Deltas of sediment are pushing into Glen Canyon as Lake Powell disappears
Researchers at the University of Utah and the U.S. Geological Survey are studying how the sediment is impacting the reservoir.
(Zak Podmore | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Colorado River carves through sediment that was deposited in Lake Powell when the reservoir was higher, April 10, 2022.
Zak is the southeast Utah reporter for The Tribune. He has been writing from Bluff, Utah, since 2015 and is the author of Confluence: Navigating the Personal & Political On Rivers of the New West. His second book, which will cover the decline of Lake Powell, is forthcoming from Torrey House Press in 2024.