Over the past several years, the Glen Canyon Dam has lost about 16 percent of its capacity to generate power. The water levels at Lake Powell have dropped around 100 feet in the last three years.

As Lake Powell recedes, Glen Canyon’s archeological sites are gradually ... a line of footholds snaking up an almost vertical rock face. Trying to imagine someone using the footholds was ...

Inflows into Lake Powell are expected to be less than two-thirds of average thanks to ever-shrinking snowpacks on the Colorado Plateau in the face of climate ... allow Glen Canyon to reemerge ...

This newest milestone on Lake Powell, though, is significant for another reason. The reservoir also sustains a hydroelectric power plant, Glen Canyon Dam, that provides energy to millions of people.

Over the past several years, the Glen Canyon Dam has lost about 16% of its capacity to generate power. The water levels at Lake Powell have dropped around 100 feet in the last three years.

Over the past several years, the Glen Canyon Dam has lost about 16 percent of its capacity to generate power. The water levels at Lake Powell have dropped around 100 feet in the last three years.