(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Due to the low water levels, Kayakers have to haul their kayaks another 30-50 yards to the water past the abandoned Antelope Public Launch Ramp, at Lake Powell, on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. Water levels are dropping a few inches a day, which may bring an early end to kayaking on the lake in the next week or so, shortening a season that usually goes through the end of October.
Zak is the southeast Utah reporter for The Tribune. He has been writing from Bluff, Utah, since 2015 and is the author of Confluence: Navigating the Personal & Political On Rivers of the New West. His second book, which will cover the decline of Lake Powell, is forthcoming from Torrey House Press in 2024.