Feds release flood in Grand Canyon Mar 6, 2008
More than 300,000 gallons of water per second was being released from Lake Powell above the dam near the Arizona-Utah border enough water to fill New York City's Empire State Building in 20 minutes, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne said. "This gives you a glimpse of what nature has been doing for millions of years, cutting through and creating this magnificent canyon," Kempthorne said after he pulled the lever releasing the water. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Associated PressA Grand flooding Mar 6, 2008
The U.S. Interior Secretary releases water lots of water from the Glen Canyon Dam at Lake Powell, sending water rushing into the Grand Canyon ... More than 300,000 gallons of water per second were being released from Lake Powell above the dam near the Arizona-Utah border, enough to fill the Empire State Building in 20 minutes, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Water woes could mean new dams Mar 4, 2008
But the era of giant dams essentially ended with the Glen Canyon Dam, just upstream from the Grand Canyon on the Arizona-Utah state line, which galvanized the environmental movement because its Lake Powell inundated a huge swath of scenic land, archaeological sites and places important to native Americans. Lake Powell and its downstream cousin, Lake Mead two of the nations largest manmade reservoirs provide water for millions of people in Nevada, Arizona and California. (MSNBC -- Environment)
With dam operations in question, flood may help revive a river Feb 25, 2008
The chub population dwindled during the 1990s, rebounding slightly in recent years as lower levels at Lake Powell warmed water temperatures ... On March 5, the bureau would open the bypass tubes on Glen Canyon Dam, which holds back Lake Powell on the Colorado. (AZCentral -- News)
Everyone's life should have an escape clause Feb 24, 2008
A houseboat on Lake Powell in Arizona is a vacation site far from the humdrum and close to the exotic ... Let a boat be your house at Lake Powell in Arizona ... Lake Powell Resorts & Marinas offers houseboat and powerboat rentals, lodging, and tours. (Boston Globe)
Adios, Vegas: Lakes Mead, Powell May Run Dry by 2021 Feb 14, 2008
Lake Mead, on the Arizona-Nevada border and the West's largest storage reservoir, and Lake Powell, on the Arizona-Utah border, have been hit hard by a regional drought and are half full. Both lakes were created by dams built on the Colorado River, which provides water for about 27 million people in seven states. (Fox News)
Rocky water future ahead Feb 14, 2008
Tuesday's from two Scripps Institute of Oceanography researchers saying that there is a 50 percent chance that Lake Mead and Lake Powell, two massive reservoirs along the Colorado River, will run dry by 2021 is a much-needed reminder that our way of life depends on environmental factors taking place thousands of miles away ... Following an eight-year drought, Lake Powell and Lake Mead are already half-empty. (North County Times)
Lake Mead In Danger Of Drying Up Feb 14, 2008
It and Lake Powell help provide water for more than 25 million people in seven states. Because of a combination of climate change and strong demand, it could be completely drained by the year 2021. (KWTX.com, TX)
Lake Mead May Dry Up by 2021 Feb 14, 2008
Currently, Lake Mead located in and is half-full, as is Lake Powell, another manmade reservoir on the Colorado River. Both lakes help manage water resources for more than 25 million people in seven states. (National Geographic)
Demand for Water Could Drain Lake Mead Feb 14, 2008
Currently, Lake Mead located in Nevada and Arizona is half-full, as is Lake Powell. Both lakes help manage water resources for more than 25 million people in seven states. (Newsmax)
Scientists: Mead, Powell dry by 2021 Feb 13, 2008
This NASA satellite photo shows Lake Powell, the reservoir along the Colorado River straddling the Arizona-Utah border, in May 2006, after about six years of drought ... This NASA satellite photo shows Lake Powell, the reservoir along the Colorado River straddling the Arizona-Utah border, in May 2000 ... Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the massive Colorado River reservoirs that help keep Southern California wet, could run dry by 2021, according to a report released Tuesday by two Scripps Institute of... (North County Times)
