Topock Marsh project to counteract falling water levels
Scattered throughout the reedy water, long-dead skeletal remains eerily reach up from below the surface of the marsh. Mostly dry and bleached from years of exposure to the sun, tree stumps from a long-dead mesquite forest show moister, darker rings exposed by dropping water levels. As coyotes, bobcats and foxes search for an early morning meal, the whistly calls of numerous birds are one of the few sounds that break the silence of Topock Marsh. Nestled on the Arizona side of the Colorado River across from Needles, California, the 4,000 acre marsh has felt the impacts of the region’s long-term drought….