On September 17, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers withdrew their proposed Clean Water Act (CWA) guidance. At the same time, the agencies announced that they have submitted a draft rule to clarify CWA jurisdiction to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for interagency review. After the review,
Wired magazine looks at a swath of coverage from the new Landsat imagery!
We are debuting several new items highlighting programmatic data and monitoring needs in the West, as well as some of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) water programs that are valuable to western water management. Please enjoy! Data and Monitoring Needs for Western Water Management - 5MB NOAA Programs and Western Water Management -
On February 11, 2013 NASA will launch its Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) from Vandenburg Air Force Base in California. The Western States Water Council's efforts over nearly a decade helped to ensure federal funding for a thermal infrared sensor/TIRS imager to be included in the LDCM. The Landsat earth observation series of satellite has
If you are a newsletter subscriber, please click here for the latest newsletter from WSWC. (A password is required. Please contact Julie at jgroat (at) wswc.utah.gov to begin your subscription.) This edition discusses a recent BLM decision to revise its draft rule for hydraulic fracturing on federal lands, House committee assignments for the 113th Congress, the introduction
If you are a newsletter subscriber, please click here for the latest newsletter from WSWC. (A password is required. Please contact Julie at jgroat (at) wswc.utah.gov to begin your subscription.) This edition discusses Utah Governor and WGA Chairman Gary Herbert's Energy Development Summit, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack's decision to continue in his current post during President
If you are a newsletter subscriber, please click here for the latest newsletter from WSWC. (A password is required. Please contact Julie at jgroat (at) wswc.utah.gov to begin your subscription.) The latest newsletter discusses the winter 2013 Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook from the WGA and NOAA, possible EPA Clean Water Act rulemaking, the decommissioning of Landsat
If you are a newsletter subscriber, please click here for the latest newsletter from WSWC. (A password is required. Please contact Julie at jgroat (at) wswc.utah.gov to begin your subscription.) The latest WSWC missive reflects on the tenure of outgoing EPA director Lisa Jackson, the release of an EPA progress report on hydraulic fracturing, OPM human resources
If you are a newsletter subscriber, please click here for the latest newsletter from WSWC. (A password is required. Please contact Julie at jgroat (at) wswc.utah.gov to begin your subscription.) The latest newsletter dispatch contains an update on hydraulic fracturing regulation, USACE operations of the Missouri River for commercial navigation, congressional committee assignments, a bill to reauthorize
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