Look beyond the jet skis, and there are a number of captivating facts about Lake Powell that might make you appreciate it ...

Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell have long ... brought up the idea as a way to let more water through the dam so the natural Glen Canyon area that was flooded by dam construction in the 1960s ...

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area will begin construction to channelize the river mile -12 slough on March 1 in order to prevent reproduction of smallmouth bass in the Colorado River ...

After Glen Canyon Dam’s construction was finished in the mid-1960s, the Bureau of Reclamation wrote a report about its design and construction that said the outlet tubes would “provide for ...

Plumbing problems at Glen Canyon Dam, the second-largest reservoir in the U.S., are raising concerns about water delivery to southwestern states. Federal officials have identified damage to four ...

“Allowing the Colorado River to flow freely through Glen Canyon was a radical idea in the 1990s, but the opposite is true today,” writes Zak Podmore, a contributor to Writers on the Range.

Lake Powell is an important water source for Colorado River states, and Glen Canyon Dam produces enough electricity to power nearly half a million U.S. households, according to the Grand Canyon Trust.

The Glen Canyon Dam holds back Colorado River water to create Lake Powell in Page, Arizona on April 15, 2023. The flight for aerial photography was provided by LightHawk.(Photo by RJ Sangosti/The ...

A set of four tubes known as the "river outlet works," pictured on Nov. 2, 2022, could soon be the only way for water to make it through Glen Canyon Dam.

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 ...