With such ancient history, there are tales and myths to be told as we walked through the swirling sculpted corridors ...

pristine ecosystems in the Glen Canyon area. But their work was far from complete. They documented just enough to guess at the grand total of what would be drowned under Lake Powell. William Lipe ...

The Bureau of Reclamation has said it will not flood the Grand Canyon this spring because of ongoing work around the Glen ...

Dam maintenance and non-native fish reduction efforts led the government to reject an environmentally restorative flood in ...

Start by exploring the iconic Grand Canyon, where the vastness and breathtaking ... the Colorado River offering panoramic views, and Lake Powell, where serene waters meet towering cliffs for ...

Photo by NPS For background, Glen Canyon Dam impounds the Colorado River to form Lake Powell, which stores water and functions as a “savings bank” during drought years. Lees Ferry, the put-in for ...

LAKE POWELL — In 1963 ... a research hydrologist at the USGS' Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, explained. "Rivers carry sediment. Lakes collect sediment," Grams said.

Lake Powell was nearly full in the late ‘90s ... the dead-pool reservoir with no easy way to release them into the Grand Canyon. Luckily, that catastrophic scenario didn’t play out in 2023 ...

Federal water managers will repair a set of little-used pipes within Glen Canyon Dam after discovering ... River watchers in recent years. If Lake Powell falls much lower, they could be the ...

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.

Water temperature has been a point of worry for protecting Grand Canyon’s native fish, including the humpback chub, ever since Glen Canyon Dam began impounding river water in Lake Powell in 1963.