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  • Hatchery still drawing large salmon count

    https://www.recordnet.com/sports/20181205/hatchery-still-drawing-large-salmon-count By Dan Bacher / Record Correspondent Posted Dec 5, 2018 at 12:01 AM As the salmon fishing season nears its end on the Mokelumne and Sacramento rivers, big numbers of fall Chinook salmon continue to go up the fish ladder at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Mokelumne River Hatchery in Clements. The…

  • Council staff says WaterFix inconsistent with Delta Plan; Council chair urges DWR to withdraw

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/11/24/1815036/-Council-staff-says-WaterFix-inconsistent-with-Delta-Plan-Council-chair-urges-DWR-to-withdraw Dan Bacher Saturday November 24, 2018 · 11:02 PM PST On November 8, the Delta Stewardship Council staff released a draft report finding that the California WaterFix is not consistent with the Delta Plan after considering the appeals filed by an array of organizations, Tribes and governments to the “certification of consistency” filed by…

  • Supervisors take on Union Pacific over damaged retaining wall near Tobin

    http://www.plumasnews.com/supervisors-take-on-union-pacific-over-damaged-retaining-wall-near-tobin/ November 19, 2018 Victoria Metcalf, Assistant Editor Large cracks in a Union Pacific Railroad retaining wall between the Feather River and the tracks near Tobin in the Feather River Canyon are concerning groups in Plumas County including the Board of Supervisors. Public safety, the environment and a seeming unwillingness by UP to address the…

  • Is Policy Before Science the New Norm in Water Regulations?

    http://www.khsu.org/post/policy-science-new-norm-water-regulations#stream/0 By Friends of the Eel River Nov 1, 2018 Tune in for a discussion of how federal agencies are protecting fish, or rather failing to do so. Scott Greacen, Conservation Director for Friends of the Eel River is joined by Chris Shutes, FERC projects director and water rights advocate for California Sportfishing Protection Alliance…

  • SF supes urge backing off alliance with farmers, Trump on reviving rivers

    https://www.sfchronicle.com/science/article/State-water-wars-SF-backs-off-alliance-with-13350101.php?src=hp_totn Kurtis Alexander Oct. 30, 2018 Updated: Oct. 30, 2018 9:53 p.m. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors issued a rare rebuke of the city water department Tuesday, claiming the agency is on the wrong side of a state water debate that pits California against President Trump. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, which provides…