Leadership across Boundaries

the Four Corners and incorporates the geographic area of the four corners of the states of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona. It is a watershed basin for the drainage of the San Juan River, which starts in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado and runs through a portion of Colorado before entering the northwest corner of New Mexico. The river, named Saint John by the Spanish explorers, meanders the entire length of San Juan County, New Mexico, and then enters back into Colorado at its very southwest tip. It then crosses the border into the southeast part of Utah and runs many miles before joining the Colorado River in what is now Lake Powell. Many rivers and washes drain into the San Juan River during the course of its journey, and the water it carries is a vital necessity for the inhabitants of the arid Four Corners area.