Calaveras County needs a water element in the General Plan

Former Calaveras County supervisor Paul Stein responds to Bob Dean’s guest opinion on local Calaveras water issues: Read Here  Read More

Clearcutting and Cap and Trade

Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch has posted a new item: Friends of the Earth and Sierra Club urge CARB to get clearcutting out of cap and trade  http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2014-04-friends-of-the-earth-and-sierra-club-urge-carb-to-ge Friends of the Earth and Sierra Club urge CARB to get clearcutting out of cap and trade Groups give billionaire timber baron Red Emmerson mock “climate champion” award SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – Today,... Read More

Overgrown Sierra forests gulping water that could flow to the Valley

“Numerous billion-dollar proposals to create more water storage in California are competing for attention and funding during this third year of drought.  But there may be a less-expensive way to increase water flows into the Central Valley: Start thinning out the overgrown Sierra Nevada forests.  Cutting down trees may not sound environmentally friendly, but researchers from UC Merced and elsewhere think that may be just what’s needed to restore... Read More

California River News

URGENT ACTION ALERT US SENATE & OBAMA Prepare “Drought Relief” Emails To Our Senators And To The President Are Needed TODAY Read Here – Friends of the River  Read More

The future of water resources depends on land use policies

The water-land use connection: thoughts from Calaveras County Water District Director Bob Dean. Part 1 of 2. Bob is also a CAP Governing Board Member. Read full article here  Read More

Republican Congressmembers send letter to President Obama and Governor Brown: “The urgency and magnitude of the California drought demands that Federal and state agencies be directed to abandon their inflexible approach of strict regulatory requirements

Republic House members have sent a letter to President Obama and Governor Brown requesting they take immediate action to direct federal and state regulatory agencies to revise environmental regulations and water quality standards that have caused 445,000 acre-feet to flow out to the ocean – water that could have otherwise been sent to drought-stricken communities in Central and Southern California, they say. Full Article Here  Read More

Congressmen Garamendi and LaMalfa announce Sites Reservoir water storage bill; Would help California prepare for future droughts

Today, Congressmen John Garamendi (D-CA-03) and Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-01) announced the bipartisan Sacramento Valley Water Storage and Restoration Act of 2014, which would authorize a feasibility study and construction of Sites Reservoir in Colusa County, California. Read Here  Read More

Wild and Scenic vote was historic

Foothill Conservancy’s Executive Director Cecily Smith writes a “Guest Opinion” in Calaveras Enterprise about the Calaveras County’s Board of Supervisors Feb. 25 vote in support of California Wild and Scenic River designation for the Mokelumne River. Read here  Read More

Drought raises fears S.J. River could run dry

A water district official in south San Joaquin County is sounding the alarm that the county’s namesake river could run dry this summer all the way to the edge of the Delta. Stockton Record  Read More

9th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision to overturn 2011 Wanger Ruling:

San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority, State Water Contractors, and Westlands Water District respond to Delta smelt ruling: Read Here  Read More