Mar 10, 2023 | Arizona, Fill Lake Powell, Link, Motorboat, National Park Service, Personal Watercraft, River Raft/Kayak/Canoe, Utah
The Bureau of Reclamation is accepting public comment until March 10, 2023 on potential flow releases out of Glen Canyon Dam to the Colorado River. Submit a comment below to let BOR know we do not support any experimental releases that have a weak basis in science....
Feb 10, 2023 | Arizona, California, Colorado, Fill Lake Powell, Motorboat, National Park Service, Nevada, New Mexico, Personal Watercraft, Utah, Wyoming
Just one day after six of the seven states submitted their proposal to the Bureau of Reclamation, California snuck in under the BOR’s January 31 deadline and submitted its own to address systemic shortages for use of the Colorado River. In its plan, that...
Feb 10, 2023 | Arizona, California, Colorado, Fill Lake Powell, Motorboat, National Park Service, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming
On January 30, six of the seven Colorado River basin states jointly released a proposal to the Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) in response to that agency’s January 31 deadline to avoid facing possible preemptive federal intervention. Technically, it’s a...
Feb 3, 2023 | Action Alert, ATV, Fill Lake Powell, National Park Service
For years, permits have been required to produce commercial film or photography content on federally managed public lands. Historically, this authority was used to manage the impacts of Hollywood film productions that have the potential to leave an impact on the...
Dec 31, 2022 | Fill Lake Powell
This has been a big year for our effort to influence management of Lake Powell and the hydrological system that is the lifeblood of so many communities in the West. But as we watched reservoir levels drop to startlingly low levels, it became clear that action was...
Dec 12, 2022 | Fill Lake Powell, Legal Update, Motorboat, National Park Service, Nevada, Personal Watercraft, River Raft/Kayak/Canoe, Uncategorized
The National Park Service is requesting comments to address low water levels at Lake Mead in Nevada. The NPS is looking at three options for how they should manage marinas, campgrounds, and recreation infrastructure as they adjust to low lake levels. One should note...
