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As climate change and overuse shrink Lake Powell, the emergent landscape is coming back to life – and posing new challenges

  • Written by Daniel Craig McCool, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Utah
As climate change and overuse shrink Lake Powell, the emergent landscape is coming back to life – and posing new challengesThe white 'bathtub ring' around Lake Powell, which is roughly 110 feet high, shows the former high water mark.AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

As Western states haggle over reducing water use because of declining flows in the Colorado River Basin, a more hopeful drama is playing out in Glen Canyon.

Lake Powell, the second-largest U.S. reservoir, extends from...

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