The National Park Service continues to have to move docks as Lake Powell shrinks

NPR | By David Condos

Published June 21, 2026 at 8:18 AM EDT

The National Park Service is spending $74 million to move a dock at Lake Powell that no longer reaches the diminished reservoir's drought-strangled water level.

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