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The decision to determine the winner of the Byron-Bethany Irrigation District (BBID) Board of Directors seat for Division 1 took an unusual twist recently. Call it the California Elections Code meets Dungeons and Dragons – yes, the legendary fantasy role-playing game… Following the district’s recently election contenders incumbent Larry Enos …

Registration for Project W.E.T. (Water Education for Teachers) is now open. Project W.E.T is an award winning, nonprofit water education program and publisher that engages students with hands on activities and interdisciplinary lessons that teach important concepts about water. The upcoming opportunity for teachers is being provided so teachers are …

The Board of Directors of the Cucamonga Valley Water District (CVWD) has appointed John Bosler as the district’s new general manager/CEO this Feb. 1. Bosler is the current assistant general manager for CVWD. Hired by the district in 2004 as the senior engineer, Bosler next became the director of engineering …

Attorney Ernest A. Conant was recently named director of the Bureau of Reclamation’s (BOR) Mid-Pacific Region. Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman cited his many years of experience in making the announcement. “Ernest has been at the forefront of California water for nearly four decades, advocating for water for both agriculture and …

Mike Inamine, executive director with the Sutter Butte Flood Control Agency (SBFCA) since 2012, has announced his upcoming departure from the agency effective this Friday. Beginning in February, Inamine will join the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Division of Engineering in a role focused on Oroville Dam and subsidence …

Wade Crowfoot, a former senior environmental advisor to former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom will again serve under Newsom’s direction with his appointment last Friday by California Gov. Newsom as Secretary for the state’s Natural Resources Agency. In his new role Crowfoot will oversee the Department of Water Resources and …