John Wesley Powell and his men traveled down the Grand Canyon 150 years ago. Since then the canyon has experienced incredible change.

Powell first set out for the unknown depths of the Grand Canyon in May 1869 from Green River, ... “That’s going to draw a lot of attention to that technology,” he said.

But even more significantly, Powell became the muse of this great canyon, committed to bringing the wonder of it to public attention through articles and books, in exhibits and on lectures in geology.

Billions of gallons of water from Lake Powell are being dumped into the Grand Canyon. The water will eventually make its way to Lake Mead. By Julia Jacobo. April 27, 2023, 2:10 PM. 0:57.

Two years before Powell and his men emerged from the Grand Canyon’s depths, a sunburnt, blistered, starved, half-clothed and half-dead bearded man, leashed to a log raft, arrived at Callville ...

During occasional field trips to the western territories, Powell began to think about exploring the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. By May 1869, those thoughts had become reality.

Grand Canyon National Park has seen a resurgence of humpback chubs pre-bass invasion, enough that they were downgraded from endangered to threatened. Some of them spawn near the mouth of the ...

The U.S. Interior Department is cranking up releases from Glen Canyon Dam this week as part of an ongoing experimental program to replenish downstream sandbars and beaches in the Grand Canyon ...

The Colorado River runs through the Glen Canyon Dam, which forms Lake Powell, and eventually into the Grand Canyon. The smallmouth bass live in Lake Powell, and until recently, they had nowhere ...

Grand Canyon rafters, hikers urged caution. The National Park Service is alerting river rafters, hikers and others who might be in the Canyon this week that Colorado River flows will ramp up ...