• Sinkholes in Orland area raise new water concerns

    http://chicosol.org/2022/04/20/sinkholes-orland-area-raise-new-water-concerns/ by Todd Bishop, Sacramento Valley Mirror posted April 20, 2022 Glenn County — State and local officials have been quietly looking into the emergence of numerous sinkholes starting last summer and fall on agricultural land east of Orland, in the area of Stony Creek, according to newly released public records. Public records recently released…

  • Potential hiking trail stuck in regulatory process between PG&E and FERC

    https://www.chicoer.com/2022/04/17/potential-hiking-trail-stuck-in-regulatory-process-between-pge-and-ferc/ By Michael Weber April 17, 2022 at 4:30 a.m. PULGA — The fate of a recreational hiking trail near the community of Pulga is stuck in a regulatory process between Pacific Gas & Electric and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The Poe Hydroelectric Project located in the North Fork Feather River is licensed to…

  • Meet the Newest Inductees to the California Outdoors Hall of Fame

    https://www.adventure-journal.com/2022/03/meet-the-newest-inductees-to-the-california-outdoors-hall-of-fame/ By staff | March 11, 2022 Normally, we wouldn’t necessarily cover the induction of regional luminaries into a state’s outdoor hall of fame, but this 2022 class of the California Outdoor Hall of Fame is a stunner. We’re publishing the COHOF statement for the class of 2022 here in its entirety. -Ed. *** A…

  • Aqualliance files groundwater lawsuits against three area subbasins

    https://www.actionnewsnow.com/news/aqualliance-files-groundwater-lawsuits-against-three-area-subbasins/article_3b353d6c-944a-11ec-9d5e-4f3e04364b4c.html Linda Watkins-Bennett Feb 22, 2022 CHICO, Calif. – Aqualliance has filed lawsuits against three groundwater sustainability plans, filed by local agencies. The group is dedicated to challenging threats to the Sacramento River watershed. The lawsuits target the Butte, Colusa and Vina subbasins’ Groundwater Sustainability Plans. The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and the California Water…

  • Stockton’s Bill Jennings, Dave Hurley inducted into California Outdoors Hall of Fame

    https://www.recordnet.com/story/sports/outdoors/fishing/2022/01/25/bill-jennings-dave-hurley-california-outdoors-hall-fame-stockton/9213546002/ Dan Bacher Stockton Record Correspondent Publishes 12:53 p.m. PT Jan 25, 2022 STOCKTON — Two more Stocktonians recently joined former Stockton Record outdoor writer Peter Ottesen and the late Jay Sorensen, founder of the California Striped Bass Association, as members of the California Outdoors Hall of Fame (COHOF). Fisheries protector Bill Jennings entered the Hall of Fame this year, while outdoor writer and educator Dave Hurley…