experiences of nature conservation.

 

Science Moab · Creating Water Resiliency on the Navajo Nation

Ethical Study of Tribal Forests

May 20, 2022 | By Admin

The community wants to prioritize cultural and spiritual connections to the land within the Navajo Nation forest department. Jaime Yazzie is trying to make that happen. As a scientific analyst with the Laboratory of Tree Ring Research, Yazzie studies Tribal forests, with an emphasis on kinship, harmony and balance even though it’s a real struggle to connect those ideas directly to a management objective, or a management strategy.

This episode of Science Moab was made possible by a Stem Action Grant from the Society for Science.

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Science Moab · Ethical Study of Tribal Forests

Water Sustainability on the Navajo Nation

January 7, 2022 | By Admin

With about 30% of homes lacking pipe water, and a little over 30% without electricity, it is critical to understand the precipitation network on the Navajo Nation in order to provide sustainable water sources. We talk with principal hydrologist Crystal Tulley-Cordova about her work with the Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources and her knowledge around the precipitation, recharge sources, and opportunities for water storage on the Navajo Nation.

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Science Moab · Water Sustainability on the Navajo Nation

Weather in the Arid Southwest

June 25, 2021 | By Admin

When puffy white clouds appear in the sky above a hot arid landscape, one may wonder “where is that moisture coming from?”.  The desert southwest is unique in many ways and the weather patterns are no exception. We talk about weather with Tony Merriman, meteorologist and outreach coordinator from the National Weather Service office in Flagstaff, AZ.  We discuss the large and small scale factors that contribute to the aridity and the (hopefully) moisture we have here on the Colorado Plateau.

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Science Moab · Weather in the Arid Southwest