'You don't see the cornfields, you don't see the squash, the cantaloupe, all of that right now — [we] don't see that. So there is a big change. And climate change is behind that.'
But a large population that resides in the southeast corner of the Beehive State is dependent on Mother Nature directly — and lately, she isn’t providing enough.
For residents of the area, however, the balance between mere survival and thriving is delicate, even in a good year. But now, the"good" years are in the rear-view mirror and an uncertain and rough road is in the headlights. He and other elders noticed that the weather here began to change dramatically beginning about 40 years ago.
The muddy San Juan River, which meanders across the Navajo Nation, was a major water resource that the Diné people used to use. But they say the dropping water level and the 2015 Gold King Mine wastewater spill have driven them away from accessing their rights to water from that source — and the waning annual rains aren’t making up the difference.
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