Reclamation begins cold water flows to disrupt spawning of nonnative fish below Glen Canyon Dam
July 05, 2024
July 05, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 5 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release:
PAGE, ARIZ. - As a result of warmer river temperatures, the Bureau of Reclamation will begin releasing deeper, and therefore, colder water on Tuesday, July 9 from Lake Powell through Glen Canyon Dam to disrupt the establishment of smallmouth bass, which could negatively affect populations of threatened humpback chub below the dam. The need for these flows was triggere . . .
PAGE, ARIZ. - As a result of warmer river temperatures, the Bureau of Reclamation will begin releasing deeper, and therefore, colder water on Tuesday, July 9 from Lake Powell through Glen Canyon Dam to disrupt the establishment of smallmouth bass, which could negatively affect populations of threatened humpback chub below the dam. The need for these flows was triggere . . .