Bureau of Reclamation
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Recent News About Bureau of Reclamation
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The Bureau of Reclamation today submitted its initial spend plan for fiscal year 2022 funding allocations authorized in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to the U.S. Congress.
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The Department of the Interior today announced three funding opportunities available to help Western communities create or expand clean, new water sources.
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The Bureau of Reclamation is working with managing partner California Department of Parks and Recreation at Auburn State Recreation Area on a 176-acre goat grazing project beginning Friday.
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Reclamation's January forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn River Basin is as follows:
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The Bureau of Reclamation recently initiated the Extraordinary Maintenance (XM) projects application period to address issues regarding aging water and power infrastructure in the Western United States.
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The Bureau of Reclamation will temporarily use the spillway at Alcova Dam to make scheduled water releases to the North Platte River.
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The Bureau of Reclamation has initiated the first application period for Extraordinary Maintenance (XM) projects that will address aging water and power infrastructure across the West.
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Reclamation and Sites Project Authority announce an extension of the public comment period on the proposed Sites Reservoir Project. Public involvement is an important part of the environmental review process.
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The Bureau of Reclamation released a draft environmental assessment to supplement a final environmental impact statement (FEIS) completed in 2013 for proposed changes associated with construction and operation of the Arkansas Valley Conduit (AVC).
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The Bureau of Reclamation’s 111-year-old East Park Dam recently received inspections and modernization of the dam gates.
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The Bureau of Land Management has scheduled two virtual public meetings to gather input on issues to consider while it evaluates the need to update range-wide management plans for sagebrush habitat adopted in 2015 and amended in 2019.
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The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) announced Dec. 16 that Isotrope, LLC won its Canal Safety Challenge.
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Bureau of Reclamation and the Bonneville Power Administration announced the completion of the major overhaul of hydroelectric power generating units 22, 23 and 24 inside the Nathaniel “Nat” Washington Power Plant at Grand Coulee Dam. Located on the Columbia River about 90 miles west of Spokane, Wash., the Grand Coulee Dam is the largest power generating complex in the United States and the hydropower workhorse of the Columbia River.
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The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation recently announced that it has launched a new prize competition to develop improved snowpack water forecasts.
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Canyon Ferry’s Shannon boat ramp, located on the north side of the reservoir, will close for about two months beginning Monday, Dec. 6, 2021
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Seven teams have been tabbed by the Bureau of Reclamation to share $80,000 in prize rewards as phase one winners in the Automated Maintenance of Protection Systems Challenge (AMPS).
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The Bureau of Reclamation will be conducting an aerial survey of the lower Colorado River and mainstream reservoirs from Hoover Dam to the international border with Mexico, between November 21, 2021 and December 20, 2021, to collect high resolution topo-bathymetry data.
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The Bureau of Reclamation announced Oct. 15 plans to repair the Mni Wiconi Core Water Pipeline in South Dakota.
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The Bureau of Reclamation has released its October 24-Month Study and 2-year projections of major reservoir levels within the Colorado River system. These projections detail hydrologic conditions and projected operations for Colorado River system reservoirs and are used by Reclamation and water users in the basin for future water management planning.
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The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) will split $200,000 in prize money following completion of phase 1 of its Imperfection Detection Challenge among five submissions.