Upper Colorado News & Highlights
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News Story – March 13, 2024
Powering forward
The Journey of Transformer Replacement at Glen Canyon PowerplantAfter more than 5 years of hands-on work, the transformer replacement project at Glen Canyon Dam is officially complete. The last of the generator step-up (GSU) transformers to be replaced became fully operational March 1. Read More
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News Release – March 11, 2024
WASHINGTON - President Biden today proposed a $1.6 billion gross discretionary fiscal year 2025 budget for the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation. The budget builds on recent accomplishments and supports the Administration's goals of ensuring reliable and environmentally responsible delivery of water and power for farms, families, communities and industry, while providing tools to confront widening imbalances between supply and demand throughout the West. Read More
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News Release – March 6, 2024
Reclamation prepares for another below average runoff on the Rio Grande
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Water managers are expecting a low spring runoff this year on the Rio Grande after issuing the Natural Resources Conservation Service's (NRCS) February streamflow forecast for El Vado Reservoir inflow for March to July, which predicts inflow at only 46% of median. Read More
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News Release – March 5, 2024
WASHINGTON — The Biden-Harris administration today announced a significant milestone in its efforts to protect the stability and sustainability of the Colorado River System and strengthen water security in the West. With historic water conservation enabled by President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the Administration has staved off the immediate possibility of the Colorado River System's reservoirs from falling to critically low elevations that would threaten water deliveries and power production. Due to record conservation investments as well as improved hydrology, Lake Mead levels today, at elevation 1075 feet, are the highest since May 2021, when they were at 1073 feet. Read More
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News Story – February 26, 2024
Glen Canyon Dam celebrates 60 years of power generation in 2024
PAGE, Ariz. –This year Reclamation will celebrate 60 years of power generation at Glen Canyon Dam. The anniversary will be celebrated throughout the year, culminating with the precise anniversary September 4. Read More
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News Release – February 26, 2024
DURANGO, COLO. – New Mexico Highway 539 over Navajo Dam, located about 45 miles east of Farmington, New Mexico, will be closed to traffic from Wednesday, Feb. 28 to May 15. Read More
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News Story – February 26, 2024
If left unattended, quagga mussels can cause extensive harm to a facility and the fight against this invasive species is seemingly never-ending. Further efforts are being put into place to uphold systemic stability at Glen Canyon Dam with the installation of new and improved strainer baskets. Read More
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News Release – February 14, 2024
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Bureau of Reclamation is teaming up with Agents of Discovery® a free, family-friendly and educational mobile game now available for the Elephant Butte Historic District. The Agents of Discovery app will enhance the visitor experience by exploring the Historic District via a virtually guided tour using geocache technology. Read More
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News Release – February 12, 2024
Reclamation awards $20.9 million to six salinity control projects in Colorado and Utah
SALT LAKE CITY – The Bureau of Reclamation today awarded $20.9 million to fund six salinity control projects in Colorado and Utah through its Basinwide and Basin States Salinity Control Programs. These projects will reduce the amount of salt in the Colorado River and its associated impacts in the basin. Read More
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News Release – February 8, 2024
Reclamation publishes overview of Colorado River evaporation history
BOULDER CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation today published an overview of historical natural losses along the lower Colorado River. The Mainstream Evaporation and Riparian Evapotranspiration report looks at water surface evaporation, soil moisture evaporation, and plant transpiration. It will be used by Reclamation as a source of data as it manages regional water operations and to improve the agency's modeling efforts. Read More
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News Release – February 7, 2024
PAGE, Ariz. – The Bureau of Reclamation today released a draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) that analyzes varying the timing of water released from Glen Canyon Dam to disrupt the downstream establishment of nonnative fish, primarily smallmouth bass. This document supplements the 2016 Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan (LTEMP) Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and Record of Decision. Glen Canyon Dam impounds Lake Powell, the largest storage unit of the Colorado River Storage Project. Read More