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  • Steelhead numbers rise on American River as high flows fuel promising Northern California run

    https://www.recordnet.com/story/sports/2022/01/18/lake-amador-fishing-anglers-big-trout-steelhead-outdoors-backcountry-angler-fish-american-river/6569794001/ Dan Bacher, Record Correspondent Published 2:20 pm PT Jan 18, 2022 . Updated 2:21 pm Jan 18, 2022 GOLD RIVER – The steelhead run on the American River is shaping up to be a relatively good one, though not as big as the record runs in the past when the hatchery reported trapping 3,000…

  • Invasive plants are invading Tahoe. A debate rages over using herbicides to battle them

    https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2021/12/22/herbicides-considered-battle-aquatic-invasive-plants-tahoe-keys/8977684002/ Amy Alonzo Published 11:52 am Dec. 22, 2021. Updaed 11:39 am PT Dec. 23, 2021 Desperate to control aquatic invasive species in a heavily traveled Lake Tahoe waterway, two regulatory agencies are considering allowing the use of aquatic herbicides in the Tahoe Basin, a treatment method that up until now has been prohibited. The…

  • Tribal Representatives Voice Opposition to Sites Reservoir, Lack of Consultation

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/12/18/2069486/-Tribal-Representatives-Voice-Opposition-to-Sites-Reservoir-Lack-of-Consultation-by-Water-Commission Dan Bacher Saturday December 18, 2021 · 2:02 PM EST The California Water Commission on December 15 voted to approve the Commission staff’s findings to maintain Sites Reservoir’s Project’s eligibility for $800 million of project subsidies from Proposition 1, despite a multitude of comments by California Tribal representatives and environmental advocates opposing the project…

  • Tribes, fishermen and conservationists demand action to restore flows in Scott and Shasta rivers

    http://www.elkgrovenews.net/2021/11/tribes-fishermen-and-conservationists.html?m=0 11/12/2021 05:00:00 PM By Dan Bacher Scott River, CA – After a spring and summer marked by fish kills on the Klamath and Sacramento rivers and their tributaries, Save California Salmon and other fish conservation and environmental organizations recently joined Klamath River Tribes in asking the California State Water Resources Control Board to establish…

  • PacBell agrees to remove 8 miles of defunct lead telephone cables from Lake Tahoe

    https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/environment/article255703057.html By Michael McGough Updated November 12, 2021 2:52 PM AT&T-owned Pacific Bell will remove two large, defunct telephone cables from the bottom of Lake Tahoe, following an agreement reached in federal court in response to a California environmental nonprofit’s legal complaint. The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance filed a complaint this January against Pacific Bell…