The Louis Rubidoux Nature Center Consortium, representing five local stakeholders in three Southern California counties, have jointly committed to renovating and reopening the Louis Rubidoux Nature Center (LRNR) and Sunnyslope Creek, a degraded tributary to the Santa Ana River. The Consortium’s partners — the Inland Empire Resource Conservation District (IERCD), …
Read More »San Bernardino VMWD Works With Local Water Agencies to Invest in More Water Supply Projects
A new program is being offered by the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District (SBVMWD) providing a financial incentive to local water agencies for projects that produce recycled water or capture stormwater. The Local Resource Investment Program (LRIP) provides a financial incentive for twenty years to any agency in SBVMWD’s …
Read More »Restoration Projects Awarded $3 Million-Plus from Sierra Nevada Conservancy Governing Board
Five projects focused on improving watershed and forest health throughout the Sierra Nevada will share in the $3,122,551 recently awarded by the Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) Governing Board. Four of the projects are specifically forest health grants funded through Proposition 1 (The Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of …
Read More »Metropolitan Water District Makes Turf Removal Easier with Step-By-Step Video Tutorials
Never more so than during the hot summer days are Southern Californians more aware of the cost of outdoor watering. As the mercury on the thermometer climbs so do the totals on water bills. But Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California is making it easier to remove your lawns …
Read More »Salamanders at Risk of Extinction by Raising Shasta Dam Move Closer to Endangered Species List
In 2012 a petition was filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC) for the protection of the Shasta salamanders to determine if the species warranted Endangered Species Act protection. Then known as one species a discovery published last year revealed that the Shasta salamander …
Read More »California EPA to Invest $1.5 Million in Statewide Environmental Justice Projects
Thirty-four projects aimed at combating pollution, water degradation, improving health outcomes and increasing public engagement in some of California’s most pollution-burdened communities recently received word from the California Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that they will share in $1.5 million in environmental justice grants. The 34 grants announced in this cycle …
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