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Autopsy of a Post Reservoir River
Description
Is it a reservoir in crisis or a river recovering? In October of 2021 a crew of river scientist and river runners and this podcast traveled down Cataract Canyon to examine a retreating reservoir and a recovering river. As Lake Powell dips below 30% of full, the Colorado River is cutting through the decades of reservoir sediment. What is in the sediment? On top of it? What is next?
SPONSORED ORGANIZATION
RiversEdge West
GUESTS
Pete Lefebvre
Dr Brenda Bowen
Dr Scott Hynek
Dr Cari Johnson
Dr Sasha Reed
Dr Jack Schmidt
LINKS
Returning Rapids
Cataract Canyon
Colorado River
Lake Powell
Center for Colorado River Studies
MEDIA
Salt Lake Tribune: As Lake Powell shrinks, the Colorado River is coming back to life
New Yorker: The Lost Canyon Under Lake Powell
Book: Under White Sky
RIVER RADIUS PODCAST EPISODES
The Returning Rapids of Cataract Canyon 2021
The silty byproduct of Lake Powell
Recycling (river) water in Southern California
Southern California's Water, Yesterday & Tomorrow
THE RIVER RADIUS