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Judge orders new plan for dam releases into Grand Canyon

May. 28, 2009
Federal officials must reconsider the irregular water releases from Glen Canyon Dam, which may harm the humpback chub, an endangered fish. Federal officials must reconsider how they release water from Glen Canyon Dam into the Grand Canyon in order to protect an endangered fish, the humpback chub,...
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., May 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Geological Survey says it will conduct scientific overflights at the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona during the Memorial Day weekend.

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. Interior Department officials brushed off evidence of environmental harm when they moved to reduce water flows in the Grand Canyon, a park official says.

Grand Canyon beaches eroding

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Sept. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers said some of the Grand Canyon sandbars and beaches built up by a manmade flood earlier this year are already eroding.
Further Grand Canyon evacuations pondered

Further Grand Canyon evacuations pondered

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Officials were considering further evacuations in the Grand Canyon in Arizona following a dam breach, police said Monday.

Grand Canyon much older than once thought

NEW YORK, March 7 (UPI) -- U.S geologists said new findings suggest the Grand Canyon is probably at least 11 million years older than scientists had estimated.

Grand Canyon flooded to improve ecosystem

PAGE, Ariz., March 5 (UPI) -- U.S. officials released a flood into the Grand Canyon to try to undo damage caused by construction of the Glen Canyon Dam in the 1960s.

Reviews mixed on Grand Canyon Skywalk

HUALAPAI, Ariz., April 10 (UPI) -- Two weeks after opening, the Hualapai Indians' breath-taking glass-bottomed Skywalk over the western Grand Canyon is drawing mixed reviews.

Tribal skywalk opening over Grand Canyon

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Colorado River to 'expand' for five days

GLEN CANYON DAM, Ariz., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Officials plan to release enough Colorado River reservoir water to push so much sediment downstream it will rebuild beaches at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

Court rules for quieter Grand Canyon

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court handed a partial victory to environmentalists Friday in the battle over airplane noise in the Grand Canyon National Park. The court rule
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch