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Glen Canyon Dam

March 14, 2008--Grand Canyon flood created new sandbars (Denver Post)

The Grand Canyon boasts new sandbars ranging in size from small nooks and crannies to ones as large as football fields, the results of a manmade flood de

March 8, 2008--Dam gates ready to close as Grand Canyon flood nears end (Denver Post)


Workers at the Glen Canyon Dam are preparing to shut off bypass gates that have been pouring billions of extra gallons of water

March 4, 2008--Flood, mud to boost lifeblood (Rocky Mountain News)

The Colorado River will run wild Wednesday morning, flooding as it did years ago before Glen Canyon Dam was built and Lake Powell filled.

March 1, 2008--Drought, growth have Western states studying dams again (Summit Daily News)

The era of massive dam construction in the West — which tamed rivers, swallowed towns, and created irrigated agriculture, cheap hydropower and persistent e

December 20, 2007--Feds considering another big water release into Grand Canyon (Denver Post)

Federal officials are considering releasing a large amount of water from the Glen Canyon Dam into the Grand Canyon early next year in an effort to rebuild beaches and aid endangered fish.

December 11, 2007--New suit filed over Glen Canyon Dam (Desert News)

An environmental group says the Glen Canyon Dam, a key Colorado River dam on the Utah-Arizona border, is being mismanaged by the federal government, threatening already endangered species for the b

Law of the Colorado River--Las Vegas, NV

05/10/2007 - 8:30am
05/11/2007 - 4:45pm

The Law of the River continues to evolve as states and water users are faced with new issues.

January 14, 2007--Fight Brewing Over Endangered Fish (Grand Junction Sentinel)

The federal government is spending millions of dollars in Colorado to save endangered fish that, according to one organization, it's allowing to dwindle in the Grand Canyon. The U.S.

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