Federal and state representatives gathered together earlier this week to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Fremont Weir Adult Fish Passage Modification Project within the Yolo Bypass. The project is one of six California EcoRestore breaking ground this year as part of a larger vision to restore Delta habitat for native …
Read More »Dr Pepper Snapple Group Partners with The Nature Conservancy on Watershed Protection
By Jim Steinberg Over the next three years the Dr Pepper Snapple Group will give $750,000 in support of the Los Angeles River and the American and Sacramento rivers in Northern California. These new California projects continue a longstanding relationship between the DPS Group and The Nature Conservancy. In its …
Read More »District receives grant for predicting surface and groundwater flows along the Santa Ana River
By: Jim Steinberg San Bernardino Valley’s water wholesaler has received a $1 million grant to develop a mathematical model for predicting surface and groundwater flows along the Santa Ana River. The study, funded by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, will enable …
Read More »Popular turf removal rebate program returning
By JIM STEINBERG Are you tired of the way your lawn looks? The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s popular turf removal rebates are returning. Starting in July, business and residential customers will again have incentives to dig out that water-wasting grass, give properties a new look, and receive $1 …
Read More »San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority approves $18 Million in Wetlands Restoration Projects
Nearly $18 million in grants has been allocated by the Governing Board of the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority, the local agency responsible for allocating funding raised by Measure AA, for wetlands restoration projects in the Bay area. The recently announced grants are the first round of Measure AA grants, …
Read More »Three Southern California tribes receive U.S. EPA approval to implement water, air programs
Three Southern California tribes recently received approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement specific programs under federal Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act regulations. Representations from the three tribes were presented with Certificates of Achievement at Region 9’s Regional Tribal Operations Committee meeting held April 11-12 …
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