Lake Powell

Humpback chub in the Grand Canyon have flourished under long-running restoration efforts. But now, exotic fish that prey on chub and other native fish have begun to slip through Glen Canyon Dam. It’s an unprecedented problem caused by the drought-stricken low levels of Lake Powell. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny spoke with National Park Service fisheries biologist Melissa Trammell about her concerns.

Yavapai County Sheriff David Rhodes, who pleaded guilty to operating a boat under the influence of alcohol, is off probation early.

Yavapai County Sheriff David Rhodes is seeking to cut his time on probation short.

When Lake Powell on the Colorado River first began to fill in the 1960s, it flooded archaeological sites and places with cultural and spiritual significance to Indigenous peoples. Now some of those sites have reemerged as drought shrinks the reservoir. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, the future of the area is unclear.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation projects that in 2024 the water level in Lake Powell could drop below the intakes that serve the City of Page and the LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation. The federal agency has announced short term measures to prop up the reservoir, which is threatened by drought and climate change. But the City of Page is thinking ahead to longer-term solutions. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny spoke with Bryan Hill of Page Utility Enterprise, the city’s power and water utility.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has announced what its water managers call “urgent, extraordinary actions” to prop up Lake Powell’s plummeting elevation. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports.

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.

The environmental nonprofit American Rivers has named the Colorado River as the nation’s most endangered waterway. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports.

Federal officials say it may be necessary to reduce water deliveries to Colorado River users to prevent the shutdown of Glen Canyon Dam

The latest water supply outlook from the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center estimates Lake Powell will only receive 64% of its average water inflows this year. Officials say the climate change-drive megadrought has shrunken water runoff in the Colorado River Basin by 20% since 2000.