Colorado River - I Am Red

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  • Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
  • The Colorado River is a lifeline in the desert, its water sustaining tens of millions of people in seven states, as well as endangered fish and wildlife. However, demand on the river's water now exceeds its supply, leaving the river so over-tapped that it no longer flows to the sea. (Video by Pete McBride. Flights by Lighthawk, Ecoflight.)
    Learn more and be part of the solution: www.AmericanRivers.org/Colorado

Комментарии • 231

  • @Wyrmwould
    @Wyrmwould 2 года назад +6

    My heart breaks every time I hear the river say: "I am tired."

  • @sheilabatey7933
    @sheilabatey7933 4 года назад +9

    O.M.G. This has really touched my soul. We must take care of our planet before it,s too late.

  • @barbaramartin8131
    @barbaramartin8131 3 года назад +2

    Water - river water -Colorado River water is so necessary so important. I love this video. I hope we can keep the Colorado river waters clean.

  • @mark_girardeau
    @mark_girardeau 9 лет назад +42

    I am commenting again because I absolutely love this documentary. It is stunning and educational, I think most people don't even know how much they rely on the Colorado for their everyday lives and they need to know. This is a major thing that is going on and people need to do their part to help.

  • @dorothythomas9281
    @dorothythomas9281 4 месяца назад

    This song brings tears to my eyes. It is so powerful 😮

  • @anthonyrenaud5783
    @anthonyrenaud5783 3 года назад +7

    Man....that was touching for sure. Damn I feel like crying myself. I’ve seen it’s beauty and I’ve never really thought much about it, but I will visit her the next time I travel to Utah.

  • @tpcdeplore4249
    @tpcdeplore4249 3 года назад +3

    Just watched this video today in science class and half of the class was on the verge of tears 😢

  • @IshikaAndAnimals
    @IshikaAndAnimals 11 месяцев назад +1

    The Colorado river is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in the life

    • @user-td8cy9dk7j
      @user-td8cy9dk7j 9 месяцев назад

      You've never seen me on the toilet.

  • @michelemurray-hedlund288
    @michelemurray-hedlund288 11 лет назад +4

    Amazingly well done. We used this as a presentation for our local land trust, the Colorado Headwater's Land Trust. We are so blessed to have the headwaters of the Mighty Colorado in our County. I hope this raises awareness along the lines of the film Watershed. It is not too late people! It is not!

  • @melinawatts3199
    @melinawatts3199 11 лет назад +1

    Pete McBride, filmmaker of this clip, rocks. The voiceover for the river is gorgeous.

  • @Wyrmwould
    @Wyrmwould 2 года назад +1

    I have never once taken the time to write down the words of an ad before, but I did with this one. It's poetry: deeply affecting tragic poetry.

    • @americanrivers
      @americanrivers  2 года назад +1

      Thank you so much for your comment - it is a moving film, for sure!

  • @changetheworldbooks9966
    @changetheworldbooks9966 6 лет назад +2

    The best PSA ever made. Love every person who put their work and time and soul into this. The Colorado River needs us --

  • @sharigreen2112
    @sharigreen2112 Год назад

    😢 Best ad ever made.

  • @priyangachandrasekara1165
    @priyangachandrasekara1165 5 лет назад +5

    Best video ever i seen about colorado.i dont know why but it really touch my heart.
    Love from sri lanka.🙏🙏🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰 💖💖

  • @kayangthao8927
    @kayangthao8927 5 лет назад +6

    oh... My tears when they said, "I am a few who no longer kisses the sea"

  • @pasomare1
    @pasomare1 11 лет назад +7

    beautiful, tragic and true---------- great work.

  • @elizabethdevries8028
    @elizabethdevries8028 6 лет назад +1

    Thank you to Bob and Jamie Redford for helping to restore part of the Colorado Delta. PLEASE continue to help. She is beautiful.

  • @debbieruble2652
    @debbieruble2652 6 лет назад +1

    Watching my student's faces as we watched this video was stunning. They are thinking about water in a different way. Being near the Ohio River, we have plentiful water. This gives them a new perspective.

  • @RSLCoug
    @RSLCoug 11 лет назад +1

    Makes me want to cry. I love the Colorado river.

  • @_.carlab._
    @_.carlab._ 9 лет назад +8

    Nature is such a beauty!

