Where does water in the Four Corners region come from? How is water in the Four Corners region distributed and shared? How does climate change impact water in the Four Corners region? Watch these videos to learn about the importance of water in Four Corners region of the Southwestern United States. All videos are available with English or Spanish captions.

Arizona
The Many Sides of Water

Created by: We are Water Project, Megan Marks & Larthanio Stevens

Arizona
Growing Up with Water—From Page to Gilbert, AZ

Created by: We are Water Project, Megan Marks & Vanessa Hansen

Arizona
Water is Community, Water is a Gift

Created by: We are Water Project, Seairah Combest & John Pflaumer

Arizona
Insights into Water from an Employee at Lake Powell

Created by: We are Water Project, Seairah Combest & Lionel Lee

Arizona
Conserving and managing water in Page, AZ

Created by: We are Water Project, Megan Marks & Charles Weiss

New Mexico
Changing Water

Created by: We are Water Project Team, Kacey Luna & Stanley Ghachu

New Mexico
Water Connects

Created by: We are Water Project Team, Kacey Luna & Curtis Quam

Colorado
Water Yesterday and Today

Created by: We are Water Project Team, Dorothy Williams & Dixie Cook

Colorado
Life on a Houseboat

Created by: We are Water Project, Dorothy Williams & Marie Horn

Arizona
We are Water Flagstaff Community Stories

Created by: We are Water, CIRES Education & Outreach, and students from Flagstaff Unified School District

Colorado
Everything Needs Water

Created by: We are Water Project, James Stetson & Peter Dubinski

Colorado
Living and Working with Water in the Uncompahgre Valley

Created by: We are Water Project, James Stetson & Katie Alexander

Colorado
Saving and Sharing Water in Uncompahgre Valley

Created by: We are Water Project, James Stetson & Frederick Brown

Colorado
Water Means Life, Water is Beauty

Created by: We are Water Project, James Stetson & Alondra Ramirez

Colorado
Reflections on Water Use in the High Desert

Created by: We are Water Project, James Stetson & Abigail Stetson

Colorado
Water is Safety, Comfort, and Fun

Created by: We are Water Project, Rachel Jenkin & Bryce Jenkin

Colorado
Changes in Water Through Life

Created by: We are Water Project, Rachel Jenkin & Grace Sossaman

Colorado
Water is Fun But Needs To Be Respected

Created by: We are Water Project, Rachel Jenkin & Daniel Jenkin

Colorado
Working Hard for Water

Created by: We are Water Project, Rachel Jenkin & Dennis Hillyer

Colorado
Troubles with Water

Created by: We are Water Project, Rachel Jenkin & Phyllis Ludwig

Colorado
A Year of Water: Fly Fishing

Created by: We are Water Project, Rachel Jenkin & Shelley Walchak

New Mexico
Connecting with Ancestors Through Water by Brandon Francis

Created by: Brandon Francis & We are Water Project

Colorado
La lucha por el agua limpia por Theresa Bustos-Ortega

Created by: We are Water Project & Theresa Bustos-Ortega

Colorado
Los vínculos familiares por Reyes Roberto García

Created by: We are Water Project & Dr. Reyes Roberto García

Colorado
Las estrellas en el agua por Reyes Roberto García

Created by: We are Water Project & Dr. Reyes Roberto García

Colorado
Respetando y honrando al agua por Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk

Created by: We Are Water Project & Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk

Colorado
Las acequias y el agua en el Valle de San Luis por Eli Rael

Created by: We are Water Project, Eli Rael, & Carmelita Rael

Colorado
Las lecciones tempranas sobre el agua por Dennis Lopez

Created by: We are Water & Dennis Lopez

Colorado
El agua en el pueblo más viejo de Colorado por Jeremy Elliot

Created by: We are Water Project & Jeremy Elliott

Colorado
El legado austriaco y de Ophir del agua por Fred Blackburn

Created by: We are Water Project & Fred Blackburn

Arizona
Reflexiones de un agricultor Hopi por Michael Kotutwa Johnson

Created by: We are Water Project & Michael Kotutwa Johnson

Arizona
Impactos de la minería en la Nación Navajo por David Begay

Created by: We are Water Project & David Begay

Arizona
Los personas y el agua están interconectados por David Begay

Created by: We are Water Project & David Begay

New Mexico
El agua es una bendición por Trisha Moquino

Created by: We Are Water Project & Trisha Moquino

New Mexico
Valorando el agua por Patrick Keyope

Created by: We Are Water Project & Patrick Keyope

New Mexico
Criándome con las acequias por Kevin Terry

Created by: We Are Water Project & Kevin Terry

New Mexico
El agua es vida por Chili Yazzie

Created by: We Are Water Project & Chili Yazzie

New Mexico
No riego, pero canto de mi herencia! A poetic narrative of a displaced acequia farmer

