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The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) held an informal workshop in Sacramento on Wednesday to discuss and encourage state water regulators to rescind, relax or at least rethink the emergency drought order issued by Gov. Jerry Brown nearly a year ago.  The governor mandated California residents to step-up to …

Assembly Bill 1713, asking voters to decide the fate of the construction of the state’s controversial twin tunnels, advanced in the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife on Tuesday by an 8 to 4 vote with bipartisan support. The current plan calls for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan to …

Spillway Completion Marks Major Milestone Having completed the spillway of the new Calaveras Dam project–a major milestone in the projected $810 million dam project—construction crews can now move forward in constructing the 220-foot high earth and rock-fill dam. The new spillway, near the Alameda-Santa Clara county line, is described as …

Salmon will be Scarce and Pricy for Consumers Perhaps you should consider consuming another fish other than pacific salmon this year. Following six days of meetings the federal fishery council in Vancouver, Wash., has proposed restrictions for the state’s commercial salmon fishing season, scheduled to begin early next month, and …

The U.S. Forest Service is seeking input from the public on its proposal to issue a new five-year permit to Nestlé Waters North America for their on-going capture of drinking water in the San Bernardino National Forest. At issue is a permit issued by the U. S. Forest Service to …

A relatively dry February gave way to March storms helping to raise the northern Sierra average snowpack to 102 percent.  And while the southern Sierra has reached only 80 percent of its historical average both ends of the Sierras are faring far better than a year ago.  The statewide snowpack …