    • @Yuki-in2mo
      @Yuki-in2mo 8 лет назад +1

      Your right nature is every beautiful

    • @cristinapinon555
      @cristinapinon555 7 лет назад

      Carla Barrios bo you like it😉😆😊

  • @wyvernspit
    @wyvernspit 4 года назад +5

    This was very well made, thank you for the hard work you put into it. I find it heartbreaking that this beautiful video has under 300,000 views (vs what, a billion over anything Kardashian?). This video teaches and it inspires, it is succinct and visually appealing, and at the end it provides how to find more information on how to contribute to change. I hope people visit the website, or at least Google or read to find out more about this important subject. Things could change for the better if more people decided to care, and if everyone recognized that every single one of us does have the power to change things.

    • @amydial496
      @amydial496 3 года назад

      KHBSDJVHAHIIEU NOT THE 2 PAGED ESSAY BC IM NOT READING IT

  • @Taprman
    @Taprman 6 лет назад

    I grew up and still live along the river in Colorado and this documentary made me cry

  • @thundercloudentertainment900
    @thundercloudentertainment900 8 лет назад +20

    Don't let the Grand Canyon become a gravestone!

  • @Preluding99
    @Preluding99 10 лет назад +5

    For some odd reason, I felt a real connection to this video. Perhaps it was that I lived in Vegas and my family took me to Lake Mead. I've seen this river's glory days and now it saddens me to see how much it has declined. Everything, Everyone, Everywhere ends...

  • @devikakiran5392
    @devikakiran5392 3 года назад

    Super veido we can understand what we can't understand in class so nice veido

  • @helgasprenger6180
    @helgasprenger6180 9 лет назад +2

    I absolutely love this documentary too. The amazing pictures, the touching words and music - I would like to send this video all over the world...

  • @mcboozel1778
    @mcboozel1778 11 лет назад +2

    Thanks all for nice words. Voices are Local Coloradans. Footage comes from my own archive and many other talented shooters including Kontent that did Redford's piece. And yes, music is Premium Beats. Great spot for stock tunes. Cherish our rivers.

  • @kdxdirt
    @kdxdirt 11 лет назад

    Pete McBride! Amazing video! This is what Redford's film, Watershed, should have been. Incredible.

  • @yana-apersonwhodrawsreally6946
    @yana-apersonwhodrawsreally6946 7 лет назад +52

    Why am I crying about a river right now? xD

    • @elizabethdevries8028
      @elizabethdevries8028 6 лет назад +3

      Because you are beautiful.

    • @absauria914
      @absauria914 6 лет назад

      Yana- A person who draws really ugly pictures SAME!

    • @lilywilly3168
      @lilywilly3168 5 лет назад

      I am too 😂 but it’s true, it’s a big problem

    • @Michael65429
      @Michael65429 5 лет назад +2

      You cry because what is being done to this river (and several others) is a sin of the greatest magnitude. We have been granted dominion over this land and all creatures therein. With that task comes stewardship to care for and tend the lands. We are supposed to be good stewards of the land and not abuse this sacred trust we have been given. Sadly, mankind has a history of destruction of our natural resources.
      I have been a professional river guide for 43 years including 5 years in the Grand Canyon. Rivers are literally the lifeline of this planet. If we don't take care of them we will suffer terrible consequences. Please join the fight to protect this river...

    • @bellarenee7331
      @bellarenee7331 3 года назад

      Ikr same

  • @bumblefuzz17
    @bumblefuzz17 9 лет назад +37

    This river has survived for millions of years, but we have managed to damage it, possibly irrevocably, in a matter of decades. Somewhere along the way, as we strive to harness the planet for our own personal advancements and comfort, we have forgotten the most important fact...natural resources are finite.

  • @JohnettaHooper
    @JohnettaHooper 8 лет назад

    Such a powerful short documentary. While I generally stay away from the ego-stroking awards, I am aware. If I had my way, this would certainly be nominated for an Award. #coexist. We are all connected.

  • @Ashley_Schaeffer
    @Ashley_Schaeffer 3 года назад

    May the Lord bless the Colorado...

  • @kayangthaoo
    @kayangthaoo 9 лет назад +5

    People always say California is going dry and a huge drought. I never took it seriously until I watched this video. It was touching, and it has changed my way of using water. I now use the smallest shower overhead and I never took baths anymore. My showers are shorter, I stopped washing My car and only water my garden & Lawn once a week.

