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Manmade flood unleashed in Grand Canyon

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By AMANDA LEE MYERS, Associated Press Writer Posted Wed Mar 5, 2008 3:21pm PST

Water flows from the number one and two jet tubes as seen from atop the Glen Canyon Dam Wednesday, March 5, 2008 in Page, Ariz. The Department of Interior is experimenting with high flows of water from the dam to help, in part, to rebuild beaches along the Colorado River that runs through the Grand Canyon. (AP Photo/Matt York)

PAGE, Ariz. – Twin torrents of water unleashed from a dam coursed through the Grand Canyon on Wednesday in a flood meant to mimic the natural ones that used to nourish the ecosystem by spreading sediment.

“This gives you a glimpse of what nature has been doing for millions of years, cutting through and creating this magnificent canyon,” Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said after he pulled the lever releasing the water from Glen Canyon Dam, upstream from Grand Canyon National Park.

More than 300,000 gallons of water per second were being released from Lake Powell above the dam near the Arizona-Utah border. That’s enough water to fill the Empire State Building in 20 minutes, Kempthorne said.

The water gushed from the dam into the Colorado River below, creating a churning, frothy pool that glided past the salmon-colored sandstone walls of the canyon.

The dam is releasing four to five times its usual flow during the three-day flood. The water level in the canyon will only rise a few feet, but officials hope that will be enough to restore sandbars on the Colorado River downstream from the dam. Officials have flooded the canyon twice before, in 1996 and 2004.

Before the dam was built in 1963, the river was warm and muddy, and natural flooding built up sandbars that are essential to native plant and fish species. The river is now cool and clear, its sediment blocked by the dam.

The change helped speed the extinction of four fish species and push two others, including the endangered humpback chub, near the edge.

Shrinking beaches have led to the loss of half the camping sites in the canyon in the past decade. Since Glen Canyon Dam was built, 98 percent of the sediment carried by the Colorado River has been lost, Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin said.

Martin said man-made floods need to occur every time there’s enough sediment to do so — about every one to two years depending on Arizona’s volatile monsoon season.

“The science is really clear that’s what we need to do,” Martin said.

The Grand Canyon Trust, a Flagstaff-based group that has been critical of the federal Bureau of Reclamation’s management of the dam, also is calling for more regular high flows.

“The power industry is driving the Bureau of Reclamation more than anything else, as opposed as to what’s best for the canyon,” trust spokesman Richard Mayol said.

Scientists will document habitat changes and determine how backwater habitats are used by the chub and other fish. Another study will look at how higher water flows affect the aquatic food base.

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On the Net:

Grand Canyon National Park: http://www.nps.gov/grca

Bureau of Reclamation: http://www.usbr.gov

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In school, we’re going on a trip to France and Switzerland by train for ten days. Any idea as to how much of what I should bring? I’m a terrible packer.
I’m almost fluent in french- so a dictionary won’t be necessary. I’m talking clothes, cosmetics, that kind of stuff.

I just got back from paris last week! You will love it. Ok so make sure you bring hat scarf and gloves the wind that comes off the Siene River is very cold. Clothes you need to figure that on your own. But im telling you a hat scarf and gloves is the most important.

I just ordered guitar hero world tour from amazon for the wii but i am a bit confused.DO u need a wii mote for the microphone or where do you connect it?And is there another way to play the drums and guitar without having to buy another wii remote?

no, for each instrument, you do need a wiimote and as for the mic, plug it in the back of the system where theres a USB port

we want to use expedia "build your own vacation package" because you can get discount on activities so it says. and anyone that has used this; is it very reliable ?

It is actually,but u can also use coupons to get further discount
http://freetravel4ever.blogspot.com

What cities is the Grand Canyon near?Are there cities in the Grand Canyon and if so which one is the biggest?

There is a town called Tuscayn (I think I spelled it right) just outside the south park gate. There are hotels, restaurants, and gift shops there. Also, inside the park is Grand Canyon Village. Again, more hotels, restaurants, and gift shops. If you are looking for a metro type area, the nearest is Phoenix about 4 1/2 hrs away. The nearest real "town" is Williams (nearest major super market) and the nearest "city" is Flagstaff almost 90 mi away (it’ll take at least an hour and a half to get there). If you are going to Grand Canyon, I recommend staying in or just outside the park. Who wants to drive 3 hrs round trip every day to go to the Canyon??? Besides, it’s not a freeway there it’s a 2 lane road where if you get stuck behind a bus….Well, let’s just say it’s frustrating.

If you’re traveling at a constant speed of 55 mph, how long does it take you to travel a mile?

A little less than one mile per minute – after all, if you were traveling at 60 mph, you would travel 60 miles in 1 hour, or 60 miles in 60 minutes, or 1 mile per minute.

traveling at 55 would be just a bit slower than that.

To be exact – 55 miles in 60 minutes = 27.5 miles in 30 minutes, or 2.75 miles in 3 minutes, or 0.91666 miles in 1 minute.

That’s miles per minute – the previous answerer calculated minutes per mile, which is different.

May consider going to Pathankot by train. Would prefer a laid back vacation with going to the essential places only.

Pathankot is the gateway to reach Dalhousie, It is a heavenly beautiful hill station in the Lap of Himachal Pradesh, You will enjoy a good time there