The Authority Board has approved a Fiscal Year 2024 Work Plan and budget, outlining progress made in Fiscal Year 2023 (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023), and plans to continue existing projects and add additional work in Fiscal Year 2024 (July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024). Annual Work Plans provide a summary of specific actions the Authority is …
We installed an eddy covariance tower to measure evapotranspiration from a desert alfalfa field this week with our @utahgeological survey partners at @nature_org’s Canyonlands Research Center at Dugout Ranch. The station will be an excellent research tool for understanding water, carbon dioxide, and energy exchanges between crops, air, and soil. We hope that it encourages collaboration and new research.
Utah supports Lower Basin proposal for additional cuts in Colorado River Use SALT LAKE CITY (May 23, 2023) — Following the release yesterday of the Lower Basin Plan to reduce use of the Colorado River, Utah and its fellow Upper Basin states are supportive of the proposed reductions in Lower Basin use while emphasizing that their support does not constitute …
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Historic Consensus System Conservation Proposal to Protect the Colorado River Basin Seven Basin states agree on analyzing consensus-based approach proposed by the Lower Basin Funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda combined with voluntary commitments will conserve 3-million-acre feet of water through 2026 WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced significant new developments in the …
Upper Basin states want to pause some releases from a major Colorado River reservoir Link to Article KUNC | By Alex Hager Published February 27, 2023 at 7:48 PM MST Four states that use water from the Colorado River are asking the federal government to pause some water releases from Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico, which make up …
For immediate release Citing success, Utah moves to stop sending Flaming Gorge water downstream SALT LAKE CITY, UT (February 27, 2023) — Utah and its three sister states in the Upper Colorado River Basin voted to suspend additional releases at Flaming Gorge, starting March 1. “The releases from Flaming Gorge succeeded in protecting critical elevations at Lake Powell” said Utah’s …
Six states reach consensus on criteria for environmental review to help protect lakes Powell and Mead January 30, 2023 – Today, states sharing the Colorado River submitted a letter to the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) that outlines a Consensus-Based Modeling Alternative for Reclamation to evaluate and incorporate into its development of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to revise current Operating Guidelines …
View Request for Proposals, Past Projects and Submit Proposals on the Upper Colorado River Commission Website http://www.ucrcommission.com/system-conservation-pilot-program-for-2023/ Region-Specific Information Sessions Virtual: Friday, January 6th, 1-2 PM; register in advance here https://utah-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kWKh9bGFSrSQwGUUCw94GA Price in Person: Tuesday, January 10th, 4-6 pm, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Southeastern Region Office – Conference Room, 319 N Carbonville Rd, Price, UT 8450 Roosevelt In-Person: Thursday, January 12th, 4-6 pm, Utah …
