Lake Mead falls to lowest level since Hoover Dam's construction as "apocalyptic" heatwave and drought hit parts of US.

After years of fluctuations, Lake Mead found stability in 2024 amid ongoing conservation efforts and an uncertain future.

If you're planning things to do in Las Vegas, you may be considering a day trip to the Hoover Dam – the National Historic Landmark that diverts water from the Colorado River to various corners ...

Initially one of the most popular recreation and wildlife destinations, Lake Mead looks rather dreary, and its shores hide such things. This paper examines emerging challenges to Hoover Dam as the ...

the Hoover Dam spans the Colorado River and the Black Canyon (which separates Nevada and Arizona). The immense concrete structure – which confines Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United ...

A second entrance connects from the nearby Hoover Dam Lodge & Casino about a mile into the hike. The unobstructed views of ...

Rising more than 700 feet above the raging waters of the Colorado River, Hoover Dam was called one of the greatest engineering works in history. 5,000 working men and their families came to live ...

A view of Lake Mead - in wetter times, the water came all the way up to the rocks A once-in-a-lifetime drought in the western part of the US is turning up dead bodies - but that's the least of ...

Together the actions will conserve more than 100,000 acre-feet of water in Lake Mead, the giant reservoir behind Hoover Dam that has fallen dramatically in recent years. “For the second year in ...

Rising more than 700 feet above the raging waters of the Colorado River, Hoover Dam was called one of the greatest engineering works in history. 5,000 working men and their families came to live ...