Grand Dame

“You’d walk along and the next thing you’d see is this blue reflected from the sky, this beautiful, clear little pothole pool,” she said. “Every little grotto was full of frogs and birds and wildflowers. Plus, the incredible light was what nearly drove us all crazy. There was no light in the world like that. It isn’t the same in the Grand Canyon. I cannot tell you why. But when I finally saw Glen, it just captivated me.”

-- Katie Lee died peacefully in her sleep on Nov. 1, according to the Arizona Daily Sun. She was affectionately known as the “Grand Dame of Dam Busting,” and worked continuously to remove the Glen Canyon Dam.

The Independent recognized Lee as “one of the Southwest’s most outspoken and beloved environmental activists and authors.”