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The Dam Truth: What Glen Canyon Tells Us About a Drying West

Season 2 Episode 5 | 9m 00s

The Glen Canyon Dam once symbolized American engineering might. But the Colorado River it was built to tame is shrinking. Shane meets dam managers, river advocates, and tribal leaders to explore the legacy — and limitations — of the West’s water megaprojects. Can a 20th-century marvel survive the realities of a 21st-century climate?

Extras
Scientists fight to revive the northern white rhino — before it’s too late.
Kenyan farmers and rangers balance danger and devotion in their fight to coexist with elephants.
Sara Fitzsimmons fights to resurrect a tree that once ruled the eastern U.S. forests.
Deborah Giles and her dog Eba track whale poop to help save endangered orcas.
At La Brea Tar Pits, Emily Lindsey digs into Ice Age life beneath LA’s surface.
USGS biologists tag humpback chub to monitor life in a changing Grand Canyon river.
Aída Navarro joins the fight to revive the Colorado River Delta — and hope is flowing again.
Las Vegas defies the desert with epic engineering — but at what long-term cost?
Toxic dust, dead fish, and vanishing water — what happened to California’s inland sea?
Shane meets the beekeepers and scientists racing to save America's pollination workforce.