Lake Powell continues to disappear as Colorado hits pause on plan to prop up levels

The reservoir could drop below the level needed to generate power at the Glen Canyon Dam this year if other ways of increasing the elevation of the lake aren’t used.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Abandoned buoys that used to protect a cultural site from boaters sit at the bottom of the Escalante River in Glen Canyon, Monday, May 17, 2021.

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Zak PodmoreSoutheast Utah reporter

Zak is the southeast Utah reporter for The Tribune. He has been writing from Bluff, Utah, since 2015 and is the author of Confluence: Navigating the Personal & Political On Rivers of the New West. His second book, which will cover the decline of Lake Powell, is forthcoming from Torrey House Press in 2024.