Glen Canyon Dam

The Glen Canyon Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Colorado River in Page, Arizona. It forms Lake Powell, and provides both electricity and irrigation to the Southwestern region of the United States. The dam's construction was controversial because of the environmental damage it was expected to cause.

The Glen Canyon Dam's obstruction of the Colorado River altered the environment downstream. On March 5, 2008 the dam was used to create an artificial flood in the Grand Canyon. The flood was intended to flush out the area and revitalize river-side ecosystems.

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• FOX News: Man-Made Flood Rushes Through Grand Canyon (March 5, 2008)
  • "Our ultimate purpose is to learn whether or not this is a viable strategy for creating sandbars and habitats for native fish."
• The Guardian: Controlled Flood of the Grand Canyon Pits Environmentalists... (March 4, 2008)
• Telegraph: Grand Canyon to Be Flooded Artificially (February 26, 2008)
• AHN: Third Artificial Flood Planned At Glen Canyon Dam In Grand Canyon (February 25, 2008)
• The Arizona Republic: Flood Will Help a 3.5-million-year-old Fish (February 25, 2008)
• The New York Times: Drought Unearths a Buried Treasure (November 2, 2004)