  • @alexh8613
    @alexh8613 3 года назад +1

    1:30 funny thing about the Hoover Dam, the coolest thing to look at when visiting it, is the giant highway bridge

  • @YesToTap
    @YesToTap 11 лет назад +1

    Great video...really tells the tale of the River!

  • @fauxreelfilms
    @fauxreelfilms 11 лет назад

    Well done! i recognize a lot of those shots and i appreciate the VOICE OF WATER, "maybe we are the voice of water."

  • @bearrunningwithwolves5224
    @bearrunningwithwolves5224 6 лет назад +2

    that is powerful And very true thank you for making that that is awesome

  • @gebransons7723
    @gebransons7723 11 лет назад

    Great and innovative Video. This concept can effectively be used in the Developing World to raise awarness many about engandered locations by illustrating its usefulness, human's past destructive impacts, and serious consequences if no corrective actions are taken. Very effective media masterfully made!

  • @inakireino9483
    @inakireino9483 9 лет назад

    Gran combinación de mensaje y música

  • @ozarkkona1
    @ozarkkona1 11 лет назад

    Thanks, Gary. . .

  • @user-mt3gm5ox7b
    @user-mt3gm5ox7b 5 лет назад +7

    تبارك الله أحسن الخالقين 😍

    • @benameur4513
      @benameur4513 4 года назад

      جزاءري مر من هنا

    • @bjdzf_z
      @bjdzf_z 4 года назад

      انا لا اتحدث لغتك

    • @mohamedgoda6942
      @mohamedgoda6942 4 года назад

      فعلا تبارك الله احسن الخالقين

  • @farmerjoesrants
    @farmerjoesrants 10 лет назад +18

    The only solution is to immediately tell the communities in the desert dependent upon that river that they can't have their lawns any more. You just don't get a lawn if you live in Las Vegas. Sorry. There's just not enough water for you to have your english-style lawn. Society could still spare enough water to have lawns in places like public parks and baseball fields, but as for having a green grass covered lawn in your backyard, you're going to have to make peace with the idea that that isn't going to happen. People can still have yards; just plant native species that can survive on just a few inches of water a year. If we fail to do this now, we will cause people to die of thirst because we want our front lawns to look pretty.

    • @Kev376
      @Kev376 6 лет назад +1

      Yah no lawns, no giant open ponds, man made lakes which promote massive evaporation and water loss to the ground. And I think we need to stop farming in the middle of the desert, it's kinda rediculous that you would farm in the desert when the midwest has tons of land great for farming and tons of rain all year around. Just build the farms where you have alot of water like the Mississippi River ect.
      The problem with desert land is that it hasn't had water on it in so long that it absorbs water much faster than non desert area's, this makes it take more water to keep the land wet to farm.

    • @bavondale
      @bavondale 6 лет назад

      the people, the lawns, the golf courses, the pools mean so little compared to the agriculture using their "part". You could completely move all the people out of arizona, las vegas, and southern california and still not have enough water. Farming is using 83% of the water pulled from the colorado

  • @tomjhoc11
    @tomjhoc11 11 лет назад

    I love rafting on the colorado and something needs to be done!!

  • @treytheyoutuber1507
    @treytheyoutuber1507 3 года назад

    great video learned alot

  • @McAffee
    @McAffee 11 лет назад

    This video was really well done. Major kudos!

  • @rjacomeparedes
    @rjacomeparedes 11 лет назад

    great river . . . Colorado

  • @kikajune8831
    @kikajune8831 5 лет назад +2

    I’m crying😭

  • @plecavalier
    @plecavalier Год назад

    This is so relevant nine years later when little has been done and the Southwest is facing a crisis of biblical proportion

  • @enuc9059
    @enuc9059 11 лет назад

    Omg! I love it! Emanuel from Italy

  • @purplebaguette6747
    @purplebaguette6747 6 лет назад

    This is so amazing!

  • @user-ez8zs4hq5j
    @user-ez8zs4hq5j 5 лет назад

    I hope visit it😮
    It 's so nice🌀💧💧

  • @phreeesubz
    @phreeesubz 11 лет назад

    Love this video, makes me want to go buy a soda instead of a bottle of water.

