Boating Managment on the Colorado River

If one does decide to raft down the river, they have two options. The first would be to go by themselves or with a small group of their friends, or they can sign up and go with a private outfitter, which is a company that takes people out on the river for a fee. If one does decide to go boating privately, they could expect to wait at least thirty years to get a permit to actually go. This is a ridiculous amount of time for one to wait when they could just sign up for a private outfitter and go with in a year. While the private outfitter idea sounds like it is a much better compromise, it is much more informal and one usually can not do what they want do to the other people in the group and the time allowed. Therefore, if one would like to go and do all the things that h

In conclusion, there are very many problems that face the Colorado River and its visitors. Only time will fully tell how all of these problems will be solved and if they will fully stick by them this time.

The Glen Canyon Dam is probably the biggest concern on the river today. The Glen Canyon Dam is located near Lake Powell and in fact its construction created Lake Powell. The dam permanently changed the river forever. Before the dam, the river¡¦s temperature fluctuated from near freezing in the winter to 80 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. It now averages only 46 degrees Fahrenheit now below the dam. The river was once filled with silt and sediment, but now all of that now goes to Lake Powell and only receives sediment from downstream tributaries. The wildlife has changed as well. The fish that were used to the warm water in the river before the dam have left, unable to cope with the cold water that now fills the river. Five species are now endangered that weren¡¦t before the dams construction. There have been some advantages to the habitat, such as the ability to now grow vegetation on the riverside. It also produces a large amount of power to the surrounding area. It is a very conservational topic with very good points on both sides. My opinion on this topic is that I think that more research needs to be done before they should take any action.

e/she would like to do, they would have to wait on a list for thirty years. This is one of the biggest problems that are involved with the Grand Canyon: how to deal with the list issue. Most other rivers in the United States work off of a lottery system where what they practically do is throw all the names of the people who want to go in a big hat and draw up to the permit number that way. The problem with that is the Colorado River is the most popular rafting river in the United States. If the system were switched to a lottery, it would be very tough to still get every one in and might create problems. The system that I though of that I think will work would be to do a multiple entrance and exit permit system. When I went down the Colorado River, I went from Diamond Creek to Lake Mead. This is just one entrance and exit that one could take. If they did a permit system for each entrance and exit point, there would be multiple permits that the Park Service could issue. This will lessen the log jam considerably, and still be able to satisfy every one.

As mentioned before, there are two groups that raft down the river: private parties and commercial outfitters. There is a big battle going on between those two groups because of numerous reasons. One of the reasons, the waiting list, was already discussed. Another one is availability. When I went rafting down the river, there we

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