Founded in 1996, the mission of Glen Canyon Institute (GCI) is to restore
a healthy Colorado River through Glen Canyon. We have embarked upon a multi-year
campaign to protect and restore Glen Canyon, the biological heart of the
Colorado River, and reverse the decline of Grand Canyon’s fragile
ecosystem. Since the founding of the institute, people across the country
and around the world have become aware of the many serious problems resulting
from the construction of Glen Canyon Dam as well as the inefficient nature
of Powell reservoir. In the eight years since our founding, GCI has made
giant strides toward redefining the public debate about restoration of one
of America’s most precious natural areas: Glen and Grand Canyons. |
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Shortly after it was founded, GCI initiated and completed 8 scientific
studies on the impacts of current Glen Canyon Dam operations and the issues
associated with restoring the canyon. Despite claims that restoring the
canyon is impossible, too costly, or operationally not possible, the Citizen’s
Environmental Assessment (CEA), as well as significant evidence from the
Grand Canyon Adaptive Management Program, demonstrate that many of the
negative impacts caused by Glen Canyon Dam can be reversed by restoring
a healthy Colorado River through Glen and Grand Canyons.
Over the past few years, as Mother Nature has initiated the natural restoration
of Glen Canyon, the institute has shifted its focus to protecting the
revealed landscape and sharing its beauty with the world through slideshow
presentations, the production and |
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Photo by Dr. Ed E. Larson |
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