Flushing the Grand
March 4, 2008
SG in Continuity of Parks
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Experimental High Flow, 11/21/2004. Photo: Dale Blank, U.S. Geological Survey

Federal flood control managers will release up to 41,500 cubic feet per second of water from the Glen Canyon Dam as part of a 60-hour "blowout," starting March 5, "to simulate springtime floods." Some National Park officials aren't sure it's a good idea.

The LA Times story.

The Park Service's "High-Flow Experiment" information page.

The USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.

The New York Times looks at questions raised.

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