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Tribune  

Gusher's results questioned

Dam release tapped power to build beaches

A manmade flood that gushed between the cliffs of Grand Canyon National Park two weeks ago heaved new beaches ashore the way ancient floods did every year. At the same time that it seeded sheltering sandbars for an endangered fish, the 60-hour deluge drained $4 million from households that tap the river's hydroelectric power. (Salt Lake Tribune)

 
News  

Seeking water jackpot

Navajo Nation wants share of Colorado River water

Even as the Southwest’s cities have flourished with water from the Colorado River, the Navajo Tribe has stood on the sidelines, holding an empty bucket — and waiting. Now, however, the Navajo Nation is beginning to assert its right to claim water from the river. But as tantalizing as the prospect of river water is, it is also opening painful rifts on the reservation. (High Country News)

 
Geological Survey  

Finding more fissures

Groundwater pumping causes more cracks than thought

Scientists in Tucson are about to publish the first detailed maps of cracks in the Earth caused by groundwater pumping, and the work shows the fissures are more common in Arizona than previously thought. (Tucson Citizen)

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Born on this Day
Adrian Peterson (1985), Ronaldinho (1980), Rosie O'Donnell (1962), Matthew Broderick (1962), Gary Oldman (1958), Sabrina LeBeauf (1958), Stephen Johnson (1951), Eddie Money (1949), Timothy Dalton (1946).

On this Day in 1963
Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay was emptied of its last inmates.

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