The first time I rafted through the Grand Canyon in July 2008, a friend bet me $20 that I wouldn’t jump into the water at Lees Ferry, the boat launch 15 miles downstream of Lake Powell and Glen Canyon ...

In 1986, the U.S. Forest Service approved a plan to operate a private uranium mine on the Kaibab National Forest, near Grand Canyon National Park. Based on the science available at the time, the ...