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 benefit of power production. The Grand Canyon Trust made the allegations in a federal lawsuit filed Friday in Phoenix. The suit names the U.S. Interior Department's Bureau of Reclamation, which operates the dam, which has created Lake Powell. The Flagstaff-based group's suit claims the government releases water from Lake Powell in a way that benefits power production but destroys downstream habitat for native fish.

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