Environmental

Wed August 02, 2017

Colorado's Wildlife Safety Mitigation Efforts Prove Beneficial

One evening in early April, Deb, a Southwest Colorado resident, was traveling on U.S. Highway 160 near Mancos when she hit a deer. “Well, that deer actually hit me,” Deb explained. “I did not have a moment to react....

Tue August 01, 2017

UDOT Releases West Davis Corridor Final Environmental Impact Statement

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a potential transportation corridor in western Davis and Weber counties....

Tue August 01, 2017

Utah's 50-Year Water Management Program Marks New Beginning

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) It took more than four years, but Utah Gov. Gary Herbert's Water Strategy Advisory Team has completed the state's new 50-year water management plan. Herbert accepted the “Recommended Water Strategy” report that maps out a plan for using water over the coming decades in Utah, the nation's second-driest state....

Tue August 01, 2017

Gov. Herbert Breaks Ground on Wasatch Resource Recovery

Gov. Gary R. Herbert participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for Utah's first anaerobic digestion facility for processing food waste. Using the latest technologies available, the facility will begin turning garbage into clean, renewable energy for Utah's communities by fall of 2018....

Lori Tobias - Tue August 01, 2017

Idaho's Sequoia Tree Has Storied Past, Moves to New Home

Bystanders in Boise were recently treated to a sight they're not likely to witness soon, if ever again — the relocation of a 98-ft.-tall, 800,000-lb. sequoia tree planted in its original spot at St....

Fri July 28, 2017

Granite Construction Awarded $20 Million California Dam Project

Granite Construction Incorporated announced July 27 it has been awarded a $20 million contract by the South Feather Water & Power Agency for the Lost Creek Dam Crest Modification Project in Strawberry Valley, CA....

Fri July 21, 2017

DC Water Awards $580M Contract for Boundary Tunnel

The DC Water Board of Directors approved the Authority's largest contract to date for the design and construction of the Northeast Boundary Tunnel (NEBT). The 5-mi. NEBT is the largest and final segment of the massive tunnel system that will bring relief from combined sewer overflows (CSOs) to the Anacostia River....

Chuck Harvey - Wed July 19, 2017

$15M HQ Rising for Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife

Work is under way on a $15 million project to provide a new and roomier 38,403-sq.-ft. headquarters building for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation in Oklahoma City. Crews also will construct a 7,825-sq.-ft....

Matt Volz - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed July 19, 2017

Judge Blocks Montana Dam Again Over Threat to Fish

HELENA, MONT. (AP) A judge blocked construction of a $59 million irrigation dam because of the potential threat to an ancient fish species in Montana's Yellowstone River just three months after he lifted a previous injunction on the project....

Mon July 17, 2017

GSE Demos Vacall AJV Recycler for Florida Municipality

On June 21 representatives of Great Southern Equipment Company (GSE), including Jared Wilson, environmental specialist, and Tommy Marks, vice president of sales (Orlando), met with city of Edgewater, Fla., municipal workers to demonstrate the features and benefits of a Vacall All Jet Vac (AJV)....