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Written by RNN
Sunday, 11 September 2011
The Bureau of Reclamation has received the Draft Appraisal Study (Draft Study) for the Lower Clearwater Exchange Project (LCEP). Reclamation will prepare a final report and recommendations based on the Draft Study and input received from the public. Comments may be sent to the Lewiston Orchards Irrigation District (LOID) until November 18, 2011.
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Reclamation to Participate in Largest Hydropower Industry Gathering

Written by RNN
Monday, 18 July 2011
The largest gathering of the hydropower industry will occur at HydroVision International in Sacramento, California, the week of July 18 and the Bureau of Reclamation will be there sharing its knowledge of hydropower and collaborating with other industry officials.
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Yellowstone River Oil Spill Incident Update - Silvertip Pipeline

Written by EPA
Monday, 18 July 2011
Billings, Montana - Over the weekend, EPA, State and federal partners oversaw ExxonMobil Pipeline Co.’s removal of all the residual oil and oily water mixture from the two segments of pipeline on either side of the break location. The threat of secondary releases from the ruptured portion of the pipeline has been eliminated.
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Climate Adaptation of Rice

Written by USGS
Monday, 18 July 2011
Seattle, Washington - Rice: which provides nearly half the daily calories for the world’s population – could become adapted to climate change and some catastrophic events by colonizing its seeds or plants with the spores of tiny naturally occurring fungi, just-published U.S. Geological Survey-led research shows.
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USGS National Wildlife Health Center Receives Prestigious International Wildlife Health Designation

Written by RNN
Monday, 18 July 2011
The USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) has been named as an OIE Collaborating Centre for Research and Diagnosis of Emerging and Existing Pathogens of Wildlife by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) at its recent meeting in Paris.
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West Coast Erosion Spiked In Winter Previewing Likely Future As Climate Changes

Written by USGS
Monday, 18 July 2011
Santa Cruz, California - Knowing that the U.S. west coast was battered during the winter before last by a climatic pattern expected more often in the future, scientists have now pieced together a San Diego-to-Seattle assessment of the damage wrought by that winter's extreme waves and higher-than-usual water levels.
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Reclamation Prepares EA on Proposed John W. Keys, III Pump-Generating Plant Modernization

Written by Bureau of Reclamation
Saturday, 02 July 2011
The Bureau of Reclamation s requesting public comment to help identify issues to be addressed in an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed John W. Keys, III Pump-Generating Plant Modernization Project. The pump-generating plant is located at Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River about 90 miles west of Spokane, Washington.
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Reclamation Releases Draft EA for Stanislaus Afterbay Dam Removal for Public Review and Comment

Written by RNN
Saturday, 02 July 2011
The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft EA) on demolishing and removing the Stanislaus Afterbay Dam on the upper arm of the Stanislaus River, approximately 12 miles east of Angels Camp, Calif., between Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties.
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Reclamation Issues Draft EA on Proposed New Hydropower Unit at Black Canyon Diversion Dam

Written by RNN
Saturday, 02 July 2011
The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking public review and comment on the Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft EA) related to the third hydroelectric generating unit project at Black Canyon Diversion Dam located on the Payette River about 30 miles northwest of Boise, Idaho.
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