Lake Powell Help.....

[little_criket]

Watershed is high this year, so castle rock shouldn’t be closed.

[MJO21]

Does the ramp at Antelope or Wahweap for that matter have a daily fee for putting in/out

[boonecragun]

We need more Powell threads. Reading this gets me excited. My favorite place on earth.

[MJO21]

So, I copied and pasted from the link above...Does this mean I will owe $60? or is the vehicle included with the vessel for $30???

Entrance Fees – Weekly
1-7 Day Vehicle Entrance – $30.00 Admits one single, private, non-commercial vehicle and all its passengers
1-7 Day Boating Entrance – $30.00 Admits one single private vessel
1-7 Day Boating Entrance additional vessel – $30.00 Admits one single private vessel on the same trailer as a vessel paying full entry fees

[Jetdriver]

$60

[freeheel4life]

Im not really hip to the scene down there but it really seems like with continued growing demand for that runoff upstream, and the need to generate power/maintain flows downstream this is going to be a problem in the long term. Would be neat to see the wild Colorado flowing thru Glen Canyon again some day. Guess I better plan a Powell trip sooner than later.

[talltigeguy]

Im not really hip to the scene down there but it really seems like with continued growing demand for that runoff upstream, and the need to generate power/maintain flows downstream this is going to be a problem in the long term. Would be neat to see the wild Colorado flowing thru Glen Canyon again some day. Guess I better plan a Powell trip sooner than later.

There are about 2 million reasons to start with why Glen Canyon Dam should remain. That is how many visitors come to Lake Powell each year. If the environmentalists had their way, then the dam would be decommissioned and the Colorado would run through. Only the very most able bodied of people could then get into the canyon and very few would enjoy it. Depending on what happens with climate change, the low levels will be a chronic problem. The river is over-allocated is the main problem. The amount of water that was initially allocated to various municipalities and farmers is more than what has come through the river in the last 20 years.

This year is a wet year and the lake will likely rise 40 feet or more.

[sandm]

tall is spot on. river is overallocated. lots of studies show that in the next 10 years feds will step in and start managing the water. down side to that is if it happens arizona and nevada will be the big losers-screwed. cali owns most of the water rights from the river and are the last ones to lose any.

we get paid $3 per sq foot from the southern nevada water authority to remove grass and replace with native/desert/water smart landscaping. lots are doing it as everyone here sees the writing on the wall with water not to mention it's friggin expensive. wonder if LA residents are doing anything like this.