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Latest Watershed News

Conservation is seen as key to dealing with state's water woes

Rebates and low-flow fixtures are helping. Now comes the tough part: individual sacrifice.

Compared to building new reservoirs, recycling or seawater desalination, conservation is one of the cheapest, quickest and least environmentally damaging ways for the state to get more water. (Los Angeles Times - 11/24/2009)

UC Davis researchers find evidence of past mega-droughts

Fresno Bee - 11/24/2009

Feds designate Lassen County drought disaster area

Redding Record Searchlight - 11/18/2009

Schwarzenegger signs water conservation bill in San Jose

San Jose Mercury News - 11/12/2009

Amid drought, Sacramento water use climbed

Sacramento Bee - 08/10/2009

Sacramento's top water users

Sacramento Bee - 08/10/2009

Red Bluff urges fish hotel

Projects to improve areas along the river were presented Thursday during the second in a series of workshops about the loss of Lake Red Bluff.

The Red Bluff City Manager presented a project for River Park and the area around Red Bank Creek that would require removing the sand bar in front of River Park and dredging a channel to create a shallow spot for migrating fish to rest as they travel upstream something of a fish hotel. (Contra Costa Times - 11/21/2009)

Returning salmon numbers up, down

The Record - 11/18/2009

Fishermen cast some hope for a 2010 salmon season

San Jose Mercury News - 08/06/2009

Moratorium on gold dredging permits in California

Sacramento Bee - 07/29/2009

Ban on suction dredges reaffirmed by judge

Redding Record-Searchlight - 07/28/2009

Will gold dredging be banned?

Redding Record-Searchlight - 07/23/2009

Fate of water bond in hands of voters

Improvements in water delivery are needed in California's Central Valley. Voters have say in 2010.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Monday endorsed the $11 billion water bond included as part of the five-bill package approved by state legislators last week. The bill, if passed by voters one year from now, will fund major dam and canal projects to help the state combat serious drought conditions that have plagued the region since 2005. (San Francisco Examiner - 11/10/2009)

Court appeal seeks to block Calif water contracts

San Jose Mercury News - 11/30/2009

Bottled water a bad fit for Glenn County, Orland citizens tell Crystal Geyser

Chico Enterprise-Record - 11/19/2009

Yuba City updates water ordinance

Marysville Appeal-Democrat - 11/18/2009

Proposed water bond is laden with sweeteners for lawmakers

L.A. Times - 11/18/2009

Water levels go public for first time

Fresno Bee - 11/12/2009

One Spawning Ground Left: Rare Green Sturgeon to Get Needed Recovery Plan

Saving the North American Green Sturgeon

The National Marine Fisheries Service announced that it will develop a recovery plan for threatened green sturgeon. The notice will appear in Thursday’s Federal Register. A recovery plan is a legally mandated roadmap to how an endangered animal or plant species can be brought back from the brink and eventually be secure enough from the risk of extinction to be removed from the endangered species list. (Center for Biological Diversity - 11/11/2009)

Heartfelt Designs supports Discovery Center

Red Bluff Daily News - 11/26/2009

Feather levee fixes to cost $200M

Marysville Appeal-Democrat - 11/19/2009

City talks flood control

Woodland Daily Democrat - 11/19/2009

Locals Sue NID for DS Canal EIR

YubaNet.com - 11/19/2009

Yuba City wins fight on water quality

Marysville Appeal-Democrat - 11/19/2009

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Watershed Calendar

28th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference
March 10 - 13, 2010
Redding

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