The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced a $4.8 million investment to improve drought resilience and water availability in the West.
The funding, supported by the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will be invested in agreements with BLM partners.
A total of $1.9 million is allocated for riverscape health, $975,000 for adjudication of water rights for National Conservation Lands in Arizona, $880,000 to quantify streamflow and groundwater levels within the RÃÂo Grande del Norte National Monument in New Mexico, and other projects.
“The funding announced today will put people to work on our public lands to help reduce the impacts of prolonged droughts on communities and wildlife, better positioning the BLM to safeguard the health of our public lands for current and future generations,” said BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning.
