Dangling Rope Marina at Lake Powell in southern Utah closed through 2022
1/25/2022 2:26:29 PM
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AFFECTED AREAS:
Kane County, UT
Start Date: 1/1/2022
- End Date: 12/31/2022
The Dangling Rope Marina at Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area will be closed for a year as low flows forced Bureau of Reclamation officials to adjust releases from Glen Canyon Dam. Marina components were being removed from the Dangling Rope location to ensure they do not become beached and inaccessible. November 2021 was extremely dry, resulting in a loss of 1.5 million acre-feet of inflow for Lake Powell compared to the previous month’s projections.
To keep the hydroelectric generating plant in the dam operating, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation adjusted monthly releases from Lake Powell to keep back 350,000 acre-feet of water each month from January to April when inflows to the reservoir are low. The water held back during the first four months of the year will be sent to Lake Mead from June through September.
National Parks Traveler (Park City, Utah), Jan 24, 2022
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