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Show The Colorado River Delta in Mexico has been virtually destroyed due to loss of floods, sediment and nutrients that Glen Canyon Dam and other dams withhold. It is estimated that if only 57,000 acre feet of Colorado River water was allowed to flow across the border, a substantial portion of the delta could be restored. And there is much more. This is a highly complex issue that deserves serious study and attention that only a full Environmental os ‘| Dinner nightly at 5:30 Call for reservations 92 E. CENTER STREET 435.259-4295 Study (EIS) conducted by state liquor license the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) can provide. The Next Step What is the easier alternative, right here, right now? Without a doubt, it is to keep Powell reservoir, look the other direction and pretend we don't see what's happening. It is to keep telling ourselves that “Lake” Powell is beautiful and not to bother looking beneath the surface. It is to keep repeating that Powell reservoir and Glen Canyon Dam are permanent. It is to not look forward and understand what we might be The reservoir has lost a total of 30 million acre feet of water duc to evaporation and bank seepage since its \ S Seasons Greetings from Moabs Most Beloved . Culinary Elves creation in 1963. (As a comparison) Salt Lake City uses around 470,000 acre feet annually and puts a price tag of $248 million on it. : = mn Vil a) leaving for our children and grandchildren to deal with. But the easier choice is not necessarily the right choice. We can keep Powell reservoir for purccliés and leave future generations a destroyed Grand Canyon ecosystem, a toxic mud flat for what used to be Powell \:\ og : i) ME reservoir, and silted up lower Escalante canyons...OR we can choose to study the issue Vi) — in depth. Be bold enough to right one of the most tragic environmental wrongs of our time. : The way to go about this is to become a part of the public scoping process Glen Canyon Institute will be sponsoring in 2001. Make your comments and input known and help us identify relevant issues that need further study. By gathering compelling data and generating public support, we can motivate the BOR to do a full EIS that considers decommissioning Glen Canyon Dam as a viable alternative. We have a choice to make. Let's make it in time and let's make it count. We have time to study the decommissioning of Glen Canyon Dam. We can save Grand Canyon. We can restore Glen Canyon. = "THE BEST RESTAURANT IN SOUTHERN Salt Lake Magazine 3 Time is what keeps unknown author JOIN THE UTAH ENVIRONMENTAL CONGRESS BIGHORN Salt ee hoes Envi IG S www.uec-utah.org — Le \ige eS Pre bi =ae oe me WINTER HOURS: MONDAY-SATURDAY 9AM TO 6PM : WWW. G oArk a com BERN TP CER) Were more fun than going home for the Holidays with the family!!! : 1025. Main, Moab ° OST Canyonlands SHUTTLE SERVICE The Utah Environmental Congress is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization and all contributions ; morasDlgPs Lake/ A service of Airport Rapid Konnection (A.R.K, ) Enclosed is my membership contribution of: _ Ui #53925 $50 = $100 $250 2$500 = | Senin EXPRESS Vif practices that harm our forests. Help us protect our remaining roadless forestlands so that - they may be designated as wilderness in the future. 801.466.4055 : ever ything ji rom happening all at once. You can request a copy of Glen Canyon Institute's CEA Interim Report by contacting us at (520) 556-9311 or via email at info@glencanyon.org. Join U.E.C. and hold the Forest Service accountable for its irresponsible timber sales and other management UTAH" (And you know how much fun THAT can be) EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO FILL THOSE STOCKINGS IS RIGHT HERE . : |