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Tensions around flooding the Grand Canyon are likely to continue between environmentalists, government and electricity producers. Update 5/30/25, 05:15 a.m. ET: This story has been updated with a ...
Federal officials have confirmed that they will not flood the Grand Canyon this spring, citing ongoing work on Glen Canyon Dam and in the Colorado River downstream. Colorado River advocates say ...
For background, Glen Canyon Dam impounds the Colorado River to form Lake Powell, which stores water and functions as a “savings bank” during drought years. Lees Ferry, the put-in for boaters on the ...