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Tribal lands in Nevada to receive $5.8 million for environmental improvements


Pyramid Lake (File photo: KRNV)
Pyramid Lake (File photo: KRNV)
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awards $5.8 million in funding to18 tribes in Nevada to invest in environmental programs and water infrastructure.

EPA made the announcement at the Pacific Southwest Region’s 26th Annual Tribal/EPA Conference held in San Francisco, last month.

These funds will help monotor water quality, watershed protection and restoration, water and energy efficiency, and wastewater recycling and treatment.

Tribes will also use the funds to clean up open dumps, develop programs to monitor, protect and improve air quality, and build public awareness of these efforts.

Examples of work being funded:

The Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation will use $182,221 to plan, develop and implement environmental protection programs, including education and outreach on recycling to tribal members.

The Yomba Tribe will use $174,998 to manage environmental programs, clean up a dump site, develop an emergency management plan, and conduct research on a transfer station for recycled materials.

The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe will use $203,200 to model and evaluate the impact of Truckee River nutrient loads on Pyramid Lake’s water quality, ecology and trophic status. Funds will also support the cleanup and closure of three illegal dump sites and assess the operations of several transfer stations to reduce illegal dumping.

For more information on the projects, please visit www.epa.gov.

(U.S. EPA contributed to this report)

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