Grand Canyon Flooded to Restore Beaches
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Scientists flooded the Grand Canyon on Sunday to restore beaches and save fish and plants that have been disappearing since sediment-free water began flowing from a man-made dam 40 years ago.
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More than 135 years after explorer John Wesley Powell first surveyed this ancient canyon, his writings seemed to echo last week as water roared down the Colorado River.
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Service canals dug to tap oil and natural gas dart everywhere through the black mangrove shrubs, bird rushes and golden marsh. From the air, they look like a Pac-Man maze superimposed on an estuarine landscape 10 times the size of Grand Canyon National Park.
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A great &quot;flush&quot; of the Colorado River began Sunday morning when four bypass tubes at the base of Glen Canyon Dam were slowly opened, shooting huge jets of water about 150 feet out into the river.
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Lake Huron and Lake Michigan are losing vast amounts of water because of erosion from a decades-old dredging project, according to a new study.
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Rains from the remnants of Hurricane John soaked the northern half of Mexico's arid Baja California peninsula on Monday and threatened to cause flooding in the southwestern United States.
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(CBS/AP) Heavy rain from the remnants of Jeanne flooded low-lying areas, uprooted trees and loosened the earth at a cemetery in south Georgia, washing coffins from the ground.
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Great Lakes water levels have rebounded  from near record lows thanks to months of heavy rain, providing  a boon to boat owners, swimmers and fish, scientists said on  Friday.
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The regional park operator is all wet -- literally.
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State water and wildlife managers are taking advantage of an unprecedented drought by removing life-choking muck along Lake Okeechobee's shoreline.
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By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  Jun. 20--Beach restoration in Destin may fi nish early.
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GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. Scientists are flooding the Grand Canyon on purpose. They&#39;re releasing sediment-filled water in an effort to restore parts of the natural wonder&#39;s ecosystem.
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By The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Mar. 8--Any region that gets deluged like we did late last week is going to find parts of itself under water.
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By Erica Meltzer, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Dec. 13--New houses on the outskirts of Tucson are drawing down the water table, drying up streams and causing subsidence.
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GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. - A 62-year-old man from Phoenix died after his boat overturned on the Colorado River, a Grand Canyon spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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Understanding why land sinks may help to prevent rising water levels along the Gulf Coast.
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The remnants of Hurricane John made a soggy march up the Baja California peninsula Sunday, soaking fishing villages and retirement communities and threatening flooding in parts of the U.S. Southwest.