Groundwater security, for the long term

A look at why managing groundwater will help meet the water challenges of climate change. California Water Blog  Read More

New research predicts California droughts will worsen

Future droughts in California are likely to be more severe and much longer Sacramento Bee, October 31  Read More

Growth-control measures rejected in El Dorado County

By Peter Hecht phecht@sacbee.com  /November 6, 2014 El Dorado County has long roiled with bitter political battles over new housing developments and perceived threats to the rustic Sierra foothills environment. But Tuesday night, voters overwhelmingly rejected initiatives that proponents argued would protect rural community boundaries and ban new subdivisions that threaten to gridlock Highway 50 with traffic. They also elected two new county supervisors,... Read More

Fracking bans pass in 2 counties, fail in Santa Barbara

November 05, 2014 An oil well frames vineyards in Cat Canyon in Santa Barbara County. Measure P would have banned high-intensity production techniques growing in use in the region; well operators argue that the Measures aimed at increasing control over non-conventional oil extraction known as “fracking” passed in two California counties after Tuesday’s vote. But a similar ban failed decisively in Santa Barbara, the only one of the three places... Read More

How to mend the conservation divide

With climate change happening, “old” and “new” approaches to conservation often conflict. The solution, according to these authors: try everything. New York Times op-ed, October 31  Read More

Why California’s largest estuary no longer works for wildlife

A new report from the San Francisco Estuary Institute documents why the Delta’s ecosystem is failing for many of its endangered species. KQED Science, October 30  Read More

Sacramento Valley farmers are asked: Help the ducks*

Farmers are being asked to lend a hand to migrating waterfowl arriving this winter to a drought-parched landscape. Sacramento Bee, October 28  Read More

General plan to be done in spring 2016

Latest estimate by county’s planning director pushes General Plan adoption date to spring 2016. Calaveras Enterprise, October 31  Read More

VSPUD seeks to move wastewater plant north

Moving its wastewater plant would cost the district’s 700 users about $3 more per month. Calaveras Enterprise, October 28  Read More

New research predicts California droughts will worsen*

New modeling predicts diminished snowpack due to climate change. Read Here: Sacramento Bee, November                                        Read More