The effects of drought and climate change are seen at Hoover Dam, which will soon hold the smallest amount of water since it was filled in the 1930s.

The effects of drought and climate change are seen at Hoover Dam, which will soon hold the smallest amount of water since it was filled in the 1930s.

Hoover or Boulder Dam? Controversial history attached to dam’s moniker Hoover Dam is seen from the Arizona side on July 6, 2023, near Boulder City.

Marc Reisner's book "Cadillac Desert" makes clear how the Grand Coulee Dam, which opened in 1942, stood apart as a symbol of American can-do exceptionalism.