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‘Milestone for Lake Tahoe’: Major cleanup effort complete
https://www.sfchronicle.com/tahoe/article/tahoe-lead-cables-removed-19935244.php?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery By Gregory Thomas, Travel & Outdoors Editor Nov 21, 2024 Several miles of century-old lead-lined telephone cables laid along the bottom of Lake Tahoe, feared by many locals to have leached toxic chemicals into the water, have been removed. … Twelve years ago, scuba divers in Tahoe discovered approximately six miles of defunct cables…
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California, feds waive delta fish protections to boost water delivery
https://www.eenews.net/articles/california-feds-waive-delta-fish-protections-to-boost-water-delivery/ By Camille von Kaenel 10/02/2024 12:27 PM EDT SACRAMENTO, California — State and federal water managers started on Tuesday to pump more water to cities and farmers instead of keeping it in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Bay Delta for a protected fish. The decision follows and growing scientific research they’ve paid for showing that…
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Decision to reduce water flows in California’s delta sparks debate over imperiled fish
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-10-02/california-water-flow-requirement-debate By Ian James Oct. 2, 2024 8:20 AM PT State and federal officials have decided to curtail additional water flows intended to support endangered fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta this fall — a controversial step that is being praised by major California water districts but condemned by environmental groups as a significant…
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AT&T will remove 100,000 pounds of lead from Lake Tahoe
https://www.sfchronicle.com/tahoe/article/tahoe-lead-cables-settlement-19774206.php By Gregory Thomas Sep 18, 2024 AT&T will remove about 107,000 pounds of lead from Lake Tahoe that some locals worry has been leaching toxins into the water for decades, according to a settlement agreement announced Wednesday. Roughly 6 miles of antiquated underwater telecommunications cables sheathed in lead belong to the company and extend…
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Fishing for feedback: Public can weigh in on threatened species status for white sturgeon
https://localnewsmatters.org/2024/08/28/fishing-for-feedback-public-can-weigh-in-on-threatened-species-status-for-white-sturgeon/ by Pete Young, Bay City News August 28, 2024 White sturgeon, which can live as long as 100 years, spawn in the large rivers of the Central Valley and mostly reside in the Delta and San Francisco Bay, the department said. They also sometimes range along the coast and enter bays and rivers, it…
