Four Corners Mapping Announced a Finalist in ArcGIS Story Map Competition

I am excited to announce that my Story Map, Caught in the Middle: A River Between Two Dams and the Future of the Grand Canyon, was selected as a finalist in the 2023 ArcGIS Story Maps Competition! Caught in the Middle tells the yet untold story of the future Grand Canyon with no flowing water in the Colorado River.

In the face of serious risk from climate change and outdated water management in the Colorado River Basin, our next steps lead to an uncertain future. Actions taken to manage the Colorado River's water will directly impact the Grand Canyon, where flows have already been reduced and a scenario of no water flowing past Glen Canyon Dam looms near. This Story map was produced in partnership with American Rivers and Environmental Defense Fund.

This means so much to me as a cartographer, artist, conservationist, and lover of the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River Basin. No matter what happens--win or lose--to be a finalist in this worldwide competition is huge. It puts the important and urgent topic of water in the West in front of so many more people, and I am just plain tickled that my work ranks up there with the best in the world.

See the Story Map and all the excellent finalists on the competition website. The winner of the Story Map Competition will be announced in December. Sign up for my newsletter to stay in the know on this and other exciting news from Four Corners Mapping!