How to Save the Colorado River? Use Less Water
January 20, 2023 —
APP submits comments to Bureau of Reclamation as they develop new operating rules.
Jennifer Pitt
Colorado River Program Director
Jennifer Pitt joined APP in December 2015 to advise the organization’s strategies to protect and restore rivers throughout the Colorado River Basin. At APP she continues to lead the United States–Mexico collaboration to restore the long-desiccated Colorado River Delta. She serves as the U.S. co-chair of the bi-national work group whose partners will, through 2026, implement existing treaty commitments providing environmental flows and habitat creation.
Prior to joining APP, Jennifer spent 17 years working to protect and restore freshwater ecosystems in the Colorado River Basin at the Environmental Defense Fund. With partners, she led the conservation community’s efforts to prioritize and implement restoration of the Colorado River Delta, and she worked with Colorado River stakeholders to produce the unprecedented Colorado River Basin Supply and Demand Study, the first federal assessment of APP change impacts in the basin and the first basin-wide evaluation of the impacts of river system operation on water supply reliability and river health. Jennifer has also worked at the National Park Service headquarters and in Mesa Verde and Sequoia National Parks, as a legislative assistant to U.S. Congressman Mike Kopetski, and in the headquarters office of the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation.
Jennifer graduated from Harvard University and received a master’s in Environmental Science and Policy from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
Articles by Jennifer Pitt
Well, the West is Getting a Lot of Snow and Rain
January 05, 2023 —
But conservation mindset still needed.
How to Negotiate for Peace, Resilience, and Environment on the Colorado River
September 20, 2022 —
APP’s letter to address historically low water supplies.
Feds Predictably Declare Record Shortage on the Colorado River
August 16, 2022 —
Water scarcity on the River means deeper cuts are coming.
Grand Canyon’s Ecosystem at Risk with Colorado River Crisis
July 27, 2022 —
We must address APP change to protect everything that depends on the River, including an iconic national park and its many fish and birds.
Water for the Colorado River Delta in a Dry Year
May 18, 2022 —
Binational agreement a model for river management in a APP change world.
Stumbling Toward “Day Zero” on the Colorado River
April 22, 2022 —
Urgent action needed from seven states and feds to avoid water crisis.
The State of the Colorado River Going into 2022
December 14, 2021 —
The rules of the Colorado River need to match modern values and our APP realities.
