Their probable goal: To pack the tanker truck with explosives and blowup Glen Canyon Dam. Back then, the idea of draining Lake Powell was fringe, attractive to anti-government extremists and ...

Yeah, I mean, a lot of people are familiar with the story of the loss of Glen Canyon. In the 1960s, as Lake Powell was filling, it was considered to be one of the most beautiful, if not the most ...

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 sits on the border of Arizona and Utah. The massive reservoir attracts vacationers each year, while some own ...

The program ground to a halt with the onset of Covid. The aging True Grit needed extensive repairs, and the Park Service, lacking the funds and staff to make them, put the boat in dry storage.

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

As the drought news frenzy of 2021 and 2022 showed, coverage that coalesces the many issues and interests at play when it comes to the future of Lake Powell and the Glen Canyon Dam is rare.

LAKE POWELL — In 1963, the Glen Canyon Dam was built. It created Lake Powell Reservoir, which straddles Utah and Arizona, to ensure a water supply for the lower Colorado River basin states and ...

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area was formed in 1972 and borders multiple national parks and monuments, like Bears Ears, Capitol Reef and Canyonlands. The area’s biggest draw is Lake Powell ...

As we crossed the delta and paddled onto the reservoir, Wade and I were only 25 miles from the drowned confluence of the two rivers—where the San Juan met the Colorado in the heart of Glen Canyon ...

The change in water levels predicted for Lake Mead and Lake Powell in 2025 has been announced by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Lakes Mead and Powell are major reservoirs of the Colorado River ...

As Lake Powell's water levels have dropped over decades of drought, the Glen Canyon is filling with verdant vegetation. Many areas of the canyon that have been submerged by the reservoir for ...