Visitors were advised to exercise caution after a fire started on Navajo Mountain, about five miles from Lake Powell and Glen ...

He explores the ecology and geology of a returning canyon, and what it would mean for recreation and culture. “Life After Dead Pool: Lake Powell’s Last Days and the Rebirth of the Colorado ...

In 2012, Lake Powell levels started receding noticeably ... the reservoir has receded so much that Cataract’s side canyon of Clearwater has resurfaced as a calm oasis of native willow and ...

The spot was inundated 40 years ago when Lake Powell first filled, backing up through Glen Canyon and over a hundred tributaries. The rising waters drowned waterfalls, box elder groves and ...

LAKE POWELL — In 1963 ... Eric Balken, Glen Canyon Institute executive director, gives a talk in Clearwater Canyon during a Returning Rapids trip through Cataract Canyon on the Colorado River ...

The water will eventually make its way to Lake Mead. Billions of gallons of water are being released from Lake Powell and dumped into waterways along the Grand Canyon, according to federal ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Robyn by emailing [email protected] The decline of Lake Powell is revealing the long-lost landscape of the Glen Canyon. Lake Powell—which sits on ...

Their probable goal: To pack the tanker truck with explosives and blowup Glen Canyon Dam. Back then, the idea of draining Lake Powell was fringe, attractive to anti-government extremists and ...

Lake Powell, an iconic centerpiece of the Colorado River Basin and the second-largest reservoir in the United States, is ...

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Calls to drain Lake Powell have been around for decades. One of the first agencies to call for the idea was the Glen Canyon Institute in the 1990s — and it didn’t have much support.

Glen Canyon Dam was built primarily to store excess ... both functions are imperiled. In April, Lake Powell fell perilously close to the point at which dam operators would have to stop sending ...