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Western Municipal Water District (WMWD) recently awarded local students Cynthia Mejia, Christopher Hooks and Amanda Penicks $500 scholarships as part of the District’s partnership with local colleges and universities to encourage water- and environmental-related studies. The scholarships will help the students in the pursuit of undergraduate water-related degrees. “These students …

With more than 3,700 water rights holders in the state now delinquent in filing their diversion and use reports for 2015, the State Water Resources Control Board’s Division of Water Rights has mailed notifications letters to each of them. The letter indicates that water right holders have 30 days to …

The versatile little nut that is used to make almond milk, almond flour, almond butter and can be enjoyed by the handful, not only packs a nutritious punch but is living up to the state’s need to save water. According to the University of California, almond growers have reduced the …

Two water bills seeking to restructure and reform the Central Basin Municipal Water District (CBMWD) are now awaiting Governor Jerry Brown’s signature after having passed their respective houses. Both bills follow an audit of CBMWD eight months ago by the state which criticized the district for political and a host …

More than 1.8 million acres, equal to nearly 3,000 square miles, of protected “critical habitat” was designated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday for three endangered amphibians – the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog, the Yosemite toad and the northern population of the mountain yellow-legged frog. In 2000, …

Ichthyophthirius multifillis – or “ich” – has been detected in fish in limited parts of the Klamath River on the Yurok Reservation. Ich is a deadly parasite and killed some 35,000 adult Chinook salmon and steelhead fish in 2002 on the Klamath. This year’s occurrence marks the third time ich …