Changing lake levels have left this floating restroom stranded on rock. The bathroom, once located near Dominguez Butte, has been moved to deeper water as of June 2021/NPS
As water levels continue to drop at Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Utah and Arizona, the National Park Service has launched a website dedicated to tracking which boat ramps are operational.
Since 2001, declining water levels due to climate change and 20 years of drought have reshaped Lake Powell’s shoreline, said park staff.
- Significant changes to the shoreline will affect usability of boat launch ramps throughout the year, especially in warmer months. Visitors are asked to plan ahead and prepare for longer lines, limited parking and congestion at boat ramps and docks. To relieve launch ramp congestion, you should ready your boat at a nearby parking lot before driving to launch ramps. View the current status of your preferred launch destination before heading to the lake.
- On Lake Powell, boaters should be aware that as water levels drop, channels may narrow leading to increased boat congestion. Boaters should exercise caution in all areas of Lake Powell. Availability of restrooms, floating walkways, pump out, fuel and convenient stations may vary. View the current status of on-lake facilities.
There are many new places to explore as water levels change, and the scenic shoreline is always evolving. Check current lake levels to plan ahead and prepare for your visit to Glen Canyon.
For real-time updates on the elevation of Lake Powell, visit this site.
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For all you people out there who are uneducated about how this whole mess started, try reading the book Cadillac desert. The b******* was flying back in the twenties. All these dams originally were developed to serve 4 million people not 40. Read the book, it will definitely open your eyes. It's all about politics.
"Climate Change" is hardly political rhetoric. It's also not something that's going to happen. It's happening right now before our eyes. This is just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak. If there was any political rhetoric, it was your need to publish a snide comment.
Drought, climate change, global warming...call it what you will, there is ample evidence human activity is exacerbating the situation. Is it really politics to want to minimize the effects so we can "roo with it" a little better?
Climate change is a fact of life on this planet which has been evolving fo billions of years. Rhetoric is only in the eye of the beholder.
Climate change has happened forever-However, the current warming is happening much faster than normal due to MAN MADE causes, cprimarily, but not limited to greenhouse gasses. It is not politics to point out that this will decimate the ecosystems in the west, while at the same time making areas of Nevada, Utah, Arizona and parts of Southern California virually unihabitable by the end of the century if we do nothing.
Ranger1, - Virtually every forecast based on a link between greenhouse gasses and climate change have been proven wrong. Further for every acre that is made "virually (sic) unihabitable", there will be another acre that will be more conducive to life. Not to mention man's and nature's ability to adjust.
Yup.
And those folks up in Seattle and Portland are doing some real fancy "adjusting" right now, aren't they?
On top of that, just think of the MONEY all those air conditioner manufacturers are gonna make. If you're a greedy capitalist, this is a wonderful opportunity to make big bucks until water becomes so scarce that wars break out among people desperate for a drink or some food. Even then, the blessings will still flow as the gun makers reap the financial benefits.
The only reasons anyone can try to claim it's impossible for human activities to change the earth are greed and stupidity . . . with stupidity being primary.
Intelligent people, however, are capable of understanding how we are helping to drive the changes in our atmosphere and what needs to be done to try to mitigate it.