Federal officials have discovered damage inside Glen Canyon Dam that could force limits on how much Colorado River water is released at low reservoir levels, raising risks the Southwest could face ...

Around the time I visited Lake Powell this past April, it had fallen to 24 percent of capacity and was decreasing a half inch a day. Aerial image of Glen Canyon Dam, a concrete arch on the ...

A warmwater slough near Lees Ferry downstream of Glen Canyon dam. Photo by NPS For background, Glen Canyon Dam impounds the Colorado River to form Lake Powell, which stores water and functions as a ...

Newly discovered damage in Glen Canyon Dam would require releasing less water at low reservoir levels — a problem that increases water risks in the Southwest. April 16, 2024 The three states ...

The park also contains the Glen Canyon Dam, which was completed in 1963, creating Lake Powell and changing the surrounding environment dramatically. Visitors can kayak the Colorado River which flows ...

because they don’t let enough water out of Glen Canyon Dam when the lake is low to meet compact requirements. “The Lower Basin states wrote exactly the same letter we were going to write ...

The pay-to-play mentality has been flipped on its head along a 15.5-mile stretch of the Colorado River south of Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona. Rather than forking over money for the pleasure of hooking a ...

Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Dam in Page, Ariz., in October 2023. (Bernie Friel / Getty Images) ...