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<br /> <br />WATER <br /> <br />OVl.'I":W llIilll\llllX'tlpl~ living inll!l(lCni\. TUC!>.Oll. SOlllhL'lll Califomia. <br />I,as Vl'gas. <lmllllrtl\lghtlllt tilt." Southwest, dq"lCuJ on La\...c Puwl,.'ll for the <br />waler they lll:l'd lilf IhL'irdaily lives. Without Lake Powdl. wcstt':llll'itics and <br />[t)\vns sinlrly w{luld 11111 have thl' watl.'f v.'hich is Cssclllial for ;.;urvival. <br />In addition. GIL'1l Canyon Dam ami Lakl' Powell providt: the waler tn <br />in-igalt.' lllt}!"l' lhall J I11illit1l1 acres tlf farmland. The Danl prevents ma;-.sivc <br />l100ding during l'k..'riOlh. of heavy intlow. And the Lake h which can slore <br />o\'l'r 27 million ;Kr\,.' fect of water -~ diminah.'s lhe need for Sl'vtrc waler <br />ralitlllingduling periodsofdroughl. <br /> <br />HABITAT <br /> <br />OWl" 275 sl'"..'cil's (lfhirds arc dl'lx.'ndcnl Uptlll the dam ;\mJlake. including <br />the PI.-'Il'grine 1 ',.lk'(111. whil.'h W(l'_ ll'l:(,'lltly fl.'lIloved from thecnd;mgl'I\.'\1 species <br />list as a fl'sult of hahitat improvement l"1..'"ulting <br />from GIt'II Canyon Dam and LIKt.' Powell. 750 <br />plall! ...pccic." arl' alsn lloLlrishinf: Iweause of lhc <br />dam and lake, Nalive fish helow lilt' dam would <br />SlHXIIlllh Itl predal(H' spl'cics in Lake ~1l'ad, irthe <br />dam were 1\'llltIVl'd. <br /> <br />POWER <br /> <br />J\1lm: than (llle million household... dqx:ntlUpl.Hl (,11..'11 CanYtllll ),1111 :lIlt! <br />I...akc.: Pov.'dl forelel~lriC<11 p<1\VCrh ftlrlighting, hc.:aling, airconditil'ning and <br />othcrc"cf)'Jay nl.'L-ds. Sllllle 401l,{J(J() hllllSl,'htllds n.:ly din.:l'lly tl/l (;I.:n ('anplll <br />Dam. Koughly an additional 650JI(HJ htlu,chold, arcdl'pc.:/Ilknt Oil Navajll <br />Gc.:nl'raling Station. which could Illlt operatc \vithollll..akc ptlWel!. <br />'nll' Cc.:nlral An/tma I)roject, which moVl's wall'l' III InillillllS tlf AriJ'llllalh, <br />and llpl.lIl which Ihccc()JlOmYlll"l'c.:lltral Ari/tllla is ha...t:d. ctluld Iltll lllll.'ralc.: <br />wilhoull.ake Powell and Navajo Gl'lIel'ating Station. <br /> <br />RECREATION <br /> <br />More than Ihn:c milli\)J\ I'lt.'llple per year visil (ilcn Canyon I );1111 ;lIld I ~Ike <br />Powell. Its :-.hordinc is klllger Ihan lhe elltirc we...1 coasl tlf thl'Uniled SI;lles. <br />11lcsc visittlrs gl'Ill'r.lle $5()() milliilll in allllual rewlluc.:s Ii II' Illl' I\.'ginll. <br />l~llll...dl(KlIc.:fS and walc.:rskiersenj\lY tllc lake.l.'ishernll'll fn\lll all <br />(wcrt/lc w(lrldlish btllh I..ake I\l\vdl and Ihe wtlrld.rl'lltlWlIl'd tnJut <br />fi,hl'ry helow the dam. NU)(O lX'oplt' pel' year llilW riwr r,th Ihrough <br />Grand Canyon. while hcfnrc lhe darn fcwl'r than2,O(}O peoplc Ill'r <br />year did so. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Clearly there are endangered <br />speCies that would become <br />more endangered if the <br />lake were drained." <br /> <br />Denis Galvin, <br />National Park Service <br />