Tag Archives: drought

The Story of Stuff Project, California-based Courage Campaign Institute and Center for Biological Diversity have repeated their frustration over a Nestlé subsidiary’s continuing to remove tens of millions of water annually from the San Bernardino mountains. The three environmental groups formally gave notice on Thursday of their intent to appeal …

Officials with the Imperial Irrigation District (IID), along with representatives from Imperial County, appeared before the State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday calling for immediate and definitive action before the end of 2016 for the adoption of a 10-year roadmap for the restoration of the Salton Sea. The meeting …

The Bureau of Reclamation has release two funding opportunities for water management entities to develop drought contingency plans and build long-term solutions to drought. These two funding opportunities are part of Reclamation’s Drought Response Program. The drought contingency planning funding opportunity is for applicants to request up to $200,000 to …

Decisions made by the Yorba Linda Water District (YLWD) board of directors in October of last year have proved to be the undoing of two of the district’s board members after the board had agreed to increase the basic-service charge from $16 to $41. Unofficial results of last week’s election …

Three men have been charged with 24 misdemeanor complaints by the Siskiyou County District Attorney’s Office for allegedly failing to report positive findings of bacteria in public water systems. A State Water Resources Control Board investigation determined that samples taken from public water systems in Siskiyou County were positive for …

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in California has announced that it is looking to assist private forestland owners in addressing tree mortality and other drought-related damage, with financial assistance and forestry staff assistance in order to improve forest health.  California’s drought, now in its sixth year in most …