Delta dawn as life returns to a dry river

The Laguna Grande restoration project of the Colorado river delta seen at Valle de Mexicali, Baja California state, Mexico. In a drought-hit Mexican border region at the centre of growing competition with the United States for water, conservationists are working to bring the once-dying river delta back to life. — AFP

IN a drought-hit Mexican border region at the centre of growing competition with the United States for water, conserva­tionists are working to bring a once-dying river delta back to life.

On a stretch of the Colorado River, which on the Mexican side of the frontier is mostly a dry riverbed, native cottonwood and willow trees have been planted in place of invasive shrubs.