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Public review is now available and comments are being sought for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Long-Term Plan to Protect Adult Salmon in the Lower Klamath River (LTP) by the Bureau of Reclamation. The Draft EIS details the environmental effects of the No-Action and Action Alternatives to …

The State Water Resources Control Board is reviewing data and considering letting anywhere from 35 to 75 percent of the water in the Sacramento River wash out to the Pacific in order to protect fish and wildlife. Wednesday’s findings and discussion make no final recommendations but the possibility comes on …

Although Southern Californians awakened Monday morning to damp streets and wet vegetation meteorologists and radio stations were quick to say the moisture wouldn’t make a dent in California’s drought impacts in the southland. Luckily the precipitation news from Northern California was significantly better. A soaking weekend storm front that moved …

Claremont, CA has some 1,600 reasons to celebrate. That’s the number of previously drought-stressed trees that the city and a small army of volunteers were able to save last year despite California’s then five-year drought. The city is also celebrating recently being awarded the League of California cities 2016 Helen …

California’s high school and college students have the opportunity to earn scholarship funds by entering a video competition hosted by the California Special Districts Association (CSDA). CSDA is comprised of more than 2,000 independent service providers and provide vital services like clean water and renewable energy, fire protection and public …

Metropolitan Water District (MWD), the Southland’s largest water supplier, has painted a more optimistic picture of the area’s water status at a press conference held at their downtown Los Angeles office on Monday. Though acknowledging California’s drought is still in existence, especially in Southern California, MWD officials claim increases in …