UNDER CONSTRUCTION

2026 -

• 2026.02.11 - Kane Creek Development Watch and Living Rivers file a Lawsuit against Lt. Governor and Echo Canyon Municipality.
• 2026.03.02 - Comments for Draft EIS called Post-22026 Guidelines. Dam Operations at Hoover and Glen Canyon.

2025 - Year 2025 posts combined

• 2025.02.21 - Legal intervention defends clean air from fossil fuel industry in Utah’s Uinta Basin (archived)
• 2025.04.18 - Poster for community event: Love for Living Rivers.
• 2025.07.02 - Lawsuit takes aim at Kane Creek Development/Echo Canyon Municipality water rights in Grand County, Utah.
• 2025.11.13 - Schedule: Rivers of Change at Star Hall in Moab.

2024 - Year 2024 posts combined

• 2024.12.10 - US Supreme Court and Uinta Railway.
• 2024.10.16 - Gross Dam Expansion Violates Federal Law, Court Says.
• 2024.10.15 - Living Rivers et al versus Teresa Wilhelmsen, State Engineer.
• 2024.02.07 - Though the appellate court denied our appeal, Reclamation did decide to reconsulate the LTEMP EIS.  Court Decision: Ninth Circuit Order for legal challenge about Glen Canyon Dam and LTEMP EIS of 2016. News: In blow to green groups Ninth Circuit upholds federal plan for Colorado River dam. By Alanna Mayham for Courthouse News.

2023 - Year 2023 posts combined

• 2023.12.11 - Comments on Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to update the current (2007) interim operating guidelines for the near-term operations (ending in December of 2026)
• 2023.11.03 - LTEMP SEIS comment letters by Living Rivers and Center for Biological Diversity: Living Rivers et al; Center for Biological Diversity et al.
• 2023.08.15 - Living Rivers et al. Scoping Comments Post-2026 Operations.
• 2023.03.10 - Environmental Assessment (EA) for Smallmouth Bass Flow Options from Glen Canyon Dam.
• 2023.06.18 - Announcing Scoping Comments for Post-2026 Operations

2022 - Year 2022 posts combined

• 2022.12.20 - Scoping Comments Supplemental EIS for 2007 Interim Guidelines.
• 2022.09.01 - Prescoping 2026 Guidelines
• 2022.02.17 - Comment Letter (2 of 2) for Drought Response Operations Agreement (DROA); Upper Basin Division
• 2022.02.05 - Special to the Guardian: A Third of Americans are already facing above-average warming.
• 2022.01.21 - Comment Letter (1 of 2) Drought Response Operations Agreement (DROA); Upper Basin Division

2021 - Year 2021 posts combined

• 2021.01.11 - DOCUMENTARY: Live Stream The Unfinished Fight of Seldom Seen Sleight. The promo for this feature is HERE.

2020 - Year 2020 posts combined.

• 2020.12.11 - Proposed Green River Nuclear Reactor dead in the water. Uranium Watch, Living Rivers and Heal Utah.
• 2020.12.12 - Suite of Stories by The Arizona Republic and The Lack of Clean Water for the Hopi and Navajo Nations. Featuring Howard Dennis Jr. and Colleen Seletstewa of Second Mesa, Arizona.
• 2020.09.08 - Public Comments and News on Lake Powell Pipeline DEIS.

2019 - Year 2019 posts combined.

• 2019.12.01 - New Paleoflood Hydrology Research Paper: 700-year record of floods on lower Green River in Stillwater Canyon.

