On September 6, 2024 the Bureau of Reclamation will be hosting a live Webinar on the Environmental Drought Mitigation Projects funding opportunity (a.k.a. Bucket 2 E, B2E) as well as links to eligibility and evaluation criteria and the Request for Applications. Date: Friday, Sept. 6, 2024 Time: 1 – 2 p.m. Mountain time To join the live information webinar please …
The federal Inflation Reduction Act funds public entities and Tribes for projects that provide general environmental benefits or ecosystem/habitat restoration benefits that address issues directly caused by drought. The Request for Applications under the title, “Upper Basin Environmental Drought Mitigation (B2E)” opened Monday, July 22, and will remain open until Monday, October 14. For more information on the funding opportunity and …
Action is in response to warmer river temperatures and increasing number of smallmouth bass downstream of the dam Media Contact: Upper Colorado Basin Public Affairs [email protected] PAGE, ARIZ. – As a result of warmer river temperatures, the Bureau of Reclamation will begin releasing deeper, and therefore, colder water on Tuesday, July 9 from Lake Powell through Glen Canyon Dam to disrupt …
The Authority Board has approved the Fiscal Year 2025 (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025) Work Plan. This Work Plan is the third annual plan under the Authority’s 5-year Management Plan and includes both new projects and projects continued from previous Work Plans Read the FY25 Work Plan HERE:
REQUESTS ARE NOW CLOSED Snowpack Measurement Enhancements in the Uinta Mountain Headwaters The Authority is seeking a technical consultant to support grant administration for Flakes, Flights, and Forecasts: Snowpack Measurement Enhancements in the Uinta Mountain Headwaters. The selected consulting firm will support Grant Administration tasks in accordance with the NGA terms by 1) establishing a Work Plan for the Pilot Project …
Join Staff Engineer, Lily Bosworth for a book club discussion on ‘Science Be Dammed’ with the Great Salt Lake Collaborative and Weber County Library. Wednesday, July 17 @ 7 pm at the Main Library in Ogden Book copies are available for checkout. Find more information here: https://weberpl.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=77643
On March 6, 2024, Utah and its sister states of Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming submitted their plan for operating Lake Powell and Lake Mead starting in 2026. Find a copy of the Upper Division State Alternative and accompanying press release below. Upper Division State Alternative UT Press Release UDS Alternative
On March 6, 2024, the Bureau of Reclamation released the final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for Near-term Colorado River Operations. The document is the result of a collaborative effort to update the current interim operating guidelines for the near-term operation of Glen Canyon and Hoover Dams to address the ongoing drought and impacts from the climate crisis. The final SEIS …
Great Salt Lake Collaborative reporters Sheri Quinn (Utah Public Radio) and Max Roth (FOX13) interviewed SCPP participants and administrators to see how practices and lessons from the program might transfer to the Great Salt Lake basin. Watch: https://www.fox13now.com/news/great-salt-lake-collaborative/pilot-water-program-could-benefit-utah-great-salt-lake Read: https://greatsaltlakenews.org/latest-news/utah-public-radio-upr/farmers-fear-fallow-fields
The 2023 Annual Report includes major intrastate and interstate accomplishments of the Authority during its second year of operation. Activities undertaken by the Authority support our mission to “protect, conserve, use, and develop Utah’s waters of the Colorado River system.” Find a copy of the 2023 Annual Report here: 2023 CRAU Annual Report
