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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of the Army (the agencies) announced a final rule establishing a durable definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) to reduce uncertainty from changing regulatory definitions, protect people’s health, and support economic opportunity.
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Fisherman's Access Trail on Shippingport Island to reopen under restricted Special Use
Effective immediately the Fisherman’s Access Trail (located along the western bank of Shippingport Island within the Falls of The Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area in Louisville, Kentucky) will reopen, however it will be operated under restricted Special Use
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Making the Friant-Kern Canal Whole Again
When a key section of a 72-year-old, 152-mile canal no longer functions optimally, solving the problem requires ingenuity, skill and know-how.
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Bureau of Reclamation completes project at Glen Canyon Dam to protect local water supply during extremely low lake levels
Reclamation crews at Glen Canyon Dam recently completed a new water intake connection to accommodate the low water levels at Lake Powell.
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Modifying A River Channel To Boost Salmon Productivity
Along the banks of the Sacramento River near Redding, the ancestral home of Chinook salmon, a major project is making the waters more hospitable for the juvenile fish as they begin their annual migration downstream toward the Pacific Ocean.
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Bureau of Reclamation will begin Water Releases from Dickinson Dam
The Bureau of Reclamation will begin winter water releases through the outlet works at Dickinson Dam during the week of January 17, 2023. Dickinson Dam forms E.A. Patterson Lake on the Heart River southwest of the city of Dickinson.
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Welcome to LANDFIRE, Where Consistent Data has Improved Fire Modeling
A three-day, near-term fire behavior analysis for the Moose Fire in Idaho in July 2022. The analysis was completed in the Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS) using LANDFIRE products.
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Biden-Harris Administration makes $80 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds available for projects that conserve water and improve watershed health
The Bureau of Reclamation is making approximately $80 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law available for water conservation, water management and restoration projects that will result in significant benefits to ecosystem or watershed health.
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Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Announces More Than $5.8 Million to Revitalize Coal Communities in Missouri
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement today announced more than $5.8 million in fiscal year 2022 funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create good-paying union jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in Missouri.
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Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Announces More Than $3.1 Million to Revitalize Coal Communities in North Dakota
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement today announced more than $3.1 million in fiscal year 2022 funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create good-paying union jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in North Dakota.
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Indian Affairs proposes new regulation to strengthen the administration of the Osage Mineral Estate
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs today announced proposed revisions to the federal regulations at 25 C.F.R. Part 226 regarding leasing of the Osage Mineral Estate for oil and gas mining.
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Five species on San Clemente Island declared fully recovered
Decades of collaborative conservation efforts on U.S. Navy-owned San Clemente Island resulted in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s announcement today that five species – San Clemente Island paintbrush, lotus, larkspur and bush-mallow plants and San Clemente Bell’s sparrow have fully recovered and no longer require Endangered Species Act protection.
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Service Seeks Comment on Proposed Critical Habitat for Sickle Darter
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to designate critical habitat in parts of Tennessee and Virginia for the sickle darter, a species listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in December 2022.
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Service Extends Effective Date for Lesser Prairie-Chicken Listing
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is delaying the effective date of the final rule to list two Distinct Population Segments (DPS) of the lesser prairie-chicken under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
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Mexican Wolf Captured North of Interstate 40 in New Mexico
In accordance with current policy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) authorized the capture and transfer of f2754, a Mexican wolf who had left the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Recovery Area (MWEPA) earlier this month.
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Expanded grant opportunities fund conservation for imperiled bumble bees
We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service know that America’s native bees and other pollinators continue to need everyone’s help.
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USFWS Completes Final Recovery Plan for Meltwater Lednian and Western Glacier Stoneflies
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is announcing the completion and publication of the final recovery plan for the Meltwater Lednian stonefly (Lednia tumana) and Western Glacier stonefly (Zapada glacier)
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Interior Department discusses Minor Boundary Revision at Petroglyph National Monument on Jan. 23
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Jan. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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DOI-BOR grant application closes on March 28
WaterSMART Environmental Water Resources Projects for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 grant opened on Jan. 24.
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