California, Arizona and Nevada—the three states that make up the system’s “Lower Basin”—reached an agreement with the Biden administration to conserve 3 million acre-feet of water over the next three years, which is 13 percent of those states’ total allocation from the river. In exchange, the Biden administration will compensate the states with about $1.2 billion in federal funds.
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Click here for the Glen Canyon ExperienceOver the last several years, our partners in Moab have been surveying and researching the huge changes happening along the Colorado River through Cataract, Narrow, and now Glen Canyons. Please click below to visit their site and explore the work they have done to understand how the river is evolving as the reservoir recedes.
Returning RapidsFor author Zak Podmore, a former Tribune reporter, there’s good news in the dried-out lakebed. Sure, Glen Canyon is now packed with huge plugs of mud and sediment and the red walls are bleached white. But treasures, like the once-drowned Cathedral in the Desert and surprisingly intact ecosystems, are seeing light for the first time in decades.
Read MoreWater managers are now worried because of recently discovered damage was discovered inside those important tubes. It’s caused by tiny air bubbles that pop so hard, they can rip away chunks of pipe. “This is a really big infrastructure problem. And it really has a big impact on how water is managed throughout this whole basin,” says Eric Balken, executive director of the nonprofit Glen Canyon Institute.
Read MoreIn 2021, the NPS published a rule expanding off-road vehicle use throughout the national recreation area. The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) and the National Parks Conservation Association, both environmental nonprofits, sued the agency over the rule.
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