Lake Mead, Key Water Source For Southwestern US, Could Be Dry By 2021 Feb 13, 2008
Without Lake Mead and neighboring Lake Powell, the Colorado River system has no buffer to sustain the population of the Southwest through an unusually dry year, or worse, a sustained drought ... Barnett and Pierce concluded that human demand, natural forces like evaporation, and human-induced climate change are creating a net deficit of nearly 1 million acre-feet of water per year from the Colorado River system that includes Lake Mead and Lake Powell ... The Lake Mead/Lake Powell system includes... (Science Daily)
Lake Mead could run dry by 2021, study warns Feb 13, 2008
Lake Mead and its upstream sibling, Lake Powell, help manage water resources for more than 25 million people in the seven states, including Arizona, that rely on the Colorado River for water and power ... Lake Mead is currently half-full, as is Lake Powell. (AZCentral -- News)
Lake Mead, a key Western storage reservoir, could be dry by 2012 Feb 13, 2008
"Make no mistake, this water problem is not a scientific abstraction but rather one that will impact each and every one of us that live in the Southwest."Currently, Lake Mead - located in Nevada and Arizona - is half-full, as is Lake Powell. Both lakes help manage water resources for more than 25 million people in seven states. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Editorial: Warnings don’t help economy (Jan. 23) Jan 29, 2008
You could sit in your ol truck overlooking a brackish, polluted, half full lake Powell while you flip thru magazine pages with pictures of the Pacific, freshly painted boats, clear streams, stands of timber, lush green, parks and valleys and continue your thoughts about how you get cheated by the state and the feds. What a guy. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Life afloat - Missoula trio finds adventure during 1,400-mile expedition to survey changing face of the Colorado River Jan 21, 2008
After outlasting the windstorm on Lake Powell and rowing 150 miles of flat reservoir water in 12 days, we catch a glimpse of life in Glen Canyon. Fifteen miles of this legendary chasm remain, forgotten by most boaters. (Missoulian, MT)
Storms filling reservoirs, but runoff could dry up Jan 14, 2008
Those dry years remain evident at the river's two largest reservoirs: Lake Powell holds 46 percent of its capacity, its water levels about 106 feet below its full mark. Lake Mead sits at half-full. (AZCentral -- News)
Bill would target poisonings tied to boat exhaust Jan 9, 2008
Odorless, colorless and deadly, carbon monoxide claimed the life of 7-year-old Megan Evans while on a family boating trip at Lake Powell in July. Now, the Flagstaff girl's parents hope that new legislation will help prevent future carbon-monoxide-related drowning deaths in Arizona. (AZCentral -- News)
Lake Pleasant boaters are asked to help control quagga mussel Jan 1, 2008
Since then they have been confirmed at Lake Powell and a Central Arizona Project canal in Scottsdale, he said. While mussel clusters pose no known health risks, there is no known way for safe eradication of quagga clusters. (AZCentral -- News)
River run retraces Colorado Dec 25, 2007
Nineteenth-century river runners weren't nearly capsized on Lake Powell by a huge tourist boat, and they didn't have to dodge silt beds as the reservoirs retreated at record low water levels. Unlike Powell and Holmstrom, the modern day expedition was tied to the dates of permits through four canyons and paddled through waters backed up by the Flaming Gorge and Glen Canyon dams some 270 miles of often windy flat water. (Missoulian, MT)
States OK new deal on Colorado River water Dec 11, 2007
It puts in place new measures to encourage conservation and manage the two primary reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, which have gone from nearly full to about half empty since 1999 ... Water deliveries would be decreased based on how far water levels drop in Lake Mead and Lake Powell. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Ripple Effect: Watch the Video Dec 10, 2007
just below Lake Powell where the flow is measured. So if the Colorado River suffers a long drought, the shortage - perhaps 800,000 acre-feet a year on average - comes out of our end. (Durango Herald)
States agree on plan to make water last Dec 9, 2007
