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Reclamation Releases an Environmental Document for the Genetic Investigation of Listed Vernal Pool Plants and their Communities

Media Contact: Russell Grimes, 916-978-5100, rwgrimes@usbr.gov

For Release: May 15, 2017

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation prepared an Environmental Assessment for the Genetic Investigation of Listed Vernal Pool Plants and their Communities, Merced County. The EA details Reclamation’s proposed grant of $389,831 to University of California, Merced through the Central Valley Project Conservation Program. The Central Valley Project Conservation Program is managed cooperatively by Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This project helps Reclamation meet its commitments to the conservation and recovery of listed species impacted by the Central Valley Project.

The EA was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and is available at: https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=28174. If you encounter problems accessing the document, please call 916-978-5100 or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.

Written comments are due by close of business Friday, May 19, 2017. Please send comments to Jamie LeFevre, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, MP-152, Sacramento, CA 95825. Comments may also be emailed to jlefevre@usbr.gov.

For additional information or to request a copy of the Environmental Assessment, please contact LeFevre at 916-989-5035 (TTY 800-877-8339).

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