In January, Earthrise filed a summary judgment motion in our case challenging the Final Environmental Impact Statement and Long-Term Experimental Management Plan for the Colorado River's Glen Canyon Dam. Our goal in this case is to force the Bureau of Reclamation to more fully consider the looming threat of climate change on the Dam's management and operations. A declining snowpack, increasing water demands, and a prevalent "hot drought" in the Colorado River Basin threaten both Glen and Grand Canyons, and have made Glen Canyon Dam obsolete.
We filed suit on behalf of Save the Colorado, Living Rivers, and the Center for Biological Diversity in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The defendants are the U.S. Department of the Interior and its sub-agencies the Bureau of Reclamation and the National Park Service.
