Tag: Colorado River
Hiking Southern Utah: Gold Strike Canyon
While Gold Strike Canyon is not in southern Utah, it is within driving distance from southern Utah to complete it as a day hike.
Hiking Southern Utah: Dead Horse Point
Millions of years of geologic activity created spectacular views from Dead Horse Point State Park. Deposition of sediments by ancient oceans, freshwater lakes, streams, and windblown sand dunes created the rock layers of canyon country.
Zion Canyon Mesa Presents The Colorado River Series
Join them for the first of this series on Wednesday, March 27, at 7 PM for Wooden Boats on the Colorado River with Brad Dimock—150 Years of Questionable
New Lees Ferry Backcountry River Permit System
Lees Ferry is 42 miles (61 km) from Page, Ariz. via U.S. Highway 89 south and U.S. Highway 89A west. The park entrance is in Marble Canyon
Snowpack benefits Colorado River operations
A monthly study released April 15 by the Bureau of Reclamation indicates this winter's plentiful snowpack will benefit the Colorado River Basin through increased runoff to crucial reservoirs.
Colorado River Compact
Colorado River Compact
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Water in the West
Water in the West
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Does Utah actually have a remaining Colorado River water right?
Does Utah actually have a remaining Colorado River water right?
Having recently participated in an event dealing with the proposed Lake Powell Pipeline during which...
Musings and lessons from a six-million-year-old canyon
“The ship is always off course. Anybody who sails knows that. Sailing is being off course and correcting. That gives a sense of what...
Upper Colorado River Commission offers cash for conservation
An Upper Colorado River Commission "cash for conservation" pilot program, as part of its drought contingency plan, will monetarily compensate select water users in...