Drought

The Turtle Island Restoration Network’s program, the Salmon Protection And Watershed Network (SPAWN) has received a $935,000 grant award from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to implement its “Lagunitas Creek Floodplain & Riparian Restoration, Tocaloma CA” project. The project calls for the restoration of floodplains and the improvement …

Responding to California’s long-term drought and the effects of climate change on the state’s water supply and imperiled wildlife, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has issued a Secretarial Order directing the Department of the Interior and its bureaus to take timely actions to help California address and manage …

The 2016-2017 water year’s first snowpack measurement came up lacking on Tuesday but super-soaker storms and up to five new feet of snow in the Sierras within the next several days could soon change the measurement’s forecast.  Even drought-dry Southern California is expected to see more rain in the next …

Chino Basin Water Conservation District’s (CBWCD) annual poster contest is open through Jan. 20 to all kindergarten through 12thgrade students for all public, private and home-schooled students within the district’s boundaries. This year’s theme is “Be a Groundwater Guardian.” The contest is comprised of two categories. Kindergarten through fifth graders …

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) will conduct its first media oriented manual snow survey of Water Year 2017 at 11 a.m. on January 3 at Phillips Station, just off Highway 50 near Sierra-at-Tahoe Road approximately 90 miles east of Sacramento. Earlier electronic readings of the Sierra Nevada mountain snowpack …

The Orange County Water District (OCWD) was recently honored with the Sandor C. Csallany Institutional Award by the American Water Resources Association (AWRA) for their exemplary contributions to water resources and management. In receiving the award OCWD was recognized for its creative vision and implementation of water reuse and its …