As commerce secretary, Hoover had a pivotal role in proposing the dam's construction on the Colorado River in the 1920s. As construction of the dam was initiated on Sept. 30, 1930, then-Interior ...

Trump’s early actions, including ordering the US Army Corps of Engineers to open two California dams, have led to concerns ...

then-Interior Sec. Ray Lyman Wilbur ordered the dam to be named after Hoover. Congress made it official five months later on February 14, 1931, according to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's website.

Two of the four intake towers in the reservoir of Lake Mead at the Hoover Dam in Boulder City, Nevada, as seen on June 8, 2024. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Stephen Roe Lewis, the Gila River Indian ...

A Native American tribe with a powerful water claim had an ultimatum for the Trump administration: Release money to protect the Colorado River — or fight over the future of the most important river in ...

The Bureau of Reclamation — the federal agency tasked with managing America’s largest dams, including Hoover and Glen ... purchases like oil for dam equipment. An Interior Department ...

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