The sheer enormity of Lake Powell arising out of a desert in the West is not only spectacular, it's in jeopardy.

Lake Powell is the nation's second-largest reservoir. Water is dangerously close to dropping so low that it can't flow out of the reservoir.

Lake Powell bounces back — but for how long? Captured runoff reflooded natural wonders, while laying bare competing visions for Glen Canyon in the water-starved West.

Twice in the last three summers, the National Park Service and its biggest concessionaire at Lake Powell have reduced fuel ...

The spot was inundated 40 years ago when Lake Powell first filled, backing up through Glen Canyon and over a hundred tributaries.

Toxic algae hits vast US lake just in time to spoil July 4 swimming and boating - Exposure to the blooms can result in liver ...

Coloradans might know of Lake Powell from sun-filled days recreating in its waters, its expansive, rust-colored canyon walls or the onslaught of news coverage focused on its water levels. So why ...

The concentration of cyanotoxins was found to be at the “high end of safe exposure levels” in the Antelope Canyon portion of ...

Science At Lake Powell, Record Low Water Levels Reveal an ‘Amazing Silver Lining’ When the reservoir dropped to its lowest level since it was filled, an expedition through once-submerged ...

Lake Powell reached a record low of 22% full in 2023 due to drought and overuse, threatening water supplies for millions of people across the West and hydropower production at Glen Canyon Dam.

Experts say the boost won't solve or even significantly delay the West's water crisis that has drained Lake Powell and Lake Mead.

Calls to drain Lake Powell have been around for decades. One of the first agencies to call for the idea was the Glen Canyon Institute in the 1990s.