Just last year, it was more than 50 feet higher.
is expected to reach a historic low by late August, with the state’s more than 1,500 reservoirs 50% lower than they should be this time of year.
It comes as less snowpack flows into the Colorado River and its tributaries, and hot temperatures parch soil and cause more river water to evaporate as it streams through the drought-plagued American West. Studies have linked the region's more thanFluctuating water levels have long been a staple of Lake Powell, but National Park Service officials say the usual forecasts weren’t able to predict just how bad 2021 would be.
Once the severity of the drought became clear, federal officials began looking for options to allow boat access at low water levels, said William Shott, superintendent of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, where Lake Powell is located. The park service discovered an old ramp on Wahweap Bay that will be built out to support houseboats and smaller motorboats.
Tom Materna, who has been visiting Lake Powell for 20 years, launched his family's 65-foot timeshare houseboat just hours before the main ramp closed but had to cut their vacation short as water levels dropped in mid-July. He said local leaders were “slow” to address dropping water levels and limited boat access but that he's been working closer with park officials and concessionaires on solutions.
One silver lining, Shott says, is the park service can build boat ramps that are usable even during record drought years. Over $8 million in other low-water projects also are underway.
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