Glen Canyon Dam (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Angus M. Woodbury. Seville Flowers. Delbert W. Lindsay. Stephen D. Durrant. Nowlan K. Dean. Albert W. Grundmann. James R. Crook. William H. Behle. Harold G. Higgins. Gerald R. Smith. Guy G. Musser. Donald B. McDonald.

The Glen Canyon Reservoir, a part of the Colorado River Storage Project authorized by federal Public Law 485, 84th Congress, 2nd Session, represents a step in the development of the water resources of the Colorado River Basin which is planned to transform a flooding public menace into a national water conservation resources. The flora and fauna of the Glen Canyon region are only partly known. The canyon has been traversed by scientific explorers and adventuring boat men; its geological...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Helen C. Fairley. Peter W. Bungart. Christopher M. Coder. Jim Huffman. Terry L. Samples. Janet R. Balsom.

Between August 30,1990 and May 10,1991, an archaeological inventory was completed along a 255-mile-long segment of the Colorado River corridor from the base of Glen Canyon Dam to Separation Canyon. This survey was undertaken by the National Park Service (NPS) in Grand Canyon National Park (GRCA) and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (GLCA) to provide baseline cultural resource information to the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) for inclusion in the Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Impact Statement...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Natalie B. Pattison. Loren D. Potter.

Prior to the flooding of Lake Powell and the establishment of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, an ambitious salvage program was completed by The Museum of Northern Arizona and The University of Utah. Many instances of prehistoric and historic steps and trails were recorded. While conducting shoreline ecology research, we became interested in the trail system as disclosed by the steps and trails still evident along the shore. Steps, as pecked by stone tools or picked by metal tools, and...