The Colorado River and its tributaries (including the Animas, Mancos, Navajo and San Juan), and the Río Grande and its tributaries have been at the center of Latino life for centuries.
Cesar Chavez was born and spent more than his first decade on the small family farm in the North Gila River Valley his grandfather homesteaded around 1900, at the confluence of the Colorado and Gila rivers.
The Colorado River is critical to our way of life, yet the river today is threatened by climate change, chronic drought and increasing pressures from development.
Demand on Colorado River water now exceeds its supply. Nuestro Rio is sending a
musical message (through a corrido, or traditional ballad) that Latinos want utilities and
our state and federal governments to plan for a future in which water flows strong in the
Colorado River.
