COLORADO RIVER EPISODES

This episode was recorded live at the America Outdoors annual conference and is a conversation with three members from the Returning Rapids Project in Utah. The Returning Rapids Project is documenting the changes and restoration happening to the reservoir-affected areas of the Colorado River and the San Juan River as Lake Powell continues to recede out of the river canyons it inundated with reservoir waters for the past several decades. The deeper focus of this episode beyond this research proje...

In this episode, we dive into About Damn Time, Dana Romanoff’s powerful film that follows Cindell “Dellie” Dale and a crew of boatwomen as they navigate handcrafted wooden dories down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. They spent 17 days and 277 miles running the river and filming the story. Their journey becomes a vivid exploration of women reshaping a river culture long dominated by men. We ask: How did they work together to tell this story? What wisdom flows from these women to the ...

This episode is Part 2 of our live on stage interview with Kevin Fedarko. Kevin joins us to talk through his new book A WALK IN THE PARK. In Part 2 we go into the west end of the Grand Canyon and learn about the events that confound and inspire the messages that emerge in his new book.

This episode was recorded live in Cortez, Colorado at the Sunflower Theatre. Kevin Fedarko, author of THE EMERALD MILE, is our guest on stage where we discuss his new book, A WALK IN THE PARK. This book is the account of Kevin’s walk through the length of the Grand Canyon, not across it. He did this with his friend and colleague Pete McBride. Over the course of 75 days scattered through 14 months, they walked 750 miles inside the Grand Canyon. While this book delivers the details of how hard that journey was, the real essence is what they discovered about the threats to the canyon, the people of the canyon, and evolving views of what wilderness can mean. This episode is Part 1 of this interview.

While many river runners see Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Dam as the leading threat to the Colorado River overall and to the Grand Canyon, there is a voice that wants to keep Lake Powell in place and full of water. To understand this viewpoint and reasoning, this episode explores this topic with the BlueRibbon Coalition and Powellheadz. This episode is the companion to our recent publication of “Glen Canyon is Again Being Submerged Under Lake Powell.” EPISODE SPONSORS Denver Area Nissan Dealers ...

Glen Canyon was home to the flowing Colorado River until 1963 when Glen Canyon Dam closed its gates creating Lake Powell. Over the past few years, water in Powell has dropped to levels not seen since the 1960s. The River Radius went onto Lake Powell and up into the canyons to see what has returned in these canyons as they restore to their pre Powell eco-systems and to ask the questions of what is next for Powell and Glen Canyon. Guests are the Glen Canyon Institute and Eric Balken. SPONSORS De...

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 Sash...

Southern California is home for 19 million people and imports the majority of its municipal water from the Colorado and Sacramento Rivers, moving that water hundreds of miles through humanmade aqueducts. Both rivers have decreased flows meaning less water for So Cal. This episode looks at how So Cal gained water, how they are changing their water profile, and how rivers may continue to be impacted by their extractions. COMPANION EPISODE: "Recycling (river) Water in Southern California" GUESTS M...

Southern California has to import the majority of their municipal water from the Sacramento and Colorado Rivers and they have done this for much of the last 80 years. With 19 million water consumers in Southern California and decreasing flows in these rivers, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is looking to recycle their used water, all the way back to tap.

This episode is a follow up to the Returning Rapids episode and hosts a conversation with the Bureau of Reclamation about the receding Lake Powell and all the sediment byproduct left behind as the nation's second largest reservoir sits at 1/3 of full.

Cataract Canyon is welcoming some of its rapids back to the flow of the river as the Colorado River is recovering from a reservoir. A crew of river runners has been there witnessing and documenting the Returning Rapids.

13 boaters launched down the Grand Canyon in February 2020 for a 25 day journey. They emerged from the canyon on March 14 to the corona virus pandemic. This is a story about moving from bliss to a TP shortage in the course of one day.

Cataract Canyon in Utah can host the biggest whitewater in North America. In 1983 it had flows over 100,000 CFS. Two commercial river trips were stuck in Cataract for that highwater and their guides tell their story.