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Lake Powell, formed by the Glen Canyon Dam in 1963, has 2,000
miles of shorelinee, with 96 major canyons, some of which are 15
to 20 miles in length. A photographer could spend his entire
life exploring and preserving images of Lake Powell. The
government originally planned to construct the dam at Echo Park,
near Dinosaur National Monument, but the Sierra Club
successfully fought the contruction, saying the park was too
beautiful and too valuable to submerge. In a compromise, David
Brower of the Sierra Club agreed to move the dam to the Glen
Canyon Area. But Brower had never seen Glen Canyon. Later when
he took a river trip through the area and saw the numerous
canyons of colorful Navajo Sandstone, the natural bridges, the
wildlife, and the great abundance of Native American
archeology, he was convinced that this was the stuff that
national parks were made out of, and that the river should run free.
He would later say that not preserving the Glen Canyon area, and
allowing the dam to be built there, was his life's most
regrettable
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