proposed Echo Park Dam in Dinosaur National Monument, but ignored Glen Canyon in the process. Before Glen Canyon was flooded in 1963, but after the struggle in Congress, Brower and many others floated the Colorado River through the canyon and realized the tremendous resource it was. The experience transformed Brower's attitude towards environmental preservation, making him more radical and less likely to compromise. His experience has been compared to the experience of John Muir with the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in California. For Brower, it steeled him for the battle over a proposed dam in the Grand Canyon. American writer Edward Abbey also documented his experience exploring Glen Canyon from the Colorado River prior to the completion of Glen Canyon Dam in his 1968 memoir Desert Solitaire, in the chapter titled "Down the River". See also Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Glen Canyon Institute References Jennings, Jesse D. Glen Canyon: An Archaeological Summary. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1966, republished 1998. . Further reading Crampton, C. Gregory. Ghosts of Glen Canyon: History Beneath Lake Powell, revised edition (2009). . Eliot Porter (Photographer), Daniel P Beard (Preface), David Brower (Foreword) (Eds., 1997). The Place No One Knew – Glen Canyon on the Colorado. Publisher: Gibbs Smith, Publisher; Cmv edition (July 21, 2000). . Fowler, Don D. The Glen Canyon Country (2011). . Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire, Chapter 12, "Down the River" (1968). Publisher: McGraw-Hill. . External links canyonconservancy.org, information from Glen Canyon Conservancy, the official nonprofit partner of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Rainbow Bridge National Monument. glencanyon.org, information from the Glen Canyon Institute livingrivers.org Colorado River Canyons and gorges of Utah Canyons and gorges of Arizona Geography of Coconino County, Arizona Canyons and gorges of Garfield County, Utah Landforms of Kane County, Utah Landforms of San Juan County, Utah Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Tourist attractions in San Juan County, Utah Tourist attractions in Coconino County, Arizona Tourist attractions in Garfield County, Utah Tourist attractions in Kane County, Utah Canyons and gorges of the United States