Created by: Olivia Romo

Derechos de agua: la apropiación previa y el acuerdo del río Colorado

Created by: We are Water, CIRES Education & Outreach, and Western Water Assessment

El agua en la Región de las Cuatro Esquinas

Created by: We are Water, CIRES Education & Outreach, and Western Water Assessment

Los cambios históricos del río Colorado

Created by: We are Water, CIRES Education & Outreach, and Western Water Assessment

El impacto que el cambio climático en la Región de las Cuatro Esquinas

Created by: We are Water, CIRES Education & Outreach, and Western Water Assessment

How Climate Change Affects Water in the Four Corners Region

Created by: We are Water, CIRES Education & Outreach, and Western Water Assessment

New Mexico
Water is a Blessing by Trisha Moquino

Created by: We Are Water Project & Trisha Moquino

Colorado
Fighting for Clean Water by Theresa Bustos-Ortega

Created by: We are Water Project & Theresa Bustos-Ortega

Colorado
Family Ties by Dr. Reyes Roberto García

Created by: We are Water Project & Dr. Reyes Roberto García

Colorado
Stars in the Water by Dr. Reyes Roberto García

Created by: We are Water Project & Dr. Reyes Roberto García

Colorado
Respecting and Honoring Water by Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk

Created by: We Are Water Project & Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk

New Mexico
Cherising Water by Patrick Keyope

Created by: We Are Water Project & Patrick Keyope

New Mexico
Growing up with Acequias by Kevin Terry

Created by: We Are Water Project & Kevin Terry

Colorado
Acequias and Water in the San Luis Valley by Eli Rael

Created by: We are Water Project, Eli Rael, & Carmelita Rael

Colorado
Early Lessons of Water by Dennis Lopez

Created by: We are Water Project & Dennis Lopez

Arizona
Impacts of Mining in Navajo Nation by David Begay

Created by: We are Water Project & David Begay

Arizona
People and Water are Interrelated by David Begay

Created by: We are Water Project & David Begay

New Mexico
Water is Life by Chili Yazzie

Created by: We Are Water Project & Chili Yazzie

Historical Changes on the Colorado River

Created by: We are Water, CIRES Education & Outreach, and Western Water Assessment

Water Rights: Prior Appropriation and the Colorado River Compact

Created by: We are Water, CIRES Education & Outreach, and Western Water Assessment

Water in the Four Corners Region

Created by: We are Water, CIRES Education & Outreach, and Western Water Assessment

Colorado
Colorado's Southwest Basin: Our Forests & Rivers

Created by: Water Information Program & Colorado Water Conservation Board

Colorado
Water in Colorado's Oldest Town by Jeremy Elliott

Created by: We are Water Project & Jeremy Elliott

Colorado
The Austrian and Ophir Legacy of Water by Fred Blackburn

Created by: We are Water Project & Fred Blackburn

Colorado
San Luis, Acequias

Created by: Colorado Open Lands

Arizona
Reflections from a Hopi farmer by Michael Kotutwa Johnson

Created by: We are Water Project & Michael Kotutwa Johnson

Colorado
El aqua es vida: Acequia Communities of Southern Colorado

Created by: Sangre de Cristo Acequia Association, Christi Bode

New Mexico
The Hunger Game

Created by: Upward Bound Math Science Program Students

New Mexico
Life Begins With Water

Created by: Upward Bound Math Science Program Students

New Mexico
New Mexico's Lifeline

Created by: Upward Bound Math Science Program Students

Colorado
Streamflow On The Crystal

Created by: Carbondale, Colorado Students

Colorado
Dry Hot American Summer

Created by: Upward Bound High School Students

New Mexico
Coyote and the Drought

Created by: Upward Bound High School Students

Colorado
Weather Report

Created by: Salida Middle School Students

Colorado
A Bad Dream

Created by: Salida Middle School Students

Colorado
Lawn Owner's Dilemma

Created by: Salida Middle School Students

Navajo Nation
Project U

Created by: Upward Bound Math Science LOCC Students

New Mexico
Catch Our Drift

Created by: Upward Bound Math Science Program Students

Colorado
Our Lives Our River

Created by: Carbondale, Colorado Students

Colorado
Dr. H2O vs Dirt Devil

Created by: Upward Bound High School Students

New Mexico
Cow Meets New Mexico

Created by: Upward Bound High School Students

Colorado
The Dry Well

Created by: Upward Bound High School Students

Colorado
Wild

Created by: Casey Middle School Students

Colorado
Melt: The Arapaho Glacier

Created by: Whiley Hall, Conor Meyer, Anna Sofia van der Mersch, and Kacie Fitzgerald

Colorado
Snow to Steak

Created by: Westview Middle School

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