Then amid drought and overuse, the still water receded and left the San Juan, a tributary of the Colorado, to slice a new course through the mud and create the waterfall.Īs temperatures started their seasonal rise in March, native suckers swam up from Lake Powell seeking more natural spawning beds in the river.
Decades of silt piled up below the surface. Water backed up past this remote expanse of rippling Navajo Nation desert shore, a point accessible by horse, boat or high-clearance vehicle. This sedimentary hurdle in the river's path didn’t exist before the government dammed the Colorado River downstream at Glen Canyon in 1963, creating Lake Powell.
PIUTE FARMS WATERFALL, Utah - The muddy San Juan River plunged over a waterfall on its final push toward Lake Powell, trapping endangered fish in the whorl of driftwood, plastic foam and trash that heaved in the eddy below.
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