USDA reevaluates plan to turn ditch into water pipeline
SCOTT SONNER, Associated Press
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1of3This photo taken Jan. 7, 2021 in southwest Reno, Nev., shows a portion of the Steamboat irrigation ditch. Parts of the 34-mile canal were originally built in 1880. The USDA has formally terminated a preliminary environmental review of a plan that would replace part of it with a pipeline after environmentalists and local residents objected. (Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP)Jason Bean/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3This photo taken Jan. 7, 2021 in southwest Reno, Nev., shows a portion of the Steamboat irrigation ditch. Parts of the 34-mile canal were originally built in 1880. The USDA has formally terminated a preliminary environmental review of a plan that would replace part of it with a pipeline after environmentalists and local residents objected. (Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP)Jason Bean/APShow MoreShow Less
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