• Transatlantic Left Voices

Most vitally, the banks of the Gila and its floodplains are home to millions of people, many of whom trace their histories back thousands of years before the first contacts with European colonial powers. In 2021 at the peak of another historic wildfire season, and following the first ever water shortage to be declared on the vital Colorado River, the pressures on the fragile ecosystems of the American West are at an all-time high.