Watersheds of America

In honor of our recent class on water, I'm sharing this excellent blog post on what the U.S. would look like if our state boundaries were defined by our watersheds. It's a fascinating idea that changes the way you think about how we define where we live, our sense of place.

Writer John Lavey states, "...at this stage in our national historic narrative, we are in no position to adjust state boundaries this radically – and while it’s intriguing to write about, it’s not an idea I’m boosting. But perhaps there is the chance that if John Wesley Powell had had his way, communities would have grown up with a different water ethic, one that considered longer term into the future than the next cycle of the plow."

Click on the image for the entire blog post, or just to see a larger version of this map.