Glen Canyon Institute

[1] On this scientific basis, the institute dedicated itself to the decommissioning of Glen Canyon Dam.

They met with little success, but established themselves as a credible organization calling for the end of Lake Powell, a cause which has grown in popularity in recent years.

As the lake level has fallen drastically in the last five years because of drought, the institute has shifted more to protecting the revealed landscape, distributing educational materials, and calling the attention of the national press.

GCI maintains that the current protocols with regard to Lake Powell are environmentally damaging and wasteful.

That water loss is equivalent to the entire annual consumption of Los Angeles.