Dam maintenance and non-native fish reduction efforts led the government to reject an environmentally restorative flood in ...

Critics argue that failing to flood the Grand Canyon on a regular basis causes its beaches to wash away and has a devastating impact on its wildlife. The Bureau of Reclamation has said it will not ...

citing ongoing work on Glen Canyon Dam and in the Colorado River downstream. Colorado River advocates say failing to flood the Canyon will hurt efforts to restore beaches and preserve the ...

Authorized in 1956 and built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Glen Canyon Dam flooded Glen Canyon in 1963 with the reservoir water of Lake Powell. Remnants of the early mining ventures in Glen ...