New asphalt plant has neighbors hot

Calaveras Planning Coalition’s member MyValleySprings.com is working with an attorney to consider what legal actions might be taken to prevent an asphalt plant from beginning operations at Hogan Quarry before environmental issues are studied. See story in the Calaveras Enterprise  Read More

This year, even wild salmon hitch a ride

Drought raises efforts to maintain Moke River salmon Calaveras Enterprise – May 29  Read More

Board of Supervisors give OK to housing plan update

The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to accept minor updates to the county’s housing element. No significant changes or updates were made from the previous county housing element, which was approved in 2010, but the Planning Department, which reviewed the document, called for the hiring of a housing coordinator to implement provisions of the plan. Calaveras Enterprise – May 29    Read More

CCWD asks to join regional water management entity

The Calaveras County Water District voted Wednesday to pursue membership in the Tuolumne-Stanislaus Integrated Regional Water Management Authority. Calaveras Enterprise – May 29, 2015  Read More

The surprising links between faith and evolution and climate denial — charted

The main driver of climate science rejection, however, appears to be a free market ideology. Read in Washington Post  Read More

Redlining: Still a thing

“Redlining” – The federal government eventually retreated from the practice, and it was outlawed by the Fair Housing Act in 1968. But black communities have warned that it still exists in subtler and changed forms, in bank tactics that have targeted these same neighborhoods for predatory lending, or in new patterns like “retail redlining.” Some of the persistent redlining, though, still looks an awful lot like the original. Read... Read More

From Congress McClintock E-News May 2015‏

House Adopts McClintock Amendment to Stop Federal Agencies from Purchasing Scarce California Water for Fish The House of Representatives has adopted an amendment by Congressman McClintock to forbid federal agencies from buying up scarce water during California’s catastrophic drought in order to release it into rivers to meet environmental requirements.  The amendment was adopted as part of the Fiscal Year 2016 Energy and Water Appropriations... Read More

Greywater Education Webinar (part 1)

Greywater Action is hosting a three part webinar series for people who want to educate their communities about greywater. The webinar will be held Wednesdays from 2-4pm on June 17th, June 24th, and July 1st.   Register here for this event. Part 1: Greywater 101 or Drought-Proof Your Landscape With Greywater. Wednesday, June 17th from 2-4pm. Part 2: How to Design and Install a Laundry-to-Landscape Systems. Wednesday, June 24th from 2-4pm. Part... Read More

Greywater gains popularity locally to deal with drought

The use of greywater for a growing number of applications is gaining traction in some counties. KSBY, May 10  Read More

River advocates warn lawmakers that dams aren’t the answer to California’s drought

California River’s Day, sponsored by Friends of the River, got the word out to legislators in the capitol that you can’t dam your way to paradise. CBS Sacramento, May 11  Read More