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Trends on the Colorado Plateau

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Wilderness
Population
Employment
Recreation and Tourism

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Biota
Land Use

Special Essays

The GRAND PLAN
The Drive for Protection

TrendsEnvironmental costs of the Grand Plan.

-- All photos © Ray Wheeler

Virgin River Hydroelectric
Hydroelectric dam on the Virgin River.

Kaiparowitz Power Project
Kaiparowits Power Project site plan. Area now protected by Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

Gordon Flats tar sands
Map showing a few injection and recovery wells for proposed Gordon Flats tar sands development field, near Canyonlands National Park.

Uranium tailings pond
Atlas Uranium Mill tailings pond along Colorado River in Moab.

Proposed IPP Power Plant
Proposed Intermountain Power Plant, southcentral Utah.

Potash Ponds
Potash ponds below Dead Horse Point, near Moab, Utah.

Follow these links to:
The GRAND PLAN: Introduction
Hoover Dam and the Exportation of Wealth
The Environmental Costs
A Scale to Fit the Landscape
Boom and Bust
Fragmented land—Fractured Politics
References