Conservation

DWR and Reclamation release draft EIR for Yolo Bypass

New Restrictions Anticipated for Pacific Salmon Fishing

The California Department of Water Resources and federal Bureau of Reclamation took steps toward improving fish passage and rearing habitat in the Yolo Bypass last week with the release of the draft environmental document for the proposed Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Fish Passage Project in Yolo and Sutter …

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Mammoth Community WD concerned over Ormat’s project, possible contamination of groundwater

The Mammoth Community Water District (MCWD) has questioned and expressed their concern that a groundwater monitoring well under construction by Ormat Technologies Inc. for their expanded geothermal extraction project, CD IV, is insufficient and could lead to contamination or depletion of Mammoth Lakes community’s drinking water supply. “The groundwater monitoring …

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Court rules that San Diego has “sufficient facts” to support allegations against Monsanto’s PCBs

California Senators introduce drought legislation in Senate

Judge William Q. Hayes of the United States District Court, Southern District of California, ruled earlier this week in favor of the city of San Diego and thereby defeating Monsanto Company’s motion to dismiss the city’s lawsuit alleging Monsanto’s polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination of the city’s stormwater system. Monsanto — …

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