Calaveras Planning Coalition requests copy of Mintier General Plan

In  a press released on Tuesday November 24, the Calaveras Planning Coalition presented a formal written request to Calaveras County Planning Director Peter Maurer for a copy of the Mintier General Plan. “That plan was prepared over a four year period, at a cost of over $900,000, before the consultant was replaced in November of 2012.  Since then, the County has refused to let the public see the Mintier General Plan, and has entered into... Read More

Water District videos of meetings in jeopardy

Recently, costs for videotaping CCWD meetings have been questioned, with an eye to eliminating these costs and possibly eliminating videotaping of meetings. Options are being explored–videotaping of public CCWD meetings may be in jeopardy!  Videotaping will be brought to the CCWD Board for discussion and action at its next meeting. If you think CCWD public meetings should continue to be broadcast and posted online, please let CCWD Directors... Read More

Butte Fire Erosion & Reforestation Project—Volunteers and Donations Needed!

Butte Fire has laid the soil of central Calaveras County bare to the eroding effects of upcoming rains. This is the soil without which our forests and woodlands cannot grow back. In addition, this soil and the ash currently sitting on top of it are primed to pollute our waterways and reservoirs. It is of the utmost importance to keep this soil where it is so that our forest can grow back and we can enjoy clean water, healthy soil and clean air. Paloma... Read More

Letting people know about shelters and Butte Fire Recovery info in general

Hi Folks, How are people spreading the news about shelters, and other important Butte Fire updates? It’s so hard to reach people who have no power or phone. This has been a really big problem since the first day of the fire – when the power went out. Our D2 Community Vision email list -emails are good for people who have Internet access, and even poor one bar cell access usually works for email. Emails are concise and searchable. Please... Read More

What El Nino could mean for California: 5 takeaways*

Flooding a serious concern, snow needed to alleviate drought. Sacramento Bee, October 30  Read More

Place some limits on new groundwater pumping until drought ends*

Former state official makes the case for limiting groundwater pumping in the valley during the drought. Sacramento Bee op-ed, October 25  Read More

Lawsuit filed on behalf of 150 Butte Fire victims

A San Andreas law firm filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. on behalf of victims of the Butte Fire. Calaveras Enterprise, October 28  Read More

Fuel reduction fire planned west of Bear Valley

U.S. Forest Service to use prescribed fire to improve forest health in North Fork Mokelumne watershed. Union-Democrat, October 28  Read More

CCWD’s Lake Tulloch pipeline extension completed

Enterprise report / October 27, 2015   The Lake Tulloch pipeline extension, a Calaveras County Water District capital project that began construction earlier this month, has been completed. Joel Metzger, community relations manager for the CCWD, said that the pipeline has been in operation for a little over a week, and is undergoing routine testing and operational adjustments. Metzger said the last official cost estimate for the Lake Tulloch... Read More

Biologist: At least 100M trees stressed for water

An exclusive look at a preliminary map produced by biologist Greg Asner, of the Carnegie Institution for Science in Palo Alto, shows where trees in Tuolumne County are more starved for water than others due to the four-year drought (blue means more water in the canopies, while brown means less water). Asner believes there are at least 100 million drought-stressed trees throughout the state. Courtesy Greg Asner. An alarming discovery suggests this... Read More