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Subject: USBR: It's time to restore the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon!

Dear Commissioner Touton and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Please accept this letter as public comment on the "Post 2026 Colorado River EIS". Thank you for starting a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process for the overall management of the Colorado River. In the EIS: 1) the ecological health of the river must be placed at the center of management, 2) BuRec must adopt solutions that are long-term, equitable, sustainable, and actually solve the problems on the Colorado River rather than kick the can down the road, and 3) the river needs to be “fixed” using Nature-Based Solutions that are also “climate action” to mitigate, and allow adaptation to, climate change that will further decrease flows in the future. Long-term, equitable, sustainable solutions in the EIS should include: 1. Creating a "Grand Canyon Restoration Alternative" that includes bypassing and decommissioning Glen Canyon Dam, and storing all of the Colorado River's water in Mead Reservoir instead of Powell. 2. Stopping all proposed new dams, diversions and pipelines. 3. Enacting conservation programs to save Mead Reservoir. 4. Letting 10% of the river’s total water flow into and through its Delta to the Sea of Cortez in Mexico to sequester carbon in Delta wetlands and mangroves and restore the wildlife habitat. 5. Allocating Native American water rights by subtracting that water from current diversions, or, by paying tribes to keep their water in the river. 6. Distributing water allocations to all users based on the percentage of total flow available each year, not a fixed amount. I will be continuing to send in comments during later phases of the EIS process. Thank you for your work. Thank you, Sincerely,