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$ K8 H4 Z0 h9 g) s: o A popular water assistance program for low-income Americans is at risk of disappearing, as lawmakers in Washington are unable to move forward with any legislation following theousting of Republican Kevin McCarthyfrom his position as House speaker.One of those programs is the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program LIHWAP . Since 2020, money from LIHWAP has helped millions of residents keep their water from being shut off.But funding for the program is stanley cups about to run dry.SEE MORE: How can you save on your water bill Tiana Starks is with the nonprofitWe the People of Detroit鈥?a group that helps residents struggling with their water bills. In Detroit, up to stanley puodelis 10% of homes lack complete access to water, and Starks says LIHWAP helps residents who fall behind. Now we re looking at scores of households having their water shut off, Starks told Scripps News. Maybe 60,000 households in Detroit. Nearly 20 million households in this country are behind on utility bills, according to theNational Energy Assistance Directors Association.Those households owe some $19.5 billion as of March.SEE MORE: More Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, report says stanley termoska Roslyn Ogburn is a Detroit resident who has experienced firsthand what it s like to run out of money to pay a water bill. To not have water in your house 鈥?when you wake up and there is nothing at your tap, to not have water to flush, to brush your teeth or drink 鈥?it starts messing with you mentally when you can t offer your childrent Ujbd Hidden Gems: Get some squeaky-fresh cheese curds at Clock Shadow Creamery
' a0 ]" C4 ^- i: L1 f& S! Z MILWAUKEE 鈥?The Wisconsin DNR ground its annual bald eagle count to a halt last year because o caneca stanley f the COVID-19 pandemic - the first time the survey was not carried out since it started nearly 50 years ago.Program Director Jim Woodford tells TMJ4 News that in a typical year, bald eagle nests are surveyed in stanley kaffeebecher the spring. But because of the pandemic surging across the country, the DNR decided to postpone most of the survey, with the exception of a few targeted surveys carried out in June. The broad survey was not deemed essential during the survey period of March, April and May of 2020.Now, the DNR hopes to continue the program this spring, with new COVID-19 safety protocols in place.The bald eagle survey has been conducted every year since the program s founding in 1973, Woodford says - 47 consecutive years. 2020 was copo stanley the first year the count has been canceled.This is how the survey is conducted. Each spring, the DNR carries out low-altitude flights March through mid-May to locate nests occupied by adult bald eagles. That effort is assisted by people on the ground, including landowners, birders, volunteers and raptor banders, to verify data harvested from the sky.It takes about 140 hours of flight to survey the whole state, Woodford tells us, starting in southeastern Wisconsin in March and moving into northern Wisconsin by early May.When the survey started in 1973, the DNR counted 108 active nests in the state. As of 2019 - they counted 1,684 active nests.There are some ways you ca |
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