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    LETTERS

    Mar 01, 2023 3 minutes

    IMMERSIVE AND INFORMATIVE

    Thank you for “Glen Canyon Revealed” (February 2023). Craig Childs did an outstanding job educating me about Lake Powell and the current dangers to the Colorado River ecosystem. I felt like I was right there with him, experiencing the aftereffects of what humans have done to disrupt the entire river system by building Glen Canyon Dam. The article was truly a masterpiece.

    Dan Rosenthal

    Salida, Colorado

    Craig Childs did an excellent job balancing preserving Lake Powell versus draining it to a single reservoir in Lake

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