Mokelumne River agency gets grant to better forest

 The Sierra Nevada Conservancy last week approved a $500,000 grant that will support restoration of meadows and thinning of overgrown forests in the Pumpkin Hollow area not far from Cabbage Patch on Highway 4.  The grant will go to the Upper Mokelumne River Watershed Authority, a consortium of water agencies that seeks to manage the watershed. But the forest improvements are expected to improve water yield and quality to both the Mokelumne and Stanislaus... Read More

Cannabis regulation comments due Sept. 30

This is an important deadline for residents of Calaveras County Enterprise report / September 19, 2016   Calaveras County residents who want state authorities to consider particular issues as they draft regulations for cannabis farms should submit their comments to the California Department of Food and Agriculture by Sept. 30. The agency is currently seeking to define the scope of issues to be considered as it prepares its Medical Cannabis Cultivation... Read More

Historic campaign to revive the Bay-Delta and the rivers that feed it.

 Here’s how you can help: Friends,   After decades of decline due to inadequate freshwater inflows, the San Francisco Bay-Delta might finally get a new lease on life. Yesterday, the State Water Board released its updated Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan, calling for 40% of unimpaired flows between February and June on the lower San Joaquin River and it’s three major tributaries, of which the Tuolumne is the largest.  This would... Read More

The surprising science of wildfires and tree-killing beetles

Bark beetle and climate change tree mortality may not significantly affect fire risk or severity, studies show. Water Deeply, September 15  Read More

California’s forests and water: An uncertain future

Climate change and other factors threaten our state’s headwaters forests National Forest Foundation, September 2016  Read More

One year after Butte Fire, not all is lost in Calaveras County*

A look at the county on the anniversary of the devastating Butte Fire. The Record, September 9    Read More

Seeking a better way to share rivers among people, wildlife*

State Water Resources Control Board releasing its draft proposal to update minimum flow standards for the lower San Joaquin River to the Delta. Read Here https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/15733bd78fb2cdef Related article:  http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article101866352.html  Read More

Edson addresses state of the county

Calaveras County residents and the government that serves them have taken significant steps forward in the year since the Butte Fire, although vast challenges remain, Board of Supervisors Chairman Cliff Edson said during the keynote speech at the inaugural State of the County Breakfast hosted by the Calaveras County Chamber of Commerce on Friday. Read Calaveras Enterprise article here http://www.calaverasenterprise.com/news/article_ae716b28-793b-11e6-99a4-df58b87b57c9.html  Read More

Scorched by fire, California must limit rural sprawl

This year, California is again experiencing large wildfires that threaten lives, property, wildlife habitat and water quality. Climate change, four years of drought, a century of fire suppression, and the state’s failure to stem rural sprawl have created the elements necessary for the perfect firestorm. Read Katherine Evatt (Foothill Conservancy, Amador-Calaveras Consensus Group) article Here  Read More

California Supreme Court Holds Unanimously that the State May Restrict Mining Methods on Federal Lands

Court in People v. Rinehart Upholds State Moratorium on Suction-Dredge Mining  Read More