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Bureau of Reclamation to pulse Colorado River water through the Grand Canyon

A general view of the receding waterline is seen at Stewarts Point in the Overton arm of Lake Mead Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Water officials have negotiated a ҷorking planӠto cut their use of Colorado River water. David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @davidjaybecker
People take a break and cool off in the water near the Arizona Hot Springs Beach while exploring the Black Canyon Water Trail on the Lower Colorado River in Lake Mead National Recreation Area on the Nevada and Arizona border east of Las Vegas on Thursday, July 3, 2014. There are sixteen routes within the National Water Trail system, and the Black Canyon Water Trail is the first water trail in the Southwest and the only water trail that traverses through a desert. (Jason Bean/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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October 31, 2016 - 4:16 pm
 

PAGE, Ariz. — The federal Bureau of Reclamation in early November will again increase flows of Colorado River water through the Grand Canyon.

Releases planned Nov. 7-12 from Glen Canyon Dam near Page mimic the river’s natural flows and deposit sand to protect archaeological sites and create habitat for wildlife and beaches for rafters.

The Bureau of Reclamation says the releases will be the fourth under a protocol approved in 2012.

Officials advise rafters and other recreationists to use caution along the river during the higher flows as the water level rises and then recedes.

The bureau says the higher releases won’t change the total amount of water released from Lake Powell to Lake Mead because late releases will be adjusted to compensate for the high volume released during the experiment.

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