>> you used to be able to boat over the top of this bridge. >> reporter: balken thinks lake powell'saining water should be sent down river to prop up lake mead and glen canyon turned into a national park. >> we can't just go on with business as usual and hope more water fills this reservoir because it's probably not going to. >> reporter: and if so, a once lost canyon may be rediscovered. for "eye on america," i'm ben tracy in big water, utah. >>> there is a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." where dangerous storms are heading with heavy rain, hail, and possible tornadoes. >>> and a big announcement from the owner of the horse charmin ultra soft has so much cushiony softness, it's hard for your family to remember that they can use less. sweet pillows of softness! this is soft! holy charmin! oh! excuse me! roll it back, everybody!! [all at once] sorry. new charmin ultra soft is now even softer so you'll want more! but it's so absorbent, you can use less. so it's always worth it. now, what did we learn about using less? you've got to, roll it back everybody! we all go, wh

. >> eric balken runs the glen canyon institute which wants to restort canyon flooded in the 19 '60s to create lake powell, the nation's second largest reservoir. >> thisarea that we are in right now is 177 feet below full pool. >> and when was the last time it was that high? >> full was in 1999. >> the top of that white bathtub ring is where the water used to be. satellite images show the dramatic impact of the 22 year old long mega draught, the lake is now just 24 percent full. >> it looks like we can expect this to be a new normal. >> climated change isic maaing the west hotter and dryer, threatening the colorado river system. it includes the manmade reservoirs of lake powell, in utah and lake meat in-- lake mead in nevada and provides water for 47 million people in seven states. >> you had 12 ramps and this st all you have got. >> this is all we have got. >> the national park service has been forced to shut down 11 boat ramps at the lake powell recreation area and critically low lake levels do soon cause the glen canyon dam to stop producing hydro power for more than 5 million pe

they were also part of nato missions in the balkens. in the war over libya, no fly zone. different capabilities. the finns have terrific ground forces. that's the finnish prime minster on the left. and the swedes are very high technology, a nation that builds volvos. they're good at building fighter aircraft as well, including the griffin. they bring a lot to the table for nato. they'll be terrific members of this alliance. >> how might russia react? they haven't said officially. they don't like it obviously. does that mean nuclear weapons might be moved even closer to russia? which is one of the regions that russia says it invaded ukraine. >> i think it does not mean nuclear weapons will come any closer to russia. the only nuclear weapons we ought to be thinking about are whether vladimir putin decides to use a tactical nuclear weapon. i don't think he will, but certainly the swedes and finns have no interest in hosting nuclear arm forces on their territory. what we heard over the last couple of days from vladimir putin personally was