Editor’s note • The following is an excerpt from the Salt Lake Tribune’s new Open Lands newsletter, a twice-a-month newsletter about Utah’s land, water and air from the environment team. For a sneak ...

Since Glen Canyon Dam's completion in the 1960s, Utahns have revered Lake Powell for a lot of reasons: It's a houseboating paradise, with many families planning multigenerational trips on the water ...

Glen Canyon • Erik Balken navigated his small motorboat through tight S-curves in the waning days of autumn, sandstone walls weathered by water, wind and time looming above. Veering beyond the final ...

"I understand why people love this place. I think it's the most beautiful canyon in the world." For 17 years, Eric Balken has sailed the choppy waters of Lake Powell along with stepping foot on the ...

Since 2021 Flagstaff photographer Dawn Kish has been documenting the reemerging Glen Canyon as the water levels at Lake ...

If you want to see the Colorado River change in real time, head to Lake Powell. At the nation’s second-largest reservoir, water levels recently dipped to the lowest they’ve been since 1968. As the ...

Are you craving a summer escape that’s both thrilling and serene? Lake Powell delivers that rare mix of silence and splash, offering endless sun-soaked moments on turquoise water. It’s not just a lake ...

Lake Powell is a striking body of water surrounded by cliffs and structures of rusty, layered, Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone, studded with minuscule quartz crystals that glimmer when the desert sun ...

Federal water managers will repair a set of little-used pipes within Glen Canyon Dam after discovering damage earlier this year. The tubes, called river outlet works, have been a focus for Colorado ...

The Trump administration gave seven Western states a deadline to agree on initial terms for an agreement on cutting water use ...

Conservation groups are calling for changes to the management of Lake Powell, the nation’s second largest reservoir, after the discovery of damaged plumbing within the dam that holds it back. The ...