Glen Canyon Dam began its life with an explosion ... And last week, the biggest dam-removal project in history got a crucial endorsement. Federal officials, the states of Oregon and California ...

This summer, the first of four dams on the West’s Klamath River was destroyed, unleashing a torrent of cold water that had been held back for a century. By the end of 2024, three more dams near ...

Controversy has erupted after federal officials at the Bureau of Reclamation announced they don't plan to release floodwaters ...

Dam maintenance and non-native fish reduction efforts led the government to reject an environmentally restorative flood in the Grand Canyon.

Plumbing problems at Glen Canyon Dam, the second-largest reservoir in the U.S., are raising concerns about water delivery to southwestern states. Federal officials have identified damage to four ...

Only later would Glen Canyon Dam earn the white-hot ire of ... in Oregon came down as part of the nation's largest-ever dam removal project. Twenty years in the making, this reversal of ...

Glen Canyon Dam, which creates the second-largest reservoir in the U.S., enables the distribution of Colorado River water throughout the West and generates power for seven states. It also has a ...

"In nearly 60 years of operation at Glen Canyon Dam, we didn't need to address the issues that we're facing now," says Wayne Pullan the Bureau of Reclamation's Upper Colorado Basin regional director.

Federal officials have discovered damage inside Glen Canyon Dam that could force limits on how much Colorado River water is released at low reservoir levels, raising risks the Southwest could face ...

Sixty years after workers hand painted the lining of four tubes at Glen Canyon Dam, the Bureau of Reclamation is using federal funds for a needed refresh. This time, it’s with the help of robots.