urges Congress to fund the construction of new infrastructure projects to address a “major engineering flaw” at Glen Canyon Dam. They argue that their proposals will ensure that the dam can ...

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

Glen Canyon Dam began its life with an explosion. Congress authorized the dam’s construction on this day in 1956, and about seven months later, then-president Dwight D. Eisenhower pressed a ...

Steed noted that the Glen Canyon Dam National Recreation Area also serves as a major destination for recreation in Utah, even as water levels have dropped. "It's become, since its construction ...

Dominy oversaw most of the dam’s construction work. After leaving the bureau in 1969, he remained a vocal advocate for big dams in general and Glen Canyon in particular for the rest of his life ...

since-deceased Reclamation commissioner who had overseen and was a cheerleader for the dam’s original construction. Dominy, speaking to Glen Canyon Institute officials, had first dismissed as ...

About the Glen Canyon Dam: The Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete ... and flow regulation in the Colorado River Basin. The cost of construction was $135 million. Construction began in 1956 and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...