Flooding The Grand Canyon
1 October 2002 - 3:00pm
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation proposes to flood the Grand Canyon and evict non-native fish in order to mend the Colorado River's broken ecosystem.
"The experiments are part of a long-term goal of correcting problems created by the dam, including the loss of natural sediment, a drop in water temperature and the introduction of non-native fish. The floods, for example, attempt to mimic temporarily the natural behavior of the river, whose flows once fluctuated significantly over a year's time."
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U.S. wants to flood Canyon to save native fish
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The Arizona Republic, October 1, 2002
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