What goes up must come down — perhaps even for things as massive as Lake Powell. That’s the topic of the Glen Canyon Institute’s March 15 event, “Glen Canyon Rises.” Featuring artists, musicians and ...

Spring represents a fresh start for plants, animals, alarm clocks — and Lake Powell. Lake Powell’s levels have fallen throughout the winter, but as the weather warms, the snowpack that has accumulated ...

Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the nation’s two largest reservoirs, are following patterns very similar to 2021, the year the water shortage was declared by the federal government.

A popular natural phenomenon in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in southern Utah collapsed last week, the National Park Service said. According to NPS Rangers, the so-called “Double Arch” in ...

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A field crew studying fossil tracks near Lake Powell recently discovered an "extremely rare" set of prehistoric fossils along a stretch of the reservoir in Utah, officials announced on Friday. The ...

A warning has been issued over low water levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell, with advocates saying the Colorado River Basin is "on a knife's edge." Dry conditions and disappointing runoff from winter ...

Lake Powell is projected to reach a critically low water level by September 2026, triggering mandatory intervention. Reaching the 3,500-foot trigger point at Lake Powell also could significantly ...

Lake Powell is projected to fall below a critical threshold of 3,500 feet in 2026, triggering mandatory federal intervention. This intervention could involve reducing water releases to Lake Mead to ...