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  • Officials Enact Colorado River (50-year) Plan

    04/04/2005 7:40:55 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 16 replies · 583+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 4/4/05 | Ken Ritter - AP
    HOOVER DAM, Nev. - Water officials from California, Arizona and Nevada joined the federal government Monday in enacting a 50-year plan to protect the lower Colorado River and ensure states are able to get enough water and power from it. The $626 million agreement will benefit "the many important species, including humans, that rely on the Colorado River," said John Keys, commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, during a ceremony at the base of the massive Hoover Dam. The program, called the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, aims to protect threatened and endangered species along 400 miles of river...