The Glen Canyon Dam holds back Colorado River water, which forms Lake Powell, seen from the air on April 15, 2023, in Page, Arizona. The flight for aerial photography was provided by LightHawk ...

Aerial view of the Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona. The Glen Canyon Dam at Lake Powell in Arizona is set to receive $30.9 million in upgrades as part of President Joe Biden's Investing in America ...

I look up, then I sit down. Staring up the 583-foot face of Glen Canyon Dam from its base is a dizzying experience. At least for me. It sends my equilibrium spinning.

"In nearly 60 years of operation at Glen Canyon Dam, we didn't need to address the issues that we're facing now," says Wayne Pullan the Bureau of Reclamation's Upper Colorado Basin regional director.

The view from the steel bridge above Glen Canyon Dam floods the senses with contrast and color. Lake Powell’s brilliant blue is set against an endless desert landscape of browns.

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 ...