The lakes of the US are often thought of as great holiday destinations. All of them provide a combination of hiking, boating, ...

A federal project to reshape part of the Colorado River upstream of Lees Ferry aims to stop invasive smallmouth bass from ...

Federal agencies have finished digging out a side channel below Glen Canyon Dam that's been a breeding ground for nonnative ...

Federal officials have confirmed that they will not flood the Grand Canyon this spring, citing ongoing work on Glen Canyon Dam and in the Colorado River downstream. Colorado River advocates say ...

Melissa Sevigny never wanted to raft the Colorado River. Somewhere between “outdoorsy” and “adventurous,” she wasn’t enough of an adrenaline junkie to seek out days of isolation beneath ...

Talk of dismantling Glen Canyon Dam once it reaches dead-pool status ... and the National Environmental Protection Act. Stopping construction now also won’t reverse the damage that has already ...

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area will begin ... of smallmouth bass in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam. Construction is planned to be completed by June, with equipment staging in ...

It was created by the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam in the 1960s, primarily as a means of water storage, hydroelectric power generation, and recreation. Glen Canyon is the name of the canyon ...

Under construction from 1956 to 1966, the dam forms Lake Powell behind it, the second-largest manmade reservoir in the U.S. Conceived of before the Hoover Dam, but built later, Glen Canyon helps ...

FILE - This Aug. 21, 2019 file photo shows Glen Canyon Dam in Page, Ariz. The elevation of Lake Powell fell below 3,525 feet (1,075 meters), a record low that surpasses a critical threshold at ...

Glen Canyon Dam, which creates the second-largest reservoir ... As far as engineering solutions go, environmentalists advocate for the construction of bypass tubes, which are tunnels around ...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will examine the possibility of drilling tunnels through Glen Canyon Dam to ensure water can pass through it at low Lake Powell elevations, two knowledgeable sources ...