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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
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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
County reserves can’t fund cannabis banCAO refines supervisor’s claims Most of the money in the county’s reserve and treasury accounts are unavailable for use in the event of a cannabis ban, according to Calaveras County Administrative Officer Tim Lutz. Read Calaveras Enterprise article here Read More
Measure E falls short of markAs of 9 p.m., 424 voted in favor of the the tax, while 277 voters opted not to move forward with the tax. Just 703 of the 2,093 registered voters showed up for the election, a 34 percent turnout. Read Calaveras Enterprise article here Read More
New policy sets rules for marijuana growers to protect California water:On October 17, the California State Water Resources Control Board adopted new environmental policies to regulate how marijuana growing operations will impact California’s already limited water resources. The new regulations are in response to voters’ approval of Proposition 64 in 2016 to legalize recreational marijuana. Cannabis cultivation can impact local water by reducing flows in streams and creeks or polluting waterways with pesticides... Read More
