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RENO, Nev.
A federal agency and a Nevada water conservation district have agreed to re-evaluate preliminary plans to turn part of a 140-year-old irrigation ditch in Reno into a water pipeline after environmentalists and local residents objected.
The Agriculture Department’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and the district announced last week they have formally terminated the initial phase of an environmental review of the flood- control project, which includes replacing a 14-mile (22-kilometer) stretch of the Steamboat Canal with an enclosed pipeline.
Critics say the changes will turn open, green space into a gravel road over a pipe. They say it could harm fish, wildlife and countless recreationists who use the natural riparian area for hiking, biking, bird-watching and photography.
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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