2018 - Year 2018 posts combined

• 2018.10.13 - The Future of the Colorado River: A Moab Community Symposium.
• 2018.11.02 - Comments for Draft EA for Green River Block Water Rights Contract. For information about subsequent litigation, please visit: "On the Colorado"  

2017 - Year 2017 posts combined

• 2017.04.05 - Lion's Back Resort Devlopment in Moab City and litigation prevails for citizens

2016 - Year 2016 posts combined

• 2016.05.09 - Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan (LTEMP) Draft Environmental Impact Statement (LTEMP DEIS)

2015 - Year 2015 posts combined

• 2015.11.19 - Comments for Moab BLM's Master Leasing Plan: COMMENTS by Center for Biological Diversity, Living Rivers and Holiday River Expeditions; COMMENTS of Wilderness Society, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Sierra Club and Living Rivers.

2014

• 2014.06.19 - Colorado River Researchers Find Signs of Ancient Devastating Floods.

2013

• 2013.01.29 - Utah Judge Clears Way For Nuclear Power Plant In Central Utah. Includes Court Order. Addtional Information HERE.

2012

• 2012.01.31 - Scoping Letter for Glen Canyon Dam LTEMP
• 2012.04.02 - Letter to Secrtary Ken Salazar

2011

• 2011.12.15 - Colorado River Protection Coalition Intervenes Against Flaming Gorge Pipeline.

2010

• 2010.08.10 - My Canyonlands: Tthe Adventurous Life of Kent Frost.

2009

• 2009.07.22 - Appeals Court rejects suit against motorized rafts in Grand Canyon.

2008

• 2008.02.12 - When Will Lake Mead Go Dry? Scripps. Includes reaction to this science paper by officials from Reclamation and Central Arizona Project.

2007

• 2007.04.30 - Shortage Criteria DEIS comment letter from Living River & Colorado Riverkeeper; includes x & y axis graphics about reservoir conditions to 2060. Note: Shortage Criteria is now called 2007 Interim Guidelines.

2006

• The Moab Mill Project: A technical Report Towards Reclaiming Uranium Mill Tailings.

2005

• 2005.11.8 - Federal Government Notified of Intent to Sue about endangered fish and Glen Canyon Dam Operations.
• 2005.July - The One-Dam Solution; Scoping Letter for Shortage Criteria (2007 Interim Guidelines) 

2004

• 2004.11.16 - Comments for Supplemental EA for Experimental Flows in Grand Canyon.

2003

• 2003.11.09 - Eco Fighting for Rivers: Living Rivers Keeps David Brower's Legend Alive.pdf

2002 - Year 2002 combined in two parts: January to June & July to December.

• 2002.01.14 - Sediment management for Lake Powell Resevoir

2001 - Year 2001 posts combined

• 2001.09.02 - Binational Declaration for the Colorado River Delta.

2000 - Year 2000 posts combined

• 2000.01.29 - New group opens Ice Cream Shop (Restoration Creamery) with mission to drain Lake Powell.
• 2000. 02.08 - The Scott Miller Report: Politics is the Only Hurdle To Draining Lake Powell, New Analysis Reveals.
• 2000.03.14 - Glen Canyon Declaration Signed and News Features about two peaceful rallies at Glen Canyn Dam.
• 2000.07.11 - Scoping Comments on EIS for Flaming Gorge Dam
• 2000.11.30 - Request for EIS on Proposed Antelope Point Marina Project

REFERENCES

• Law of the River - Primary legal documents about managing the Colorado River
• 2000 thru 2009 - All comment letters from Living Rivers to agencies and hyperlinked
• 2005 to 2007 - A chronology of events and public documents for the environmental impact statement by US Bureau of Reclamation called Shortage Criteria, and renamed as 2007 Interim Guidelines.
• 2005 to 2007 - Climate documents used in our comments about Shortage Criteria EIS & 2007 Interim Guidelines FEIS.
• 2002 to 2006 - Adminstrative record for the Grand Canyon National Park River Management Plan EIS.
• 2000 to 2006 - Living Rivers Library
• 2005 to 2006 - Moab Uranium Mill Project Documents
• 2005 to 2007 - Climate Data used for 2005 Shortage Criteria & 2007 Interim Guidelines
• 2010 - Watershed Planning for Grand County, Utah