Press & Presentations
Articles & Videos
Glen Canyon Dam has Created a World of Mud
Writers on the Range | Dave Marston | March 4, 2024
Photo: Len Necefer
Humans Killed Cataract Canyon. It Brought Itself Back to Life
Rolling Stone | Cassidy Randall | Photos by Len Necefer | February 18, 2024
Citizen Scientists Document a Recovering Colorado River
Smithsonian Magazine Online | Margaret Osborne | January 25, 2024
Navigating the waters of Cataract Canyon’s North Wash Boat Ramp
Moab Sun News | Emma Renly | January 12, 2024
Cataract Canyon boat ramp conflict could ‘crush’ rafting trips
Moab Times Independent | Gwen Dilworth | November 28, 2023
Returning Rapids Bring New Life to the Colorado River
Moab Times Independent | Guest Opinion, Jordana Barrack | July 27, 2023
Mapping Changes to Cataract Canyon
Moab Sun News | Alison Harford | July 27, 2023
The Returning Rapids Project: Good News From the Beleaguered Colorado River
Mighty Arrow Foundation Blog | Jordana Barrack | May 2, 2023
As the waters of Lake Powell Recede
In the Americas with David Yetman | Season 10 Episode 107 | 2023
The Colorado River is Running Dry, but Nobody Wants to Talk About the Mud
New York Times | Dale Maharidge | March 20, 2023
Mud-caked “terra incognita” emerges in Glen Canyon as Lake Powell Declines to historic low
KUNC | Luke Runyon | August 4, 2022
Dawn on Glen
Glen Canyon Institute River Talk Blog | Mike DeHoff | July 18, 2022
Who is in Charge of the Mud?
Natural Resources Journal | Mike DeHoff | Summer 2022
The Colorado River is in Crisis. And it’s getting worse.
Washington Post | By Karin Brulliard, Photos by Matt McClain, Videos by Erin Patrick O’Connor | May 14, 2022
An interview with Mike DeHoff of the Returning Rapids Project
Northern Arizona University | Cindy Summers | May 9, 2022
Rafters Struggle to use a Colorado River Boat Ramp
Salt Lake Tribune | Video by Francisco Kjolseth | April 2022
As Lake Powell Shrinks, the Colorado River is Coming back to life
Salt Lake Tribune | By Zak Podmore, Photos by Francisco Kjolseth | Fall 2021
Rapid Returns
Sierra | Frederick Reimers | October 7, 2021
Colorado River levels continue to decline. What does this mean for the future?
Scripps Media | Jessie Cohen | September 16, 2021
40 Million People Rely on the Colorado River, and Now It’s Drying Up
Vice News | August 14, 2021
The lost canyon under lake powell
By Elizabeth Kolbert | The New Yorker | August 9, 2021
Cataract Canyon without Lake Powell: A monumental legacy of dried mud
By John Hollenhorst | KSL TV | Posted - June 14, 2021
Lost Glen Canyon wonders reemerge as Lake Powell dries up: Side canyons are teeming with life after Utah’s largest lake drops 140 feet over two decades.
By Brian Maffly | The Salt Lake Tribune | June 2021 Note: Subscription may be required to view article
Radio & Podcasts
Ed Roberson | February 21, 2024
Sam Carter | December 16, 2021
Michaela Shallue | Sept. 8, 2021
Sam Carter | February 24, 2021
Molly Marcello | December 4, 2020
Molly Marcello | November 23, 2020
Recorded Presentations
Utah State Historical Society Conference - Water at the Confluence of Past and Future
Returning Rapids of Cataract Canyon
October 26, 2022
Dolores River Boating Advocates Annual Permit Party: Returning Rapids Project Presentation
January 28, 2021
Utah state university center for colorado river studies webinar
June 15, 2020
Peter Lefebvre and Mike DeHoff share their project findings and matched photographs in the talk.
National Parks Traveler Interview
February 15, 2020
Presentation to the Utah Geological Association
January 13, 2020
The Returning Rapids Project presentation begins 7:40 into the recording.