Dodging Los Malditos On the Colorado River - Pete McBride

In March 2014, an unlikely event happened. The United States and Mexican governments agreed to give water from the Colorado River - which is relied heavily upon for agriculture in the arid Sonoran Desert that straddles the southwestern United States and northern Mexico - back to nature. An eight week long test flow to see the natural benefits, as water touched parts of the river system for the first time in decades, flowing all the way to the bottom of the Colorado River Delta, where it meets the Gulf of California. Photographer and river enthsuaist, Pete McBride paddled the length of the river to witness how the river, animals and humans of the area connected with each other. He tells of scary moments on the river hiding from los malditos ("bad guys"), and the beauty of watching the ecosystem come back to life.