When the Glen Canyon Dam was constructed in the 1960s, there were many unintended consequences to the Grand Canyon ecosystem immediately downstream. One of the more high profile has been the plight of native fish species which have struggled to adapt …
Court Rules for NPS in Lawsuit over Motorized Rafts
The presence of motorized rafts has long been a polarizing issue among the Grand Canyon river running community. Champions claim that they provide an efficient way to travel through the canyon on a virtually unflippable watercraft that has room for …
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Rafting Trip Rekindles Passion for the Canyon
Just back from a nine-day whitewater rafting trip in the Grand Canyon, I find myself struggling to readjust to the "real" world. Along with twenty-three others I participated in a Grand Canyon Field Institute-sponsored, oar-powered trip from the …
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Surf’s Up! High Flow Planned for Grand Canyon
In 1996, the flow of the Colorado River through Grand Canyon was artificially elevated as part of an ongoing study to determine the downstream effects of the Glen Canyon Dam. In the pre-dam era, spring floods were the norm, and fed by snowmelt in the …
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