MEDIA STATEMENT: EMERGENCY measures begun to try to save Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Dam hydropower

July 16, 2021

MEDIA STATEMENT: EMERGENCY measures begun to try to save Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Dam hydropower

KUNC reports that BuRec has begun emergency measures to try and save Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Dam hydropower: https://www.kunc.org/environment/2021-07-15/colorado-river-basin-reservoirs-begin-emergency-releases-to-prop-up-a-troubled-lake-powell

Our statement:

“This is nothing more than climate denial that robs Peter to pay Paul. Our 2019 lawsuit against the Glen Canyon Dam LTEMP (still in federal court in Prescott, AZ) pointed out very clearly that the Dept of Interior and BuRec have completely failed to take climate science seriously. Draining upper basin reservoirs to try and prop up Lake Powell is likely a band-aid placed over an arterial hemorrhage. We do not believe Lake Powell can be saved.” — Gary Wockner of Save The Colorado

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