Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

As climate change and overuse shrink Lake Powell, the emergent landscape is coming back to life – and posing new challenges

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Daniel Craig McCool, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Utah

As Western states haggle over reducing water use because of declining flows in the Colorado River Basin, a more hopeful drama is playing out in Glen Canyon.

Lake Powell, the second-largest U.S. reservoir, extends from northern Arizona into southern Utah. A critical water source for seven Colorado River Basin states, it has shrunk dramatically over the past 40 years.

An ongoing 22-year…

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