EPISODE SUMMARY
Is it a reservoir in crisis or a river recovering? In October of 2021 a crew of river scientist and river runners and this podcast traveled down Cataract Canyon to examine a retreating reservoir and a recovering river. As Lake Powell dips below 30% of full, the Colorado River is cutting through the decades of reservoir sediment. What is in the sediment? On top of it? What is next?
Autopsy of a Post Reservoir River
EPISODE SUMMARY
Is it a reservoir in crisis or a river recovering? In October of 2021 a crew of river scientist and river runners and this podcast traveled down Cataract Canyon to examine a retreating reservoir and a recovering river. As Lake Powell dips below 30% of full, the Colorado River is cutting through the decades of reservoir sediment. What is in the sediment? On top of it? What is next?
EPISODE NOTES
Is it a reservoir in crisis or a river recovering? In October of 2021 a crew of river scientist and river runners and this podcast traveled down Cataract Canyon to examine a retreating reservoir and a recovering river. As Lake Powell dips below 30% of full, the Colorado River is cutting through the decades of reservoir sediment. What is in the sediment? On top of it? What is next?
LINKS
Returning Rapids
Cataract Canyon
Colorado River
Lake Powell
Center for Colorado River Studies
MEDIA
Salt Lake Tribune: As Lake Powell shrinks, the Colorado River is coming back to life
New Yorker: The Lost Canyon Under Lake Powell
Book: Under White Sky
GUESTS
- Pete Lefebvre
- Dr Brenda Bowen
- Dr Scott Hynek
- Dr Cari Johnson
- Dr Sasha Reed
- Dr Jack Schmidt
CONTRIBUTORS
- university of utah
- utah water center
- usgs
- returning rapids
- glen canyon institute
