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As Colorado River states race to finish a deal, water users face a resource altered by drought and climate change.
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Which dam to damn?
In the 1950s, conservationists rejoiced in their successful campaign to stop the federal government from flooding swaths of ...
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Look beyond the jet skis, and there are a number of captivating facts about Lake Powell that might make you appreciate it ...
First called Boulder Dam, the big dam helped create energy, distribute water through the Southwest. Some want to get rid of dams on the Colorado River. Read more.
The clock is ticking on the Colorado River. The seven states that use its water are nearing a 2026 deadline to come up with ...
Mitchell and Kenney did talk about Mead and Powell, the two big reservoirs in the basin, as all Colorado River conversations must. “Those are the two biggest reservoirs in the United States, and they ...
Go inside the Glen Canyon Dam on this exclusive tour to learn how it makes power and why it’s in danger Glen Canyon Dam on Lake Powell produces affordable, carbon-free hydropower for seven ...
California and six other states that use water from the Colorado River are nearing a 2026 deadline to come up with new rules for sharing shrinking supplies.
Construction of the Colorado River diversion tunnels around the base of Glen Canyon Dam in 1959. Environmental activists long pushed to decommission the dam because it flooded out a particularly ...
The recoating effort is part of the regular, long-term maintenance of the dam. The US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) has completed the recoating of the outlet tubes at Glen Canyon Dam and power plant ...