Alex Hager

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• Wet winter allows for rare ‘high-flow’ Lake Powell release to help river - Read Article

  Wet winter allows for rare ‘high-flow’ Lake Powell release to help river

  2023-05-01T09:00:00-07:00

  An extra pulse of water was sent through the Grand Canyon this week, part of a Bureau of Reclamation “high-flow experiment” designed to move and redeposit sand and sediment from…

  
• Rockies’ snowy winter may not mean enough runoff to replenish the Colorado - Read Article

  Rockies’ snowy winter may not mean enough runoff to replenish the Colorado

  2023-03-10T07:25:00-07:00

  Recent data show a snowy start to 2023 for the Colorado River basin, with heavy winter precipitation in the Rocky Mountains projected to boost spring spring runoff into Lake Powell…

  
• Will winter rain and snow be enough to pull the West out of drought? - Read Article

  Will winter rain and snow be enough to pull the West out of drought?

  2023-02-01T20:10:00-07:00

  The West has been slammed by wet weather this winter: An “atmospheric river” has pummeled California with weeks of heavy rain and the Rocky Mountains are getting buried with snow. That’s good…