Resurrection: Glen Canyon and a New Vision For the American West

[dtreeguy]

AD-You have any idea what Glen Cyn was like before it was flooded? What FACTS is your opinion LP "has actually been made beter" based upon? I recommend a couple of things. 1-Travel there. Drive down Hole in the Rock Road and hike all of the drainages that flow into the Escalante River and Lake Powell. I guaratee your amazement. See what ALL of Glen Canyon looked like before it was detroyed. 2-Read "Dead Pool" by James Lawrence Powell. Read John Wesley Powell's books. Then tell me its better now.

[iheart4wheeldrive]

@dtreeguy I would also add tad nichols' images of a lost world... That book blows my mind away every time I see it!

[jameskayindia]

In responding to azusadavid's comment; it is a simple fact that enough water to supply the city of Los Angeles for one year is lost from Lake Powell every year due to evaporation and seepage. The misconception that Lake Powell "saves" water is pure fantasy. Ask any Western water manager. If Lake Powell were not there, more water would flow downstream to the people and cities that actually need it. It is the Western water managers who will decide the fate of Lake Powell; not the fanatics.

[azusadavid]

Please don't listen to this one sided argument. This person, and others like him, have one idea in mind. To dismantle the dam and drain lake Powell. Their only true reason to do this is to satisfy their own self righteous indignation run a muck. Lake Powell is an incredibly beautiful place that has actually been made better with the help of man. Please see it for yourself and don't listen to fanatics, on either side of this issue. By the way, thank god the dam was there during the drought years.