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Tribal leaders and BIA say irrigation infrastructure needs persistent funding; Lander landfill closure noted as logistics factor
Summary
Committee heard that irrigation systems across the Wind River Indian Reservation are dilapidated, that BIA and tribal engineers are pursuing funding and litigation over failed repairs, and that future landfill closures will affect waste transport and costs.
Lehi Shakespeare, Bureau of Indian Affairs regional director for the Rocky Mountain Region, told the Select Committee on Tribal Relations that the BIA has project-based funds for irrigation repairs but that some contractor work has led to new leaks and litigation.
"There is a portion of the funding that gets filtered down through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and we have do have that money that's project based," Shakespeare said, describing funding that can be put to specific irrigation repairs.
Committee members and presenters described three interlocking issues: decayed irrigation infrastructure on the…
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