In the struggling Colorado River basin, where water is scarce, the White House has signaled its priorities for how to use the remaining gallons. Even as scientifically-determined thresholds have been ...

Each fall, dam operators adjust river flows below Hells Canyon to help protect Chinook salmon eggs until they emerge as ...

The scanty snowpack accumulating this winter in the Colorado River headwaters is threatening Glen Canyon Dam's hydropower production and complicating an already fraught balancing act for the Southwest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The federal government must rapidly prepare plans to redesign Glen Canyon Dam's plumbing to keep the Colorado River flowing ...

Everything from sand to summer vacations is projected to change in the Grand Canyon as the river’s flows are reduced.

Editor’s Note: Since it’s completion in 1963, when it plugged the flow of the wild Colorado River and drowned a mythically beautiful canyon beneath the waters of Lake Powell, Glen Canyon Dam has ...

The hydropower plant that powers about a quarter of a million homes is run by a team of mechanics, electricians and more. By Luna Anna Archey / High Country News Published Jun 23, 2022 9:00 PM EDT ...

Conservation groups are calling for changes to the management of Lake Powell, the nation’s second largest reservoir, after the discovery of damaged plumbing within the dam that holds it back. The ...

Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Record of Decision (1996)." National Research Council. 1999. Downstream: Adaptive Management of Glen Canyon Dam and the Colorado River Ecosystem. Washington, DC: The ...

All boat ramps and access points for Canyon Lake will be closed to the public through February, but SR 88 will remain open.