Lake Powell and Lake Mead hold not only the water needed to survive long dry periods but also the key to a landmark deal meant to give the states a chance to find longer-lasting solutions ... Until now, separate rules governed the way water flowed from Lake Powell - which was built to benefit Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming - into Lake Mead, which stores water for Arizona, California and Nevada ... Barely 300 miles separate Lake Powell, on the Arizona-Utah border, and Lake Mead, on the... (AZCentral -- News)
Canyon trust sues over dam flow Dec 8, 2007
The Grand Canyon Trust, in a complaint filed in a Phoenix federal court, claimed the government releases water from Lake Powell in a way that benefits power production but destroys downstream habitat for native fish. In 1992, Congress ordered the bureau to address the negative effects of Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. (AZCentral -- News)
Source of water for West at risk Nov 25, 2007
Power-generating capacity decreased at Glen Canyon Dam in 2003 and 2004 after water levels dropped in Lake Powell, the reservoir that provides water for the dam's turbines ... Lake Powell sits at 48 percent of capacity, 101 feet below its full elevation of 3,700 feet above sea level. (AZCentral -- News)
Water park in drought area a wise idea? Nov 22, 2007
David Mcnew / Getty ImagesArizona's six-year drought has created scenes like this one last March 26 on Lake Powell, near Page, Ariz. No citizens groups overtly opposed the project, but its water usage may raise questions in the future as the growing Phoenix areas struggles to replenish its vast aquifer. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Authorities Search for Missing Toddler in Lake Powell, Utah Oct 10, 2007
Authorities Search for Missing Utah Toddler in Lake Powell ... BULLFROG, Utah Authorities are searching Lake Powell for a 3-year-old girl who may have fallen into the water Monday while playing chase with a brother. (Fox News)
Ariz. fights changes in Colo. River plan Oct 4, 2007
Arizona identified several concerns about the agreement in its letter, but the dispute hangs mostly on proposed changes to the way the states manage water in Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the two largest storage reservoirs on the Colorado River ... Arizona argues that the upper-basin states tried to rewrite the formula for balancing water in the two reservoirs, producing rules that could create a shortage on Lake Mead even when ample water remained in Lake Powell ... "But it could happen. And if it... (AZCentral -- News)
Scenic drive: Canyons and cliffs on U.S. 89 to Page Sep 22, 2007
Lake Powell: It's the second-largest man-made lake in America (after Lake Mead) and one of the most beautiful in the world ... Gunsight Butte rises from Padre Bay in Lake Powell ... Don't miss: The John Wesley Powell Memorial Museum, Lake Powell Boulevard and Navajo Drive in Page, has memorabilia, photos and drawings of Powell's epic exploration of the Colorado River in 1869 and 1871, as well as Native American and pioneer artifacts. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Lake Powell accidents kill 1, critically injure another Aug 27, 2007
(AP) -- Two unrelated accidents on Lake Powell killed one woman and left a man in critical condition over the weekend, National Park Service spokesman Kevin Schneider said. On Saturday, Schneider said seven friends were on a 23-foot powerboat when the driver got distracted and slammed head-on into a rock wall at about 30 to 40 mph. (FOX 11, AZ)
State pressed on water deal Aug 27, 2007
The study examined several solutions, including a pipeline that would import water from Lake Powell or the Colorado River ... The bureau study estimated that a pipeline from Lake Powell would cost more than $800 million, with annual operating costs of about $47 million ... To join in a Lake Powell pipeline, Flagstaff would need to acquire Colorado River water rights. (AZCentral -- News)
Scottsdale-based firm gets Grand Canyon contract Aug 21, 2007
The privately held company, founded in 1981, also operates Antelope Point Marina on Lake Powell, Mormon Lake Lodge near Flagstaff and Temple Bar Marina at Lake Mead. Forever Resorts is affiliated with Forever Living Products, a large health and beauty products company. (AZCentral -- Business)
Arizona Office of Tourism Aug 21, 2007