  • @livia8220
    @livia8220 5 лет назад

    They showed this video in my geography lesson at school

  • @jonhhy76
    @jonhhy76 11 лет назад

    Amazing video!!

  • @gobbly1337
    @gobbly1337 11 лет назад +1

    Become active. If you live in the west, advocate native plants. Talk to your politicians about water management. Write congressmen. Experience the river and learn about it, learn how to care for it, what the river needs, and what it represents to nature. People move to deserts then make laws requiring lawns, it's seriously ridiculous, and the damage we do in this regard must be publicized.

  • @ayaomar6925
    @ayaomar6925 3 года назад +3

    مين هنا من فيديو مستر حيدر 😂😂😂😂💔

  • @donaldhfidlerjr9609
    @donaldhfidlerjr9609 11 лет назад

    I have run thus river twice and i hope to take my kids there. I hope.

  • @eddieds312
    @eddieds312 10 лет назад

    Very powerful

  • @targhee159
    @targhee159 11 лет назад

    The estimated age of the Earth is 4.6 - 4.7 billion years. Anyone who's ever taken a geology class can tell you that. The Colorado River was consolidated to it's present course over 2 million years ago. Which is fairly recent in geologic time, when you consider that the oldest rocks exposed at the bottom of the Grand Canyon are 2 billion years old.

  • @CairnsFilm
    @CairnsFilm 11 лет назад

    Great Work!

  • @pumpkinpie9921
    @pumpkinpie9921 7 лет назад +1

    This really makes people think

  • @adriansandoval356
    @adriansandoval356 11 лет назад

    just to many people! 22 million in southern California alone! 1 million in Phoenix, half a million in las vegas.

  • @living2listen
    @living2listen 11 лет назад

    Soundtrack is from Premium Beat, called Believe In Yourself

  • @robsatease
    @robsatease 11 лет назад +2

    I live there everything is false in this video. Yes it is majestic and yes it is beautiful but it is neither threatened nor is it in any danger. A well cared for waterway. In addition, Phoenix has an underground aqua lake that supplies water in addition to the aquaducts from the lakes.

    • @pinksummerwolffire1106
      @pinksummerwolffire1106 3 года назад

      um yes it is in danger, look it up this video is beyond fake and nothing but the truth

  • @jeffreylaurahutton5379
    @jeffreylaurahutton5379 2 года назад +2

    Colorado been getting good snow packs and yes there is some drought but the real problem for Colorado River as this video pointing out man has made to many dams from west Colorado through three states man is sucking more water than the Colorado River can deliver, California is pulling this river down badly why can’t LA suck water from the Pacific Ocean and filter the salt out purify the water they can but they want Colorado River cause it’s cheaper to produce.
    California going to have to get water somewhere else cause the river needed for agriculture and electricity and water for Arizona, Nevada, and western Colorado.
    If they don’t stop the over usage of water with California the Colorado River will cease to exist in Arizona and Nevada as she’s dried up in the Delta in Mexico where she use to drain in the sea plus Mexico been using the Colorado water for yrs today it’s bone dry what a shame! 😢

  • @Rojgar_Katta
    @Rojgar_Katta 5 лет назад

    Love it

  • @sachinlc
    @sachinlc 4 года назад +1

    You’re THE LIFELINE, “COLORADO”. 😍

  • @mitchellwillmarth1896
    @mitchellwillmarth1896 3 года назад

    2021 here, first ever water shortage declared for the river. Lake Mead below 30%.

    • @americanrivers
      @americanrivers  3 года назад

      Yeah, it is a tough situation right now on the Colorado River, for sure. This Tier 1 shortage will take effect January 1, and will have a real impact, especially in Arizona. Thank you for following American Rivers and stay tuned for more content from us soon!

  • @Yuki-in2mo
    @Yuki-in2mo 8 лет назад

    We have to start taking care of how much water we use

  • @montoriajenkins3410
    @montoriajenkins3410 Год назад

    Very sad song

  • @govindg4178
    @govindg4178 Год назад

    Vrey bountiful

  • @marywandagan9037
    @marywandagan9037 10 лет назад +2

    Waww..... It's amazing>>>>

  • @lolahavasuaz
    @lolahavasuaz 11 лет назад

    . . . All good here in Havasu !

