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Federal water officials have announced they will keep hundreds of billions of gallons of Colorado River water inside Lake Powell to allow Glen Canyon Dam to continue producing hydropower while officials strategize how to operate the dam with a lower water elevation.
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Federal water officials plan an experimental flow on the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam to improve egg-laying conditions for aquatic insects.
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Federal officials say it may be necessary to reduce water deliveries to Colorado River users to prevent the shutdown of Glen Canyon Dam
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Lake Powell on the Colorado River has lost nearly seven percent of its storage capacity since it was built in 1963. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, that’s due to sediment washing into the reservoir.
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A new report released Tuesday by the U.S. Geological Survey confirms Lake Powell has lost 4% of its potential storage capacity since 1986.
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A coalition of environmental groups have started a contest to generate ideas for how to re-engineer Glen Canyon Dam to allow the Colorado River to flow freely again. A prize of at least five thousand dollars will go the winning idea. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny spoke with one of the contest’s sponsors, Dan Beard, a former commissioner for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and advocate for wild rivers.
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Drought is shrinking reservoirs in the West, and that could mean losing the ability to produce hydroelectric power at Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River.
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Rapids are returning to lower Cataract Canyon in southern Utah after decades underwater in the far-upper reaches of Lake Powell. The damming of the…
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Lake Powell on the Colorado River is at historically low levels. All but three of its boat ramps are stranded above the waterline. The National Park…
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Here’s a fish story for you: what if you could get paid to go fishing all day? The National Park Service wants anglers to help get rid of exotic brown…