… As part of a broader push by the administration to slash the federal government’s footprint, Trump’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency team has announced more than 700 lease terminations for offices across the federal government. … The list of leases to be terminated, published by Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee, includes five sites now utilized by Reclamation staff: the Columbia-Pacific Northwest Regional Office in Boise, Idaho; the Southern California Area Office in Temecula, California; the Western Colorado Area Office in Durango, Colorado; Trinity River Restoration Program Office in Weaverville, California; and the Bend Field Office in Bend, Oregon.

Other water and natural resource agency jobs and funding news:

• The Center Square: Six U.S. senators urge end to federal freeze of Colorado River Basin funding​
• KCRA (Sacramento, Calif.): Newsom criticizes federal cuts impacting California water districts​
• SFist (San Francisco): Fired NOAA researchers talk about their critical work protecting Northern Calif. coasts from climate change
• National Public Radio: Layoffs and potential closures of key facilities raise worries about NOAA’s future
• E&E News by Politico: Wildfire-fighting nonprofits at risk as federal grants vanish​
• The New York Times: Government budget and staffing cuts could close facilities in California’s national forests, memo says