  • @noorfadl5869
    @noorfadl5869 3 года назад +1

    سبحان الله 💜💜💜💜

  • @nothingbutpower
    @nothingbutpower 5 лет назад

    IT has been there for millions of years and yet it is endagered, Please stop hurting RED!!!!!

  • @bublycat
    @bublycat 11 лет назад

    While I agree with you, don't put all the blame on Phoenix. The river is still quite full when it hit's the AZ western border. Southern CA, with its golf courses, lush lawns and tropical landscaping are the ones who suck the river completely dry. You know those rich movies stars can't live without their privacy hedges and hot weather misters.

  • @KINGOFHELLANDYOU
    @KINGOFHELLANDYOU 11 лет назад

    what are you talking about?

  • @melinawatts3199
    @melinawatts3199 11 лет назад

    For seventeen million dollars, we could bring back water to the Colorado River Delta.

  • @lesliecalzada2357
    @lesliecalzada2357 5 лет назад

    fLY OVER THE cOLORADO RIVER... iT'S BEAUTIFUL

  • @vollmayerd
    @vollmayerd Год назад

    My name is Doug Vollmayer and I'm a producer for ABC News' Good Morning America. I'm doing a story on the Colorado River during this time of drought. Do you own the drone material seen in this video? If so would we be able to use some in our story with credit to you?

  • @kimgibson4716
    @kimgibson4716 Год назад

    Can I get a copy of this I can play on my coach? I'm a tour director and would love to show this on my tour.

  • @zamoratk774
    @zamoratk774 8 лет назад

    I did research on water usage across the globe, and it is sad, how much water we waste, water that some family in the middle east or Africa would give anything to have. water, that we are quickly running out of. Water.

  • @clairn.oliveira923
    @clairn.oliveira923 6 лет назад +1

    Se Deus me falasse que vc quer conhecer nessa terra diria Grand quennion usa Glória a ele

  • @annemccafferty4970
    @annemccafferty4970 4 года назад

    how can a river be tired

  • @user-xm2qh3wg2u
    @user-xm2qh3wg2u 3 года назад +1

    เขามาแลทุกที่

  • @wellrootedmedia
    @wellrootedmedia 11 лет назад

    Dude profile img is rad! haha

  • @mariammagdy2234
    @mariammagdy2234 2 года назад +1

    Now 😭😭😭😭😭

  • @joelsanchez9606
    @joelsanchez9606 4 года назад

    This is sad😞😭 poor river

  • @leoaksil4085
    @leoaksil4085 4 года назад +1

    It's beautiful yes . But people need water.

  • @fitenite3955
    @fitenite3955 2 года назад

    what is the background piece called?

  • @drchaffee
    @drchaffee 11 лет назад

    Definitely a lot of people. From what I've read, agriculture claims 78% of the river's entire flow.

  • @fvalenzuela2008
    @fvalenzuela2008 10 лет назад +1

    Lindo

    • @mariangelacastro2115
      @mariangelacastro2115 10 лет назад

      Oí. Boa noite, estou procurando RAfael Santos, tem Noticias dele?

  • @user-xm2qh3wg2u
    @user-xm2qh3wg2u 3 года назад +1

    น้ำต้องมี

  • @photon_visuals
    @photon_visuals 11 лет назад

    I was thinking the same thing! Very interesting video, but I want to know how to help!

  • @Y0UTU8E2012
    @Y0UTU8E2012 11 лет назад

    Why not put a pump to feed water into the river?

  • @PaolaTourGuide
    @PaolaTourGuide 3 года назад

    I am a tourguide, translator and voiceover. I would love to translate o
    And do the Italian narration of this video.

  • @kdashh
    @kdashh 3 года назад +1

    i have to watch this for a class and it's pretty sad even though i really don't get why we're studying this for science

  • @lillyruecker250
    @lillyruecker250 10 лет назад +5

    what is the name of the song?

  • @matteohoudini8385
    @matteohoudini8385 6 лет назад

    do you know where i can found the "lyrics" of this -I would call-beautiful poetry??? thanks

  • @thedukelives24
    @thedukelives24 11 лет назад

    Great video! What can an individual do to help the Colorado River?

    • @lostsauce911
      @lostsauce911 3 года назад

      probably protect the enviornment