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Lake Powell Water Levels Lead to 'Ecological Rebirth'

Lake Powell Water Levels Lead to 'Ecological Rebirth'

This environmental crisis is revealing an unexpected ecological benefit—the return of native plant communities in areas exposed by the shrinking reservoir.

Lake Powell is Filling Up – With Mud

Lake Powell is Filling Up - With Mud

The basins behind America’s dams are filling up with sediment and the dam structures are aging. As discussed in the article below, this problem is acute at Lake Powell, the enormous reservoir created by the Glenn Canyon Dam in 1963. Meanwhile, the Desert Southwest is critically short of water.