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Articles: Fill Lake Powell
Falling water has shut down boat ramp after boat ramp at Lake Powell, and the National Park Service has now approved new low water launch ramps at Bullfrog and Hite to keep boaters on the water. BlueRibbon Coalition members submitted hundreds of comments backing the project. Read what the approval covers and what still needs attention at Glen Canyon.
The operating rules for Lake Powell and Lake Mead are settled for about a decade, and recreation access survived the process in better shape than many expected. No operating rule adds an acre-foot to the river, so the reservoirs our communities depend on are still exposed to a deep drought. Here is what the Final EIS does, where it falls short, and what comes next.
The Outdoor Americans with Disabilities Act, a bill BRC helped write to keep existing roads open, goes before a Senate committee on Wednesday, July 29. The same agenda carries wilderness bills that would permanently ban motorized use across millions of acres. Contact your senators today to support the Outdoor ADA and oppose the new designations.
California has spent twenty years blocking ocean desalination while pulling more water from the Colorado River instead, pushing the shortage onto everyone downstream and threatening the livelihoods of 40 million people. NOAA’s federal review is a rare opening to put that failure on the record. Submit your comment before August 22 and speak up for the reservoirs, fisheries, and recreation economy at stake.
Flaming Gorge could lose a third of its water this year, closing boat ramps and damaging fisheries as the federal government scrambles to stabilize Lake Powell. The Colorado River Abundance Act, put forward by BRC, would deliver up to 7 million acre-feet of new supply so places like Flaming Gorge stop being the emergency backup plan. Contact your senators and representatives today and demand they back the Act before the October deadline.
The Bureau of Reclamation has released its long-awaited draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Post-2026 Colorado River Operational Guidelines, which will shape how the system is managed through 2060. The analysis lays out several alternatives and also recognizes BlueRibbon Coalition’s recreation-focused “Path to 3588’” proposal. We summarize the different alternatives below. You can weigh in on the decision that will define the region’s water future via our form below. Comments are open until March 2, 2026.
7 million acre-feet of new water: BlueRibbon Coalition’s proposal addresses critical infrastructure & economic stability while respecting water rights & compacts.
Lake Powell and the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area should be a place where adventure thrives — not a shadow of the world-class destination it once was. Over the past several years, critical recreation infrastructure at Lake Powell has been neglected. Fuel docks...
The move by the current administration to secure dams in the northwest must also be extended to secure the Glen Canyon Dam. Radical environmentalists have increased their efforts to dismantle the dam and drain Lake Powell— which provides clean, renewable energy to six states, supplies critical water to cities and farms throughout the southwest, and supports recreation and tourism critical to rural communities. We have prepared a letter at the bottom of this article to send to the White House, Department of Interior and your local representatives. Your support is needed!
In 2024 the National Park Service opened public comment on a rule banning OHV's in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and other potential restrictions. NPS then published the rule banning OHV's from the NRA. BRC filed an appeal to this rule, as several of these...