Rich Stein (he/him) · @RichStein
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"#GlenCanyon revealed — What comes next for #LakePowell? https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.2/features-water-glen-canyon-revealed
Impossible to grasp the vastness of these spaces and monuments without being in their presence. Get there if you can. As John Wesley Powell called it: sublime.
May be selfish but I'm glad to see some of these vistas revealed. I hope that efforts to address #ClimateChange also preserve more of nature in the American southwest (canyons, clean air) and elsewhere.
#glencanyon #lakepowell #climatechange #climatediary
Arizona Bill · @hunkabilly
526 followers · 216 posts · Server mas.toAfter reading #DesertSolitaire by #EdwardAbbey & then #MonkeyWrenchGang in '76, we rafted through #Canyonlands in southeastern #Utah. After 8 days of lazily floating under the massive sandstone canyons, we arrived at the confluence of #GreenRiver & #ColoradoRiver & witnessed the immense rapids actively carving the heart of Cataract Canyon. Mind blown & then after the final set of rapids we arrived at a drowned #GlenCanyon 💔 making me a life-long lover of free rivers. 😢 #LakePowell can suck it.
#lakepowell #glencanyon #coloradoriver #greenriver #utah #canyonlands #monkeywrenchgang #edwardabbey #desertsolitaire
Ariadne · @ariadne
851 followers · 202 posts · Server climatejustice.social"‘A portion of paradise’: how the drought is bringing a lost US canyon back to life - Record dryness has restored an ecosystem under Lake Powell, the country’s second-largest reservoir. Is it time to see it as ‘a national park rather than a storage tank’?"
"Lake Powell was created in 1963 to store water and provide hydropower for millions of people in western states. To do so, engineers built a 710ft-tall dam that severely limited the flow of the Colorado River, flooding Glen Canyon and forever altering one of the most ecologically and culturally rich areas in the south-western United States. The 180-mile canyon harbored unmatched riparian areas, side canyons and river tributaries, and thousands of ancient archaeological sites. The author and environmental activist Ed Abbey once called it “a portion of the Earth’s original paradise”."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/11/lake-powell-glen-canyon-drought-reservoir
#LakePowell #Drought #Ecosystems #Ecosystem #Restoration #ColoradoRiver #GlenCanyon #Utah #Arizona #Nevada #California #US #Climate #ClimateCrisis
#lakepowell #drought #ecosystems #ecosystem #restoration #coloradoriver #glencanyon #Utah #arizona #nevada #california #us #climate #ClimateCrisis
AI6YR · @ai6yr
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Western Water Assessment · @WWAnews
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As #LakePowell water levels drop, native plants are reclaiming #GlenCanyon. "This landscape in its current state is not really known. Depending on the area, it’s only been out of the water for one to 20 years..." says WWA's Seth Arens. https://biographic.com/songs-of-the-dammed/
BrownsBay · @brownsbay
120 followers · 227 posts · Server pnw.zoneThis is a pretty good read by Craig Childs in HCN "Lake Powell, like its downstream neighbor Lake Mead, stands at a quarter of its full capacity. An increasingly arid climate, high demand from thirsty agriculture, and the bad math embedded in the century-old compact that divides the Colorado River’s water have shrunk the two reservoirs to levels not seen since they were first filling." #drought #GlenCanyon #LakePowell #ColoradoRiver #Utah #Arizona #GlenCanyonDam
https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.2/features-water-glen-canyon-revealed
#drought #glencanyon #lakepowell #coloradoriver #utah #arizona #glencanyondam
Amoeba Pander · @amoebapander
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Trailspotting.com · @trailspotting
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There are many photographs of Horseshoe Bend, but this one is mine. Also, you can check out our trail review and less photographed views at https://www.trailspotting.com/2023/03/horseshoe-bend-page-az.html | #Arizona #HorseshoeBend #PageAZ #GrandCanyon #GlenCanyon #Hiking #Photography #Halide
#Halide #photography #hiking #glencanyon #grandcanyon #pageaz #horseshoebend #arizona
JeanEvergreen · @JeanEvergreen
53 followers · 434 posts · Server montereybay.social#GlenCanyon revealed: https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.2/features-water-glen-canyon-revealed?utm_source=pocket-newtab
#LakePowell
Trailspotting.com · @trailspotting
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Trail review: Beehive Trail and New Wave Trail at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona. | https://www.trailspotting.com/2023/03/beehive-new-wave-trails-page-az.html | #GCNRA #GlenCanyon #Trails #Outdoors #Hiking #Arizona #PageAZ #Landscape #Desert #Maps
#maps #desert #landscape #pageaz #arizona #hiking #outdoors #trails #glencanyon #gcnra
bs2 · @bsmall2
195 followers · 3346 posts · Server mstdn.jp
> Less water in those giant lakes means less water for agriculture and residential consumption. But the falling water levels threaten a further problem: the potential failure of their dams to provide electric power crucial to millions. Last summer, Lake Mead dropped to within 90 feet of the depth at which its dam can no longer generate power. Some estimates suggest that Lake Powell’s #GlenCanyon dam may stop producing electricity as soon as July.
