The nation’s second-largest reservoir will get a boost to keep water levels from dropping too low, but the fix won’t last long. Water levels in Lake Powell, which sits in southern Utah and northern Arizona, are on course for historic lows after a record-setting dry winter and a 26-year drought fueled by climate change. The federal government announced a strategy to prop up the reservoir and avoid infrastructure problems at Glen Canyon Dam, which holds it back in Page, Arizona. The Bureau of Reclamation will take water from Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Utah and Wyoming and send it downstream to Lake Powell. The agency, which manages major dams and reservoirs across the Western U.S., will also ratchet back the amount of water released from Lake Powell.

Other Colorado River management news:

• KGNU (Boulder, Colo.): ‘We are not at the table’: A Ute elder on water, power and the Colorado River
• Vail Daily (Colo): Bureau of Reclamation makes preparations to keep Lake Powell afloat amid dire drought conditions in Colorado River basin
• Aspen Public Radio (Colo.): Severe Colorado River drought leads to water releases from Upper Basin reservoirs and reduced flows from Lake Powell
• ABC15 (Phoenix): Experts say Scottsdale could lose majority of Colorado River water supply in near future
• KJCT (Grand Junction, Colo.): How plants can impact Colorado River levels
• WyoFile: Increasing demand for water strains Upper Snake River system