Tag Archives: drought

California’s on-going drought and water diversions to Los Angeles are taking a toll on not only water levels at Mono Lake but also on the nearly 100 species of birds that annually flock to the lake. The lake currently stands at just 6,378.11 ft., a mere 13 in. above what …

Fish and Wildlife Contends Only a Small Portion of Baby Salmon are Involved  The Golden Gate Salmon Association (GGSA) has voiced their opposition to a decision by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to abandon a successful trucking program that increases salmon survival and is instead dumping Feather …

Three environmental groups have filed a lawsuit in U. S. District Court in San Francisco asserting that the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to protect water quality in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as spelled out in the Clean Water Act. The Natural Resources Defense Council, The Bay …

A free briefing addressing water project operations will be held in Fresno on Tuesday, April 26 sponsored by the Water Education Foundation and the California Department of Water Resources in cooperation with the Center for Irrigation Technology. Following last year’s reduced water allocations by both the State Water Project and …

Thanks to improved forecasted hydrologic conditions, commercial power operations in the Upper San Joaquin River Basin, current storage in Millerton Lake and cooler weather demand patterns, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has announced an increase in allocations for the Friant Division contractors of Class 1 supply from 40 to 50 …

The hoped-for “Awesome April” rain and snow may not yet have materialized but the “Miracle March” storms experienced in Northern California have allowed the State Water Project (SWP) to increase its estimated water deliveries to its 29 public agencies to 60 percent of requests. This in contrast to the agencies …