Introduction
I can't remember exactly what originally piqued my interest in Lake Powell - perhaps this picture of Reflection Canyon by Michael Melford from a two page spread in an April 2006 feature in National Geographic titled "Glen Canyon Revisited"
Why Lake Powell
Why now?
Lake Powell is low and receding, approaching levels that have critical implications for the flow of the Colorado River and communities and economies downstream of the Glen Canyon Dam.
The Glen Canyon Dam
The Glen Canyon Dam is the
Current Status
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Additional Reading
Cadiallac Desert (1986, 1993) by Marc Reisner
Encounters with the Archdruid (1971) by John McPhee
Life After Dead Pool (2024) by Zak Podmore
Desert Solitaire (1968) by Edward Abbey