http://www.recordnet.com/news/20180421/fitzgerald-deltas-armageddon-critter-arrives By Michael Fitzgerald Posted Apr 21, 2018 at 1:37 PM Crank up the war machine: Nutria have reached the Delta. Myocastor coypus, a rapidly breeding, super-destructive Argentinean swamp rat that grows as big as a medium-sized dog, was found days ago on Roberts Island. “This discovery throws us for a loop,” said Peter Tira,…

https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2018/03/23/cemex-settles-lawsuit-over-alleged-sacramento.html By Scott Rodd Mar 23, 2018, 6:20am Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. has settled a lawsuit that accused it of discharging polluted stormwater runoff from its West Sacramento cement plant into the Sacramento River and its tributaries. Under the settlement, the Mexico-based company agreed to implement an infiltration basin to treat stormwater runoff from its…

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/03/15/18807411.php by Dan Bacher Thursday Mar 15th, 2018 9:14 AM Bill Jennings, Executive Director of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), said the report is “an embarrassment to Moyle and his reputation.” “It’s based on three unsupportable premises: First, that the three near-mile long unproven experimental fish screens will work,” said Moyle. “Second, that all…

https://www.newsreview.com/chico/marching-on/content?oid=25960367 By Evan Tuchinsky 03.08.18. Eight years ago, Barbara Vlamis launched AquAlliance, a Chico-based nonprofit that, according to its website, “formed to challenge threats to the hydrologic health of the northern Sacramento River watershed.” Vlamis, who’d spent the previous 17 years as executive director of the Butte Environmental Council, opened the doors Jan. 5, 2010.…

http://www.elkgrovenews.net/2018/02/new-steelhead-run-record-set-on-Mokelumne-River.html By Dan Bacher February 28, 2018 It’s official; a new record for the number of steelhead returning to the Mokelumne River Fish Hatchery in one season has been set. The hatchery, located on the river near Clements, has received 530 adults and 638 juveniles this year to date, a total of 1,168 fish. That…