Challis, ID: I heard they have spent $35 million on this project. What is the exact figure?
185. Hamilton, MT: In view of the fact that the President directed that this EIS be done for the Upper Columbia River Basin, where did the funding come from? Did congress approve the budget or was it taken from Agency funds? Answer: The following table represents the BLM and Forest Service contributions, to date, for the Project. These costs have been tracked by the Project offices in Walla Walla and Boise. The source of funding for the Project comes from the Forest Service Regional Offices and Research Stations, and the BLM State Offices. The annual cost of roughly $5 million equates to less than one percent of the total agency budgets in the Interior Columbia Basin.
