Resurrection: Glen Canyon and a New Vision For the American West

This short trailer provides a preview of this 30-minute film. Visit www.jameskay.co... to order the full-length version on DVD. Based on the book of the same name, Resurrection - Glen Canyon and a New Vision for the American West, this powerful new film showcases James Kay's photographs of the once lost; now reemerging canyons of Glen Canyon as the waters of Lake Powell have receded due to recent drought. Combined with historical video footage of Ed Abbey and David Brower in Glen Canyon before it was drowned in 1963 after the construction of Glen Canyon Dam, this beautiful film contains haunting images of these remarkable canyons while offering a hopeful message for the future of the West and its rivers.

[@StereoSpace]

Anyone who has been to that region knows there are tens of thousands of these small canyons along the pathways of the major and minor rivers. The idea that we need to drain Lake Powell so the occasional hiker can walk through them for a few minutes is so absurd as to be insane.

[@kelseytharp8511]

StereoSpace Anyone who has been to that region knows that a water storage project in a high desert to satiate the needs of a poorly thought water compact is the true absurdity. Lake Powell's dwindling water supply is evidence enough.

[@jameskayphotography]

In this age of drought and overconsumption, it's a simple equation: We can no longer justify, every year, the amount of water used by the city of Los Angeles, to evaporate into thin air from the surface of Lake Powell.

[@edcatt9196]

Edward Abbey would be very happy to see this. In fact, he predicted that Glen Canyon's former condition would rebound, if the dam was gone (or in this case such a persistent drought), and rebound rather fast! Maybe it will even with the dam still in place (but largely useless)?

[@kevinquinonez2714]

I'm the only one who notices the narrator is the same voice as Leo Kasper? From the videogame Manhunt 2.

[@JacquesDiv]

Great video, thank you for giving us hope!
So, will that white calcium deposit on the canyon walls stay forever and the sandstone never recover its emblematic red color, or is it possible to clean it / will it go away??

[@jameskayphotography]

Glad you enjoyed it. You'd be amazed how fast the white deposits fade away; a matter of a few flash-flood cycles in the narrowest of canyons to a matter of years in the main canyons. The sandstone itself is relatively soft and erodes quickly in its own right, taking the white deposits with it. The canyons will all come back very quickly once we decide to stop filling the reservoir.

[@azusadavid]

Please don't listen to this one sided argument. This person, and others like him, have one idea in mind. To dismantle the dam and drain lake Powell. Their only true reason to do this is to satisfy their own self righteous indignation run a muck. Lake Powell is an incredibly beautiful place that has actually been made better with the help of man. Please see it for yourself and don't listen to fanatics, on either side of this issue. By the way, thank god the dam was there during the drought years.

[@christianmadsen2507]

Drain The Lake! I hate Glen Canyon National Wrecked Area.

[@mrepix8287]

+Christian Madsen Oh, so you don't like how the dam provides back up water for Lake mead, and you want millions of people's economies to go bust? The Glen Canyon Dam also provides electricity to millions of people, even to people hundreds of miles away. Would you rather have a couple hundred hikers enjoying the Glen canyon each year, or would you rather have over three Million people enjoying glen canyon each year.

[@jameskayphotography]

In responding to azusadavid's comment; it is a simple fact that enough water to supply the city of Los Angeles for one year is lost from Lake Powell every year due to evaporation and seepage. The misconception that Lake Powell "saves" water is pure fantasy. Ask any Western water manager. If Lake Powell were not there, more water would flow downstream to the people and cities that actually need it. It is the Western water managers who will decide the fate of Lake Powell; not the fanatics.