> after 2008 it was abandoned It's scary how easily this happens. Even America briefly reduced funding to the USGS during the Trump years, among other agencies

> after 2008 it was abandoned It's scary how easily this happens. Even America briefly reduced funding to the USGS during the Trump years, among other agencies that saw budgets cut for anything that collects data on the environment. The impact was immediate and now certain important time series including stream gauges and ground water levels have years of missing data because those programs were shut down.