After Drought, Waters In Lake Mead Start To Rise MICHELE NORRIS,
Host: Lake Mead is rising. For the first time in more than a
decade, the water level in the country's largest reservoir is
going up. Heavy winter snowfall in the mountains of Wyoming,
Utah, and Colorado is melting and flowing into the Colorado
River, which feeds Lake Mead. And as NPR's Ted Robbins reports
that's good news for a parched region. TED ROBBINS: The sound of
moving water is usually soothing. When it's rising water lapping
at the dock of the Las Vegas Boat Harbor, though, it's
practically cause for celebration. GAIL KLEIN: It's a wonderful
thing. ROBBINS: Gail Klein manages the harbor, which is really a
good 20 miles from Las Vegas. It's a floating marina with a
restaurant, gas station, and slips filled with more than a
thousand boats. Everything has to move with the lake level. Down
and out when it falls, up and in towards the shore when it
rises. For a long time, until just two months ago, it's only
gone out. KLEIN: That's the first