The Rancho California Water District (RCWD), located in Temecula, is providing potential financial assistance for the district’s agricultural and ag/residential customer who participate in crop conversion projects to save water. The CropSWAP Program (SWAP – Sustainable Water for Agricultural Production) is the district’s effort to save water through the conversion …
Read More »Three charged for submitting false drinking water reports results in Siskiyou County
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 …
Read More »Reclamation releases Todisco Ranch Conservation Project Environmental Assessment
The Bureau of Reclamation has prepared an Environmental Assessment on providing the Central Valley Project Conservation Program and the Central Valley Project Improvement Act Habitat Restoration Program with $576,000 to purchase a conservation easement on the Todisco Ranch. Located in Madera County, the easement would preserve 480 acres of grasslands, …
Read More »Drought assistance: federal funding available to private landowners with dead and dying trees
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 …
Read More »Riverside Public Utilities honors two students as winners of 18th Annual Bottled Water Label Art Contest
The Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) recently presented two students with top honors for their entries to the 18th Annual Bottled Water Label Art Contest. The contest seeks to recognize high school art students with the opportunity to create their first piece of commercial artwork. The artwork chosen as each year’s top …
Read More »Bay Area Institute selects four 2017 “Local Heroes” for conservation, environmental education
The Bay Nature Institute has recently completed its review of more than fifty nominations for the Bay Nature “Local Heroes” for 2017 and has selected four recipients for the three awards. David Loeb, publisher of Bay Nature magazine recently summed up succinctly the reason the institute and the magazine annually …
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