State tourism officials give $25,000 boost to Page-Lake Powell area - The Business Journal of Phoenix ... State tourism officials give $25,000 boost to Page-Lake Powell area ... Page and Lake Powell leaders plan to use the money to support ongoing marketing projects including nationwide ad placements to boost tourism interest to the area. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
State tourism officials give $25,000 boost to Page-Lake Powell area Aug 21, 2007
Page and Lake Powell leaders plan to use the money to support ongoing marketing projects including nationwide ad placements to boost tourism interest to the area. For more. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Officials fear spread of invasive mussel Aug 11, 2007
Officials announced this week that they had also found tiny quagga larvae in Lake Powell on the Arizona-Utah border, although no adults have yet been found ... At some lakes, including Lake Powell, boats must be decontaminated before entering the water. (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
Destructive mussels reach lake Aug 11, 2007
Attempts to contain the spread of exotic shellfish on the lower Colorado River suffered a setback this week with the discovery of mussel larvae in Lake Powell, more than 300 miles upstream from where the invasion began last year ... Because Lake Powell extends into Utah, the invasion now crosses into four Western states: Arizona, Nevada, California and Utah ... They pose potential risks to power generating equipment at Glen Canyon Dam, which holds back Lake Powell. (AZCentral -- News)
High bacteria levels close Slide Rock again Aug 7, 2007
The state has measured bacteria at several popular swimming areas in recent years, including Slide Rock, Lake Havasu, Lake Powell Roosevelt Lake and Canyon Lake. Only Slide Rock has posted closures this year so far. (AZCentral -- News)
Television newsman died living his dream Aug 2, 2007
"Rick shot interviews with Roy Rogers, astronauts Jim Lovell and John Glenn, and an MTV interview with Cindy Crawford at Lake Powell. "And he'd give viewers a new perspective of the world: belly-crawling through Kartchner Caverns, hanging out of race car at 120 mph, being hoisted down mine shafts in Jerome. and, finally, what he loved so much, showing us what life in Phoenix looks like from a helicopter. (AZCentral -- News)
21 people treated for carbon monoxide on Lake Powell Jul 15, 2007
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Twenty-one people on house boats for a family gathering at Lake Powell were treated for carbon-monoxide poisoning, just a few days after a 7-year-old girl drowned when she was overcome by similar fumes, officials said Wednesday ... and a friend were found unconscious Saturday while swimming near boats along the Lake Powell shore. (FOX 11, AZ)
Harnessing Arizona's solar power Jul 8, 2007
Capturing the sun's energy on a piece of land the size of Lake Powell could take care of all of Arizona's power needs, according to the Department of Energy. The whole state gets enough solar energy to power the country, the agency says. (AZCentral -- News)
28 Statewide 4th of July Events Jun 30, 2007
A series of educational and inspirational presentations and book signings by code talkers, a group of Native American Marines who served in World War II. Lake Powell Resorts and Marinas, 100 Lakeshore Drive, Page ... Fireworks show after dusk on Lake Powell National Golf Course ... Lake Powell Resorts and Marinas, 100 Lakeshore Drive, Page. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
44 Fireworks Shows Jun 30, 2007
Fireworks show after dusk on Lake Powell National Golf Course ... Lake Powell Resorts and Marinas, 100 Lakeshore Drive, Page ... Lake Powell Resorts and Marinas, 100 Lakeshore Drive, Page. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Southwest drought hastens search for water Jun 23, 2007
A barren landscape along Lake Powell near Page, Ariz. shows the result of a six-year drought that has dramatically dropped the level of the reservoir, seen here last March 26. (MSNBC -- Environment)
The Dehydrated States of America Jun 23, 2007
A bleached 'bathtub ring', the result of a six-year drought that has dramatically dropped the level of the reservoir, shows on red Navajo sandstone formations near Last Chance Bay at Lake Powell on March 26, 2007 near Page, Arizona. Lake Powell and the next biggest Colorado River reservoir, the nearly 100-year-old Lake Mead, are at the lowest levels ever recorded. (Globe and Mail)
