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for the Bureau of Reclamation invests over 1 billion in safe reliable and efficient management of water resources throughout the western United States In addition direct grants and payments to states tribes...budget includes 922 2 million for USGS programs to focus on core science activities including land and water resources energy and minerals mapping ecosystems invasive species natural hazards and environmental...emergency transfers from other departmental accounts America s Waters The 2018 budget also continues efforts to address the challenges of water availability and drought conditions The Department primarily...
by Gifford Pinchot is to manage for the greatest good for the greatest number for the longest time Water was a basic value and watershed protection and restoration a basic concern that led to the establishment...National Forests as bread baskets of timber to be brought to market They are managed for forest health water supplies hunting and angling and yes timber production among many other multiple use values But the...of historic range 58 of current habitat is in roadless areas Nearly a quarter of Americans drink water that flows across roadless areas To not recognize their social and ecological values in legislation...
supporters In 2014 we celebrate 40 years of protecting and restoring Oregon s wildlands wildlife and waters Over the last two decades we have worked closely with Chairman Wyden and his staff on important environmental...Northwest Forest Plan NWFP and significantly undermine federal environmental laws like the Clean Water Act CWA Endangered Species Act ESA and National Environmental Policy Act NEPA The legislation as introduced...conservation of carbon is highly compatible with many other important public values such as clean water fish and wildlife habitat recreation and quality of life Historical Context In one sense this legislation...
resources policy right represents what is best about our country Wise use of our treasured lands air and water so there are sustainable good paying jobs for our people and protections for the environment Without...make timber harvesting as ecologically friendly as possible Ironclad protections for clean drinking water wildlife and Oregon s salmon in this bill stem from the discussions that were held with many conservation...and watersheds We were able to have the good fortune of working with one of our region s foremost water resources expert Dr Gordon Reeves to establish the first ever legislative protections for O C streams...
national as well as local business owners to ensure that any agreed upon solution is balanced protects water resources and sensitive old growth habitat in western Oregon and promotes the regional economy O C...left rural communities in disarray timber production uncertain and protections of our clean drinking water and precious landscapes at the whim of federal courts It is time to find a solution to this decades...wild and scenic river These rivers are the bloodlines of Western Oregon providing clean drinking water to more than 1 8 million Oregonians in rural and urban communities and the habitat necessary to protect...
opposition to it from environmentalists who wanted to continue to use litigation under the Clean Water Act to impose new permitting requirements for forest roads on private lands I applaud Senator Wyden...
that reduce fuels in the home ignition zone ensure safe egress and ingress to a property identify water sources and make other specific recommendations to a property owner In Alaska interest in the Firewise...reduced risk and improved the safety profile for the crew conducting the operation they had access water and could see the advancing fire and each other in the shaded break as opposed to working in the dense...
also should give our Aegis BMD ships a homeland defense mission when they are near or in our coastal waters including while in port e g at Norfolk Virginia19 These BMD capabilities are technically available...power plants23 To assure the viability of the nuclear power plants we must first assure their cooling water systems are viable in an indefinite grid shutdown to avoid Fukushima like disasters We must assure...power source the Wylie Hydroelectric Power Plant to assure availability of electricity to the cooling water pumps at the Catawba Nuclear Power Plant if its diesel generator fuel is exhausted and can t be replaced...
such as the middle of the night water is pumped up to a higher elevation reservoir This upper reservoir stores the energy used to pump the water up to the reservoir That water remains there until demand for...for energy increases at which point the water is released back through the turbines to generate energy Pumped storage converts the potential energy of falling water into electricity that is deployed across...In addition the research capabilities at the Department of Energy should not be ignored The DOE s Water Power program needs continued funding Pumped storage R D support would fund activities such as the...
electricity by moving water between an upper and lower reservoir 2 Electric energy is converted to potential energy and stored in the form of water at an upper elevation Pumping the water uphill for temporary...temporary storage recharges the battery and during periods of high electricity demand the stored water is released back through the turbines and converted back to electricity like a conventional hydropower station...generated electricity is converted to potential energy when pumped uphill and stored in the form of water at an upper elevation reservoir where it later flows downhill to a lower reservoir through turbine...
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