- Glen Canyon Institute
Glen Canyon Institute is a
non-profit organization founded in 1996 dedicated to the restoration of theColorado River throughGlen Canyon , which is currently covered byLake Powell , areservoir created byGlen Canyon Dam . Their headquarters are inSalt Lake City .History
Shortly after its founding, GCI commissioned eight studies on the effects of current Glen Canyon Dam operations as well as issues associated with restoring the canyon, compiling the results in the Citizen's Environmental Assessment. [Glen Canyon Institute: [http://www.glencanyon.org/library/ceaintro.php "Citizens' Environmental Assessment"] ] On this scientific basis, the institute dedicated itself to the dismantling of Glen Canyon Dam. They met with little success, but established themselves as a credible organization calling for the end of Lake Powell, a cause which has grown in popularity in recent years. As the lake level has fallen drastically in the last five years because of
drought , the institute has shifted more to protecting the revealed landscape, distributing educational materials, and calling the attention of the national press.Rationale
GCI maintains that the current protocols with regard to Lake Powell are environmentally damaging and wasteful.
The drought has also prompted several new rationale for draining Lake Powell; for instance, to save
Lake Mead . Lake Powell currently loses up to 1,000,000 acre feet (1.2 km³) of water through evaporation and seepage which would otherwise be contained in Lake Mead, which currently has more than enough storage to contain the extra water.Criticism
GCI prompted the formation of a pro-lake organization,
Friends of Lake Powell , to "support the preservation of Lake Powell, Glen Canyon Dam and the Glen Canyon" [ [http://www.lakepowell.org/page_two/mission/mission.html Mission ] ] .ee also
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Grand Canyon
*Lake Powell
*David Brower
*Martin LittonReferences
External links
* [http://www.glencanyon.org glencanyon.org] information from the Glen Canyon Institute
* [http://www.lakepowell.org/ Friends of Lake Powell]
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