Issue #2472 Special Report
Issue #2472 Special Report
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WestFAST September 2021 Newsletter
Summer 2021 neck and neck with Dust Bowl summer for hottest on record; Reclamation releases updated projections of Colorado River system conditions; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Delisting 23 Species from Endangered Species Act Due to Extinction; and...
#477 – Abandoned Hardrock Mine Cleanup
Position #477 - September 16, 2021 WHEREAS, the General Mining Act of 1872 allowed individuals to obtain exclusive rights to valuable hardrock mineral deposits on land belonging to the United States without requirements to reclaim the land until the 1970s; and...
#476 – States’ Water Rights and Natural Flows
Position #476 - September 16, 2021 WHEREAS, the Western States Water Council strongly supports preservation of the States’ inherent right to develop, use, control, and distribute water; and WHEREAS, States have exclusive authority over the allocation and...
#475 – Bureau of Reclamation Drought Response Program
Position #475 - September 16, 2021 WHEREAS, the Western States Water Council is a policy advisory body representing eighteen states and since its inception the Council has been actively involved in national drought preparedness, planning and response, as well as...
#474 – Drought Preparedness, Prediction and Early Warning Programs
Position #474 - September 16, 2021 WHEREAS, the Western States Water Council is a policy advisory body representing eighteen states, and has long been involved in western water conservation, development, protection, and management issues, and western states have a...