Photos by Pete McBride pedromcbride / Running a river running dry: Last month my friend lennecefer and I pack-rafted the Yampa River in record-low water for natgeo. Our goal was to travel the last 50 miles (80 km) of the river through Dinosaur National Monument to see how even a wild river inside a national park was struggling to stay wet. The trip would foreshadow what might come for western rivers as the climate changes. With only a few small dams and diversions, the 250-mile-long (400 km) Yampa is one of just a few free-flowing rivers in the United States and the longest in Colorado. The journey was eye-opening, even for someone like me who has spent years looking at water shortage. But it was also hopeful, as I learned how creative collaboration can keep a river alive—barely. To see more images, head to pedromcbride. #water #rivers #drought #DinosaurNationalMonument #nature #climate #climatechange