Lake Powell is a linchpin of the western U.S. water and energy systems, storing up to approximately 24 million acre-feet of water. The Glen Canyon Dam provides power to approximately 5 million people ...

Environmental activists long pushed to decommission the dam because it flooded out a particularly scenic canyon, but the effects of drought and climate change have shifted that debate.

Under Biden last year, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation finalized a decision to allow releases of water to bypass Glen Canyon Dam’s hydropower infrastructure to curb invasive fish populations.

The plan involved increasing flows from Glen Canyon Dam during the smallmouth spawning season. These pulses of cold water would theoretically disrupt their ability to spawn. Read Next: $100,000 Fine ...

This week’s meeting focused on the management of Glen Canyon Dam was canceled by the Trump Administration. It's one of many scientific conferences and federal meetings that have been canceled or ...

The Glen Canyon Dam was built with a significant design flaw: there is no drain at the bottom. If the reservoir continues to decline, billions of gallons of water would be trapped in a dead-pool ...

Those who advocated a legal decommissioning of the Glen Canyon Dam, including supporters of the Glen Canyon Institute in Salt Lake City, were often laughed out of the room.

Those who advocated a legal decommissioning of the Glen Canyon Dam, including supporters of the Glen Canyon Institute in Salt Lake City, were often laughed out of the room.

Those who advocated a legal decommissioning of the Glen Canyon Dam, including supporters of the Glen Canyon Institute in Salt Lake City, were often laughed out of the room.

Those who advocated a legal decommissioning of the Glen Canyon Dam, including supporters of the Glen Canyon Institute in Salt Lake City, were often laughed out of the room. In those years, the dam was ...

Those who advocated a legal decommissioning of the Glen Canyon Dam, including supporters of the Glen Canyon Institute in Salt Lake City, were often laughed out of the room.

Those who advocated a legal decommissioning of the Glen Canyon Dam, including supporters of the Glen Canyon Institute in Salt Lake City, were often laughed out of the room.