Will Lake Powell become Lake Mud? It has a growing sediment crisis.
Mud is being trapped above the Glen Canyon Dam, depriving the Colorado River below and suffocating it above.
(Kristin Murphy | Deseret News) Footprints where people have sunk into mud are pictured above Gypsum Canyon rapid in Cataract Canyon on the banks of the Colorado River on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024.