By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: YAKIMA, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation will begin its annual “flip-flop" operation in late August to aid in successful spawning and incubation of chinook salmon eggs and to improve winter reservoir storage in the Yakima basin.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: LOVELAND, Colo. - The Bureau of Reclamation is conducting a temporary draining of Pinewood Reservoir to allow work to be completed on two projects.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation bans the use of charcoal and other ash-producing fuels in New Melones recreation areas starting Friday, Sept. 2 through Nov. 15, and may be extended if extreme fire conditions persist.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation today announced a $8.5 million investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for endangered species recovery and conservation in the Colorado River Basin. Funding will modify the current water intake system at the Lake Mead State Fish Hatchery, which supplies razorback sucker and bonytail subadult fish to the Lower Colorado River Multispecies Conservation Program as part of their fish augmentation program.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: National Park Service to Commemorate Battles of Fort Harrison and New Market Heights.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS - On the afternoon of Saturday, September 3rd, heavy rains resulted in damage to two popular park attractions. A section of switchbacks along the Lost Mine Trail collapsed, resulting in heavy damage to that section of trail. The bottom of the switch back is covered in rocks...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: Release Date: Sept. 3, 2022. Contact: e-mail us. FATAL DROWNING AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. BOULDER CITY, Nev. - National Park Service rangers located and recovered the body of a drowned visitor near the Cottonwood Cove area of Lake Mohave within Lake Mead National Recreation Area on Saturday...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: Effective immediately, Grand Canyon National Park will re-implement mandatory water conservation measures on both the North and South rims of the park. This is due to diminished water supplies as a result of a major pipeline break discovered on September 3 in the inner canyon along the North Kaibab Trail. Water conservation measures require all park residents and visitors to conserve and reduce water usage wherever possible in homes, hotel rooms, and at the campgrounds.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: September 1 - Nov. 1, 2022
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: PUBLIC NOTICE. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On Sept. 13, 2022, from 1:00 - 3:00 pm, Reclamation will hold a quarterly meeting to provide an update on the development of the Biological Assessment for the 2021 Reinitiation of Consultation on the Long-Term Operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is investing $1.2 million in eight external applied science projects that will develop tools and information to support water management. The projects selected include the development of modeling and forecasting tools, hydrologic data platforms and new data sets to inform decision-making.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. - Reclamation expects an increase of visitors at reservoir sites over the upcoming Labor Day weekend. Visitors are encouraged to take all water safety precautions, practice patience at congested boat ramp and dock areas, clean up all their trash and litter, be respectful to other recreationists...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: Grant County, WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is reviewing requests by Royal Slope Solar LLC for two land-use authorization licenses to construct, operate, and maintain electrical transmission lines on Reclamation lands. Reclamation summarizes both proposals in the Scoping Report, available online...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Lower water levels at Lake Powell and rising temperatures in the Colorado River are contributing to dangerously low dissolved oxygen levels below Glen Canyon Dam, causing concern for the health of the trout fishery located near Lees Ferry. The Bureau of Reclamation works with the U.S. Geological Survey to closely monitor water quality conditions and is working with partners and stakeholders to better understand potential effects.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: Belle Fourche, S.D. - The Bureau of Reclamation and South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks today implemented fire restrictions for specific activities at Belle Fourche Reservoir; including Rocky Point State Recreation Area.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: DENVER - The Bureau of Reclamation selected winners for the Snowcast Showdown, a prize competition for improved snowpack water estimating techniques throughout the West. Developing better techniques to determine the amount of water stored as snowpack provides water managers with more accurate information to make better water management decisions.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: Saratoga National Historical Park is excited to announce three special events in September!.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Tanya Trujillo attended the World Water Week international conference in Stockholm this week to showcase the Biden-Harris administration’s all-of-government approach to tackling the climate and drought crises and collaborating with global leaders on hydrologic science and drought resilience efforts.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The American River Basin in central California expects to see increasing temperatures and a declining snowpack through the end of the 21st century. The Bureau of Reclamation released the American River Basin Study today, which also found an increased variability of fall and winter precipitation that will amplify the severity of droughts and flooding in the basin. The report is available on Reclamation's Basin Study website.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2022
The US Interior Department published a seven page notice on Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
