Environmental Controversies on the Colorado Plateau

Echo Park Dam and the Early Environmental Movement

In the 1950s the Environmentalism Movement was only just beginning. For the early movement the battle over Echo Park was significant.
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The Glen Canyon Dam, Environmentalists, and Recreation

Since the decision to dam Glen Canyon in 1956, it has become a symbol of loss and sacrifice on the Colorado River to preservationists.
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The Navajo Generating Station and Environmental Debates

The Navajo Generating Station was a solution to the damming of the Colorado River within the Grand Canyon, although many questions exist over its future. Environmentalists wish for the station to close but the Navajo and Hopi tribes hope that the federal government will support it to keep it open.
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The Orphan Lode Uranium Mine in the Grand Canyon

The Lost Orphan Uranium Mine sat on the south rim of the Grand Canyon. In the 1960s Congress approved plans to extend the mine into Grand Canyon National Park.
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Rainbow Bridge, Native Peoples, and Tourism

Rainbow Bridge stands as one of the largest natural bridges in the world. It is sacred to six Native American tribes who successfully contested that behavior at the bridge should be respectful because of it’s great cultural importance.
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