Condors making a comeback Jun 22, 2007
Some have wandered many miles north along the shores of Lake Powell, and many hang out over the Grand Canyon, to the delight of river runners, tourists at the Navajo Bridge overlook and visitors to the South Rim. The widest-ranging condor reached Flaming Gorge in Wyoming. (AZCentral)
Finding rejuvenation on your vacation Jun 9, 2007
For a rejuvenation of the mind try a 4-day houseboat getaway on picturesque Lake Powell. For only $1,390 you can explore some of the most beautiful scenery in Arizona and Utah at your own pace. (MSNBC -- Travel)
USA: Drought for the ages Jun 8, 2007
On the Colorado River, the water supply for 30 million people in seven states and Mexico, the Lake Powell and Lake Mead reservoirs are only half full and unlikely to recover for years. In Los Angeles County, on track for a record dry year with 21% of normal rain downtown since last summer, fire officials are threatening to cancel Fourth of July fireworks if conditions worsen. (USA Today -- News)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET May 31, 2007
But some environmentalists, charting the receding waters of Lake Powell, wonder if Page will live to see 100. 800. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
At age 50, dam still generates love, hate May 28, 2007
The lower-river states - Arizona, Nevada and California - actually use the water kept behind the dam in Lake Powell, which allows the upper-river states to divert more water directly from the Colorado at certain times of the year ... "Back in 1948, before anything was there, National Geographic explored Glen Canyon and sent an expedition into what is now Lake Powell," said Barry Wirth, regional spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in Salt Lake City ... Lake Powell: Filled with water from... (AZCentral -- News)
Decent roadside eats while touring the state May 26, 2007
This glass-walled restaurant at the Lake Powell Resort offers a spectacular view along with such upscale fare as sweet potato pancakes and striped bass. Lake Powell Resort, 100 Lakeshore Drive. (AZCentral -- News)
Great Arizona tour guides: The Chief May 26, 2007
He has had the nickname since age 14, when he began working as a bus boy for a concessionaire at what is now Lake Powell Resort a in Page. "On occasion, the managers called me Little Chief," he says. (AZCentral -- News)
Invasive quagga mussel threatens Lake Powell May 21, 2007
FLAGSTAFF - Wildlife officials fear an invasive mussel that has been spotted in lakes throughout Arizona will next be introduced to Lake Powell north of Page ... Now, managers at Lake Powell are doing whatever they can to keep the organisms out ... "Basically, the way I see it, just about anything that someone might value about Lake Powell is threatened by this," said Mark Anderson, aquatic ecologist for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. (AZCentral -- News)
Epic ancient drought grim news for West May 18, 2007
A streak of just five consecutive below-normal years, from 2000 to 2004, emptied Lake Powell and Lake Mead of more than half of their supply ... A wet winter in 2005 helped the West avert possible shortages at Lake Powell ... to post a comment (Quick Click login required; ) Your comments the enviro @#$%ant to drain lake powell might want to think again, when there is no water to be had. (AZCentral -- News)
Shorts pack a big punch May 17, 2007
Documentaries include a closer look at the Sea of Cortez, the Grand Canyon, Lake Powell and more, covering a wide range of human-interest stories and global issues. Where/when: Screenings are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. May 26 and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 27 at Zaki Gordon Institute for Independent Filmmaking, Yavapai College, Sedona Center for Arts & Technology, 4215 Arts Village Drive, Sedona (89A & Cultural Park Place. (AZCentral)
Lake Powell company extends early-bird rates through May 15 May 6, 2007
Lake Powell Resorts as has extended its early-bird special for the first time, allowing guests to book houseboat vacations through May 15 ... Located on the border of Utah and Arizona within the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Lake Powell features miles of spectacular shoreline with towering red rock sandstone cliffs, more than 90 major canyons, brilliant blue-green water and beautiful sandy beaches. (North County Times)
