Native Americans, the Ogallala Aquifer, and the Keystone XL Pipeline

Death Warrant to Our Environment & People’:  Native Americans Say No to Keystone XL
(RT.com; January 4, 2015)
 http://rt.com/usa/219643-keystone-pipeline-protest-washington/

Keystone XL Pipeline May Threaten Aquifer that Irrigates Much of Central U. S.
(Steven MUFSON, Washington Post; August 6, 2012)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/keystone-xl-pipeline-may-threaten-aquifer-that-irrigates-much-of-the-central-us/2012/08/06/7bf0215c-d4db-11e1-a9e3-c5249ea531ca_story.html

The Ogallala ‘High Plains’ Aquifer:

Ogallala Aquifer (Water Encyclopedia.com)
http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Oc-Po/Ogallala-Aquifer.html

Tapping Unsustainable Groundwater Stores for Agricultural Production in the High Plains Aquifer of Kansas, Projections to 2110 (STEWARD et al., 2013)
http://www.pnas.org/content/110/37/E3477.full.pdf

The Ogallala Aquifer Initiative (USDA-NRCS Website)
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/national/programs/initiatives/?cid=stelprdb1048809

High Plains Water-Level Monitoring Study (USGS Website)
http://ne.water.usgs.gov/ogw/hpwlms/

N. B.:  An embedded video animation entitled “Water Level Change of the High Plains Aquifer System” is available for viewing on the aforementioned USGS website.