Washington, D.C. — The Bureau of Reclamation is launching a prize challenge seeking new or improved techniques to remove sediment from reservoirs in a cost-effective manner. Sedimentation in reservoirs can…

Ash and sedimentation saturating a stream in Las Conchas, N.M. (Photo: USDA Forest Service) Reston, Va. — A growing number of wildfire-burned areas throughout the western United States are expected…