Re: Colin Fletcher on Glen Canyon
Back about a million to two million years ago or so there were a series
of more than 20 lava dams that were erupted into the Canyon in the Toroweap
area....
Hank Schnieder 2001-05-10 13:33:42 #8623
Re: Dam issue
I like these arguments too. In fact, I can't understand why
anyone would appose a dam or two in the Grand Canyon. It would
provide much more recreation than...
Bob Bordasch 2001-05-10 13:20:29 #8622
Dam issue
Good arguments Bob. Here's one more if...then that isn't going to happen.
Wouldn't the river running season be considerably reduced also?
Just think of the...
ptomasi@uswcl.ars.ag.gov 2001-05-10 13:11:48 #8621
Re: Colin Fletcher on Glen Canyon
But why should it be drained Bob? And when you are done answering
that question how would you propose to mitigate the damage to society
(flood control,...
Bob Marley 2001-05-10 12:44:05 #8620
Re: Colin Fletcher on Glen Canyon
Yes, there is. Apparently at one time the water in the area around the LC confluence was backed up by a natural lava dam. I've read that the lake behind it...
Edmund Seiders 2001-05-10 12:43:06 #8619
Re: Colin Fletcher on Glen Canyon
Very good.
Now I understand what the problem with the Lake is to those who wish
to get rid of it. All acts of humans are unnatural.
Thanks for this, I...
Bob Marley 2001-05-10 12:39:10 #8618
Re: Colin Fletcher on Glen Canyon
What if Lake Bowel had been impounded due to a cataclysmic earthquake,
or by a continental glacier, as was repeatedly the case in the
Columbia Basin?
Would...
W.W. Dimmitt 2001-05-10 12:33:11 #8617
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