Glen Canyon Dam Update
February 13th, 2008
Lake Powell - Glen Canyon Dam - Current Status - Feb. 5th, 2008
Glen Canyon Dam Operations
2009 Grand Canyon Lottery Ends Soon
February 22nd, 2008
River runners wishing to apply for the lottery for Grand Canyon's Colorado River for calendar year 2009 noncommercial river trips have until noon on 2/26/2008 to enter the drawing. The lottery is strictly online and may not be entered via fax, mail or phone. Winners are notified solely through email.
Grand Canyon Flood Tentatively Set For March 5, 2008
February 25th, 2008
The Grand Canyon National Park web site has posted an information page on the possible High-Flow experiment set to release 41,000 cubic feet per second for the Colorado River through the park to begin March 5 lasting through March 9, 2008.
The high flow will occur by releasing water from Glen Canyon Dam, 14 miles upstream of the park boundary.
A final decision has yet to be made by the Department of Interior, and is expected within the week.
Pearce Ferry Rapid Now Class 4 Drop
February 29th, 2008
The once tranquil waters of Lake Mead at the end of the Grand Canyon near Pearce Ferry, Arizona, continue to change quickly as the Colorado River is reclaiming 50 miles of what once was the flat reservoir of Lake Mead.
After nine years of drought, Lake Mead has dropped 118 feet, and as the river cuts down into lake sediment, it no longer follows its historic river bed. The "reborn" river now channels full-force into hillsides, crosses once-buried ridges and travels through rocky saddles far removed from the pre-lake river bed.