https://tomdispatch.com/rain-and-heat-fire-and-snow/
#RebeccaGordon #Drought
#drought #rebeccagordon #glencanyon
O=C=O · @tuxom
2319 followers · 10857 posts · Server mastodon.social
#LakePowell Drops to a New Record Low as Feds Scramble to Prop it Up
The wet winter, cutbacks in releases from #GlenCanyon Dam and proposals from states to reduce demand aren’t enough to stem the reservoir’s decline, leading some activists to advise phasing it out.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17022023/lake-powell-glen-canyon-dam-colorado-river-low/
#lakepowell #glencanyon #climatecrisis
Hulaviking · @hulavikih
171 followers · 1530 posts · Server universeodon.comRemove the dam.
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #lakepowell #glencanyon
Article: Lake Powell hits a new record low
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #lakepowell #glencanyon
Hulaviking · @hulavikih
157 followers · 1369 posts · Server universeodon.com#environment #glencanyon #nationalparks #lakepowell
Free Glen Canyon!
Article: As climate change and overuse shrink Lake Powell, the emergent landscape is coming back to life – and posing new challenges
#environment #glencanyon #nationalparks #lakepowell
Nam Henderson · @namhenderson
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"One of the first plants to show up after the water recedes is Russian thistle, or tumbleweed...I saw a few shoots of tamarisk, another non-native, in the canyons, but cottonwood saplings numbered in the hundreds. The original ecology was returning...It is, without doubt, erupting with life" https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.2/features-water-glen-canyon-revealed via @highcountrynews re: #GlenCanyon #WaterintheWest et al.
IMGoph · @IMGoph
204 followers · 975 posts · Server thepit.social
READ THIS (h/t @agentdana)
https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.2/features-water-glen-canyon-revealed
(And read Desert Solitaire if you have not. ***Especially*** if you love the natural environment of the Southwest United States: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Solitaire)
#lakepowell #coloradoriver #glencanyon
Iragersh · @Iragersh
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Janik · @janik_frenzel
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Fiery desert sunset 🏜️
#sunset #horsheshoebend #glencanyon #page #arizona #vacation #latergram #landschaftsfotografie #fujifilmxs10 #viltrox13mmf14 #velvia #filmsimulation #editedincaptureone
#sunset #horsheshoebend #glencanyon #page #arizona #vacation #latergram #landschaftsfotografie #fujifilmxs10 #viltrox13mmf14 #velvia #FilmSimulation #editedincaptureone
Janik · @janik_frenzel
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Yet another U-turn↪️
#horsheshoebend #page #arizona #roadtrip #vacation #latergram #glencanyon #coloradoriver #goldenhour #sunset #landscapephotography #fujifilmxs10 #viltrox13mmf14 #velvia #filmsimulation #editedincaptureone
#horsheshoebend #page #arizona #roadtrip #vacation #latergram #glencanyon #coloradoriver #goldenhour #sunset #landscapephotography #fujifilmxs10 #viltrox13mmf14 #velvia #FilmSimulation #editedincaptureone
Janik · @janik_frenzel
43 followers · 131 posts · Server sfba.social
Just making a U-turn↪️
#horsheshoebend #page #arizona #roadtrip #vacation #latergram #glencanyon #coloradoriver #goldenhour #sunset #landscapephotography #fujifilmxs10 #viltrox13mmf14 #velvia #filmsimulation #editedincaptureone
#horsheshoebend #page #arizona #roadtrip #vacation #latergram #glencanyon #coloradoriver #goldenhour #sunset #landscapephotography #fujifilmxs10 #viltrox13mmf14 #velvia #FilmSimulation #editedincaptureone