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Is the US heading for a giant drought? Climate history offers valued clues about the next century:Understanding the past could help us unravel what could happen in the future—and that includes pinpointing the odds of a megadrought. Read Newsweek Article Read More
How dry is it? Scientist says California has only slim chance of normal rainfall this winterThis is how dry it has been so far this season: California’s chances of having a normal “water year” have fallen to around 33 percent in much of the state, according to a federal scientist. Read Sac Bee article Read More
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Rural Communities United, filed legal action against El Dorado CountyFinal_11.28.17_ Press Release_EDC_Legal Action_BioRes Read More
Weekly ReCAP of Calaveras Planning NewsWeekly ReCAP for November 24 Read More
Come hell or low water, what’s underground must be preservedAfter our recent drought, the importance of providing sustainable water supplies for California’s cities and farms – both now and over the long term – is clearer than ever. And long-term water planning has to include a commitment to manage groundwater aquifers carefully, recharging them whenever possible and pumping from them only when necessary. Modesto must protect its groundwater supplies. It’s the only way for farmers and city dwellers... Read More
California Needs to Rethink Urban Fire Risk After Wine Country TragedyDespite how unusual the devastation appears, we need to recognize that these structure-to-structure “urban conflagrations” have happened in the past and will happen again. Yet these fires revealed that we have key gaps in our policy and planning related to assessing risk in fire-prone environments. Read Here Read More
Farm vs. City: California Landmark Water-Sharing Deal May Be CrumblingThe state’s biggest urban supplier hopes to divert water from farms in the Palo Verde Valley by encouraging conservation. But the move may endanger an existing water-sharing deal that has become a model of cooperation. Read Here Read More
Congress, Trump Exploit Fire Tragedy to Promote Logging AgendaOn Nov. 1, the House voted 232-188 to allow for more “salvage logging” and other forms of tree-cutting on federal properties. According to the Associated Press, House Speaker Paul Ryan said the bill was needed to protect the nation’s federal forests “from the kind of devastation that California experienced.”iE Read EcoWatch article here Read More
