The Bureau of Reclamation opens bids for the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam and Power Plant. The contract is awarded to Six Companies, a construction and engineering firm made up of some of ...

The new report from nonprofit group Tell The Dam Truth estimates the full lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by Glen Canyon and Hoover dams are equal to the average yearly emissions from ...

Hoover Dam, in addition to being, at the time, the largest dam the world had ever seen, was conceived to trumpet man’s dominance over the forces of nature. In envisioning the architectural ...

They knew the two proposed alternatives would not be implemented as written — the feds even said as much during an elaborate news conference at Hoover Dam. But people took them seriously.

The excursion is along the Colorado River's Black Canyon National Water Trail— crossing the widest single-arch concrete ...