Utah's dangerous waters: State has 4th highest rate of boat accidents Apr 22, 2007
By Deseret Morning News Lake Powell's blue water, winding red-rock canyons and sandy beaches form a vacation paradise for nearly 2 million visitors a year ... In fact, Lake Powell recorded the sixth highest rate of boating accidents of any body of water in America since 1995 ... Where accidents occur Lake Powell records almost as many serious boating accidents as all other Utah lakes and rivers combined. (Deseret News)
Drought debates muddy the waters Apr 21, 2007
An El Nio event during the winter of 2004 brought some relief to the region, but it still left the big lakes, Lake Powell and Lake Mead, , and so from a hydrological standpoint, the drought really didnt end at that time. It just stopped getting worse, said Kevin Trenberth of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). (MSNBC -- Environment)
Davis: Denial in the Desert Apr 18, 2007
By 2003, for example, Lake Powell had fallen by nearly eighty feet in three years, and crucial reservoirs along the Rio Grande were barely more than mud puddles. The Southwestern winter of 2005-06, meanwhile, was one of the driest on record, and Phoenix went 143 days without a single drop of rain. (Zmag.org)
Good, bad and ugly of quarter designs Apr 15, 2007
The good: Design memorializes John Wesley Powell, the namesake for Lake Powell who in 1869 led an expedition down the Colorado River that included the first known passage of the Grand Canyon. The bad: That August, thinking they surely would die if they continued down the Grand Canyon, three members of Powell's crew abandoned the expedition. (AZCentral -- News)
JPWB hears Colorado water plan Apr 12, 2007
He said similar projects are in the works, such as the Lake Powell Pipeline, which will pump around 100,000 acre-feet of water to southern Utah. The Lake Powell Pipeline project would allow Utah to tap into its unused portion of the Colorado River water. (Green River Star, WY)
NTSB: Pilot explains Gardner plane crash Apr 11, 2007
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Lake Powell turned "glass smooth" when a pilot lost depth perception and crashed, leaving Olympic wrestler Rulon Gardner in another extraordinary fight for his life ... The NTSB report quoted Randy Brooks of American Fork, Utah, saying at first he was flying 50 feet over the rippled surface of Lake Powell and had good perception. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Lake Powell predicted to be low again this year Apr 10, 2007
Lake Powell should look much like it did last year -- low in spots ... By the time runoff from snowmelt in the Upper Colorado River Basin concludes in early summer, Lake Powell will have gained just nine feet. (KOLD.com, AZ)
In West, quest for water expands as drought, growth strain resources Apr 4, 2007
Upriver at Lake Powell, which is at its lowest level since spring 1973, receding waters have exposed miles of mud in the fingered side canyons leading to the Glen Canyon Dam. In California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has sounded alarm bells by pushing for a ballot measure in 2008 that would allocate $4. (Boston Globe)
DROUGHT IN WEST LEADS TO WATER SCRAMBLE... Apr 4, 2007
Upriver at Lake Powell, which is at its lowest level since spring 1973, receding waters have exposed miles of mud in the side canyons leading to the Glen Canyon Dam ... Meanwhile, Utah has proposed a $500 million, 120-mile pipeline from Lake Powell to serve the fast-growing City of St. George and Washington County in the state s southwestern corner ... Dennis J. Strong, director of the Utah Division of Water Resources, said Nevada was protesting too much and instead should be cheering the Lake... (The Drudge Report)
Crew recovers plane that dumped Gardner Apr 4, 2007
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Divers recovered the airplane that dumped Olympic wrestler Rulon Gardner into Lake Powell after finding it largely in one piece, standing on its nose at a depth of 115 feet ... The pilot, Randy Brooks, was flying low over Lake Powell when the plane suddenly dipped and clipped the water's surface ... And spring runoff turned Lake Powell muddy, reducing visibility. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
