{"id":49603,"date":"2023-01-24T06:42:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=49603"},"modified":"2023-01-24T06:42:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:42:10","slug":"great-lakes-receiving-support-from-water-resources-development-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/great-lakes-receiving-support-from-water-resources-development-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Lakes Receiving Support from Water Resources Development Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Great Lakes<\/strong> are receiving support in the federal Water Resources Development Act<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand<\/strong> said the legislation, passed in December, will enable the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers<\/strong> (Army Corps) to complete several risk management studies on flooding and start new projects that are key to New York\u2019s water restoration, waterway resiliency, and emergency flood protection.<\/p>\n

It also includes provisions to prevent invasive species from accessing New York\u2019s waterways, including the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain.<\/p>\n

WRDA has recently been passed every two years and authorizes water resource studies and projects and sets policies for navigation, flood control, hydropower, recreation, water supply, and emergency management for the Army Corps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Great Lakes are receiving support in the federal Water Resources Development Act. U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said the legislation, passed in December, will enable the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) to complete several risk management studies on flooding and start new projects that are key to New York\u2019s water restoration, waterway resiliency, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":49604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[3228,1367,3001,8469],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Water-Resources-Development-Act.png?fit=567%2C289&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-cU3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7636,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/reed-announces-house-reauthorization-of-water-resource-act\/","url_meta":{"origin":49603,"position":0},"title":"Reed Announces House Reauthorization of Water Resource Act","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"October 29, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Tom Reed (R-Corning) and the House of Representatives voted last week to reauthorize the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA). 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