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More than 100 people gathered at the Redlands site of the East Branch Extension (EBX) of the State Water Project’s (SWP) Aqueduct yesterday to celebrate the project’s completion and the foresight of the region’s forefathers. Doug Headrick, general manager of the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District (SBVMWD), said prior …

Although the 2017 water year was the wettest on record for most of northern California and Central Valley Project (CVP) reservoirs were essentially full for the first time since California’s five-year drought ravaged the state, it’s a far different scenario, thus far, for Water Year (WY) 2018. The Bureau of …

California Assemblyman Bill Quirk (D-District 20-Hayward), and Chair of the Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee, has introduced a bill to ban the use of lead fishing weight under 50g in weight with a cross section in any direction under 2cm. “Small lead fishing weights, like splitshot, are killing California …

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has announced it is now accepting proposals for projects under its FY 2018-19 Fisheries Habitat Restoration Proposal Solicitation Notice (PSN). The PSN invites restoration projects that meet the funding requirements for four projects including: the Commercial Salmon Stamp Program focusing on projects …

Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) has set out to educate their customers on being “Sewer Smart” with information that could be used by all water customers regardless of location. The message is short and simple: don’t dispose of medicines and personal hygiene products by not flushing them down the toilet …

Being hailed as a “first of its kind partnership” the Transportation Agency for Monterey County and Caltrans recently transferred 167 acres of land to the Elkhorn Slough Foundation (ESF) for the permanent conservation of the Elkhorn Highlands Reserve. Caltrans had purchased the property in 2008 to offset environmental impacts for …