{"id":18260,"date":"2023-12-01T11:48:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T16:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=18260"},"modified":"2023-12-22T11:49:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T16:49:59","slug":"projects-to-restore-columbia-river-basin-health-in-oregon-get-31-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/projects-to-restore-columbia-river-basin-health-in-oregon-get-31-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Los proyectos para restaurar la salud de la cuenca del r\u00edo Columbia en Oreg\u00f3n obtienen $31 millones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.currypilot.com\/news\/environment-projects-to-restore-columbia-river-basin-health-in-oregon-get-31-million\/article_15393f26-8e0a-11ee-acda-bb577390643b.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Piloto de Curry Costal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Siete proyectos recibir\u00e1n millones en ayuda federal a trav\u00e9s del Programa de Restauraci\u00f3n del R\u00edo Columbia del Senador de Oreg\u00f3n Jeff Merkley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Las tribus de Oreg\u00f3n, las agencias estatales, los agricultores y ganaderos est\u00e1n recibiendo m\u00e1s de $31 millones del gobierno federal para reducir la contaminaci\u00f3n t\u00f3xica en el r\u00edo Columbia y sus afluentes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Es el \u00faltimo de los $79 millones que la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental de EE.UU. ha dedicado a mejorar la salud de la cuenca del r\u00edo Columbia desde 2021, en virtud de la Ley Bipartidista de Infraestructura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El senador dem\u00f3crata de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, anunci\u00f3 los proyectos que recibir\u00edan financiaci\u00f3n el jueves, en el segundo aniversario de la aprobaci\u00f3n de la ley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNuestros r\u00edos y v\u00edas fluviales son el alma de nuestras comunidades. Si est\u00e1n sucios y contaminados, nuestros hogares, escuelas y negocios estar\u00e1n sucios y contaminados\u201d, dijo Merkley en un comunicado de prensa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La cuenca del r\u00edo Columbia cubre casi 260.000 millas cuadradas y abarca 16 naciones tribales reconocidas a nivel federal y siete estados desde Oreg\u00f3n y Washington hasta Wyoming. Durante d\u00e9cadas, se ha contaminado con desechos t\u00f3xicos de la agricultura, la silvicultura, la recreaci\u00f3n y la generaci\u00f3n de energ\u00eda hidroel\u00e9ctrica, da\u00f1ando la salud de la vida silvestre y dejando a algunas especies de peces amenazadas, en peligro o inseguras para el consumo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entre los destinatarios de los $31 millones se encuentran las Tribus Confederadas de Grand Ronde y las Tribus Confederadas de la Reserva India Umatilla. Cada tribu recibir\u00e1 alrededor de $2 millones para reducir la contaminaci\u00f3n en los afluentes del r\u00edo Columbia, de los que depende cada tribu para pescar. El Grand Ronde lanzar\u00e1 un nuevo esfuerzo para reducir la contaminaci\u00f3n en la cuenca del r\u00edo Willamette, y las Tribus Confederadas de Umatilla abordar\u00e1n la contaminaci\u00f3n en los afluentes Umatilla, Walla Walla, Snake y John Day del r\u00edo Columbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El Departamento de Calidad Ambiental de Oreg\u00f3n recibir\u00e1 $6 millones para reducir la cantidad de pesticidas agr\u00edcolas, mercurio y PFAS, a menudo llamados \u201cqu\u00edmicos permanentes\u201d, en la cuenca del r\u00edo Columbia. Miles de PFAS (sustancias perfluoroalquilo y polifluoroalquilo) de origen humano se han incluido en productos industriales y de consumo, como sartenes antiadherentes y retardantes de llama, y la EPA apenas est\u00e1 comenzando a regularlos. No se descomponen ni desaparecen naturalmente, sino que se filtran a r\u00edos y arroyos, contaminando el agua y ahora est\u00e1n en la sangre de casi todas las personas en los EE. UU., seg\u00fan los Centros para el Control y la Prevenci\u00f3n de Enfermedades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salmon-Safe, una organizaci\u00f3n sin fines de lucro con sede en Portland, recibir\u00e1 $6 millones para continuar haciendo crecer su red de agricultores, ganaderos, desarrolladores y tribus a lo largo del r\u00edo, que toman medidas voluntarias para proteger la calidad y cantidad del agua. A cambio, los productores obtienen la etiqueta Salmon-Safe, lo que resulta atractivo para algunos consumidores. Varias organizaciones sin fines de lucro con sede en Portland y Corvallis que colaboran con la EPA obtendr\u00e1n entre $4 millones y $5,5 millones para trabajar en proyectos que puedan reducir la escorrent\u00eda de aguas pluviales hacia el r\u00edo Columbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Por \u00faltimo, alrededor de $5,6 millones se destinar\u00e1n a la organizaci\u00f3n sin fines de lucro Freshwater Trust, con sede en Portland, para ayudar a los agricultores a mejorar los sistemas de riego en los campos para reducir la escorrent\u00eda de fertilizantes y esti\u00e9rcol que est\u00e1 creando contaminaci\u00f3n por metilmercurio en el r\u00edo Snake, envenenando a los peces que se vuelven inseguros para el consumo humano. El metilmercurio se crea cuando los fertilizantes agr\u00edcolas ingresan al agua y, combinados con temperaturas c\u00e1lidas, crean floraciones de algas y condiciones que conducen a niveles reducidos de ox\u00edgeno en el agua. Sin ox\u00edgeno, las bacterias crecen y crean metilmercurio a trav\u00e9s de procesos digestivos, que termina en los embalses del r\u00edo Snake cada verano y oto\u00f1o.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curry Costal Pilot Seven projects will get millions in federal aid through Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley\u2019s Columbia River Restoration Program. Oregon tribes, state agencies, farmers and ranchers are getting more than $31 million from the federal government to reduce toxic pollution in the Columbia River and its tributaries. 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