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Environmental journalist and author of Life After Dead Pool, Zak Podmore, explores Glen Canyon’s changing landscape as Lake Powell recedes. His upcoming talk at the Park City Library will highlight the region’s ecological revival and the future of water management in the Colorado River Basin.

Arts & Entertainment

Lake Powell’s decline and Glen Canyon’s revival: A conversation at the Park City Library

Rebecca Brenner Mar 19, 2025

The Price River near Kyune, Utah, where the proposed Uinta Basin Railway would meet the existing Union Pacific line, is pictured from an Amtrak passenger train on June 5, 2023.

Environment

Supreme Court showdown over Uinta Basin Railway puts environmental law in the crosshairs

Utah News Dispatch Dec 10, 2024

The La Sal Mountain Loop on the Colorado River.

Environment

As Colorado River states await water cuts, they struggle to find agreement on longer-term plans

Associated Press Aug 15, 2024

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Lake Powell from above.

Environment

Sen. Romney introduces legislation to extend Colorado River conservation program

Will Scadden Jun 21, 2024

The Navajo Nation and American flags fly in Monument Valley.

News

Proposed settlement is first step in securing Colorado River water for 3 Native American tribes

Associated Press May 15, 2024

The La Sal Mountain Loop on the Colorado River.

Environment

Climate change, cost and competition for water drive settlement over tribal rights to Colorado River

Associated Press Mar 1, 2024

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The dock area at Antelope Island State Park.

Environment

A look at water conservation-related bills passed this Utah Legislative session

Kevin Cody Apr 27, 2023

The La Sal Mountain Loop on the Colorado River.

Environment

AP Exclusive: Emails reveal tensions in Colorado River talks

Associated Press Jan 31, 2023

Beyond reducing ornamental grass by 30%, the agencies say they'll boost water efficiency, add more water recycling and consider actions like changing how people pay for water to encourage savings.

Environment

Western US cities to remove decorative grass amid drought

Associated Press Nov 22, 2022

The La Sal Mountain Loop on the Colorado River.

News

Deadline looms for western states to cut Colorado River use

Associated Press Aug 16, 2022

Juvenile smallmouth bass sit at a National Park Service laboratory near Page, Ariz., July 1. Confirming their worst fears for record-low lake levels, NPS fisheries biologists have discovered that smallmouth bass, a non-native predator fish, has made its way through Glen Canyon dam and appear to have spawned in the lower Colorado River, where it can prey on humpback chub, an ancient native fish they have been working to reestablish.

Wildlife

Biologists’ fears confirmed on the lower Colorado River

Associated Press Jul 6, 2022

Lake Powell from above.

Politics

Colorado River cuts to be negotiated in the coming months

Parker Malatesta Jun 15, 2022

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