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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Paul McNabb, The Republic's tour guide, holds a smallmouth bass on June 9, 2022, on Lake Powell, near Page. “It’s really critical this year,” said Kelly Burke, who directs the Grand Canyon ...

Instead of being overrun by invasive weeds, these areas are being colonized by the same native plant species that thrived there before the canyon was flooded to create Lake Powell in the 1960s and ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two hikers were found dead after floodwaters poured into a slot canyon near the Utah-Arizona ... near the west end of Lake Powell in Arizona. Two of the men were found ...

Glen Canyon Dam forms Lake Powell, the huge Colorado River reservoir which lies between Arizona and Utah. Paired with Lake Mead, the reservoirs provide water for about 40 million people.

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 is revealing itself. David Brower, the first executive director of the Sierra Club and a three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, once said flooding Glen Canyon would be “America’s ...