A Flagstaff-based hub for regional science -- and for the protection of the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River -- could be under threat from President Donald Trump’s proposed cuts to the federal budget.
In a to the Senate Appropriations Committee last month, Trump’s budget director, Russell T. Vought, laid out the president’s fiscal priorities -- mostly, a long list of cuts to virtually all federal agencies. Among those was a recommendation to slash $564 million from the budget of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
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