Waiting on walking upgrades

Calaveras Enterprise In 2000, a group of Murphys residents formed a committee to survey the pedestrian facilities in Murphys and surrounding areas. After months of walking, note taking and discussing, a plan was formed to make walking to the post office or downtown easy from most neighborhoods and the motels. The plan was offered to Calaveras County Public Works who referred us to COG, or the Council of Governments that is our transportation planning... Read More

CCWD candidates share goals, but not approach

By Stephen Crane | Posted: Friday, October 17, 2014  Calaveras Enterprise Neither candidate running for the director’s seat in Division 2 of the Calaveras County Water District – which includes Mokelumne Hill, San Andreas, Valley Springs and Burson – had much experience with water issues prior to seeking the position. Incumbent Scott Ratterman was appointed to the position in July 2011... Read More

Hat Man: Rift in pay is a rift in reality

County employees gain while the rest of us wilt I know I’m not the only person who notices the jarring disconnect between the sunny financial predictions that come from top economists and bankers and the reality here in the Mother Lode. I was relieved when Enterprise columnist Ken Johnson noted it in his column on Aug. 22. In some ways, it is old news that the elites in Washington, D.C., New York and San Francisco live in artificial prosperity bubbles... Read More

How rising alpine vegetation could hit California’s water supply:

“A warming-climate-induced march of alpine vegetation up a large river basin on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada could slash by one-fourth the annual flow of water the basin delivers to California’s thirsty Central Valley by the last two decades of this century, a new study says.  The results of the Kings River Basin study imply that the same type of risk holds for another 10 major river basins along the western Sierra, although to varying... Read More

World’s Largest Dam Removal Unleashes U.S. River After Century of Electric Production

As Washington State’s Elwha River runs free, a habitat for fish and wildlife is restored. Read Here  Read More

This just in … San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority & Westlands file for Temporary Restraining Order against releases of water for Klamath salmon

The San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority and the Westlands Water District has filed a motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction in U.S. District Court against Reclamation’s release of water for the Klamath salmon. Read the entire legal memorandum here:  Trinity TRO Memorandum ISO of TRO-PI Motion  Read More

California has allocated five times more surface water than the state actually has

“California has allocated five times more surface water than the state actually has, making it hard for regulators to tell whose supplies should be cut during a drought, University of California researchers reported. Read Here  Read More

RIP Trinitas

Legal battles over former golf course finally end The battle over the Trinitas golf course outlived the golf facility itself. Now, however, it is finally over. Calaveras Enterprise, Aug. 15, 2014  Read More

Supes did right by the Moke River

Our county supervisors got it right when they voted to support state wild and scenic designation for the Mokelumne River. They had sound reasons for their decision, including the economic advantages of having a wild and scenic section available for fishing, kayaking and whitewater rafting. The designation is an opportunity to save the river and use its water resources for the benefit of Calaveras County – to preserve our water rights for future... Read More

Delta waters in tug of war

In what is believed to be a first, the California Department of Water Resources and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation are asking the state board that oversees water rights to investigate water diversion practices by farmers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The two powerful water agencies say they suspect farmers are taking water released from upstream dams and intended for consumers in other regions of the state.  Read Here in Sac Bee  Read More