Tag: Department Of Interior
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Federal officials to review 5 alternatives for Colorado River operations post-2026
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The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Wednesday announced five proposals it would review to determine the post-2026 operating guidelines that would govern the Colorado River in the decades to come. Its analysis will be published next month, keeping the process on track to be completed by 2027. December was supposed to be the month that the…
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Interior Department unveils $450 million funding boost for Upper Colorado River Basin
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The U.S. Department of the Interior announced new funding that the agency said would support ecosystem and habitat restoration in the Upper Colorado River Basin. The initiative, whose funding came from the Inflation Reduction Act and follows earlier investments in water conservation and environmental benefits,…
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Turf wars foil $50 million federal firefighting coordination program
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Faced with the onset of devastating wildfires and their rising costs, federal officials 19 years ago announced an ambitious plan to create a new data-driven approach they said would blunt fire’s dreadful impact on the Western landscape. The solution: A sophisticated computer program that would…