Late last month, a list of infrastructure projects purportedly prioritized by the Trump administration sparked headlines across the country. Several of the projects aim to swell water supplies in the West, including a controversial plan to capture groundwater beneath California’s Cadiz Valley, a venture to pipe water out of an aquifer in New Mexico, and […]
Lake Oroville will partially reopen on Thursday, nearly two weeks after more than 180,000 Northern California residents evacuated their homes and the lake area closed due to fears that the emergency spillway at Oroville Dam could fail. California State Parks closed the state recreation area, with the exception of the visitor center and north and […]
Now that we can take a breath and look back over the past week and a half, clearly there are moments that never will be forgotten. We know that the Oroville Dam spillway incident will be among the biggest news events of 2017, and we’ve only started the recognition and acknowledgements for jobs well done […]
The Department of Water Resources plans to remove at least some of the debris at the bottom of the Oroville Dam spillway and study the structure, but just aren’t sure when they’ll have a chance to do that. The workers can’t just move into the Diversion Pool and pull out the concrete, mud and other […]
Larry Bowen ducked beneath the large white portico to escape the freshly falling rain, the first droplets of a thick storm that would pour down over Northern California later that night. He and his wife, Robin, came to this hillside outpost to look out at the Oroville Dam, like hundreds of others in recent days […]
A federal appeals court has upheld a decision by federal officials to release water from a Northern California dam to prevent a possible salmon die-off. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Tuesday the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation had the authority to release the additional water from Lewiston Dam in 2013 to help migrating […]
Why Desalination Alone Won’t Water The West
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Journal (Cortez, Colo.)by Emily BensonLate last month, a list of infrastructure projects purportedly prioritized by the Trump administration sparked headlines across the country. Several of the projects aim to swell water supplies in the West, including a controversial plan to capture groundwater beneath California’s Cadiz Valley, a venture to pipe water out of an aquifer in New Mexico, and […]
Lake Oroville Will Partially Re-Open Thursday As Boat Owners Eager To Return To Water
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Chico Enteriprise Recordby Dani AnguianoLake Oroville will partially reopen on Thursday, nearly two weeks after more than 180,000 Northern California residents evacuated their homes and the lake area closed due to fears that the emergency spillway at Oroville Dam could fail. California State Parks closed the state recreation area, with the exception of the visitor center and north and […]
OPINION: Think About Who Needs Financial Help
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Oroville Mercury RegisterNow that we can take a breath and look back over the past week and a half, clearly there are moments that never will be forgotten. We know that the Oroville Dam spillway incident will be among the biggest news events of 2017, and we’ve only started the recognition and acknowledgements for jobs well done […]
DWR Wants to Stop Oroville Spillway Flow, Doesn’t Know When It Can
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Oroville Mercury Registerby Dan ReidelThe Department of Water Resources plans to remove at least some of the debris at the bottom of the Oroville Dam spillway and study the structure, but just aren’t sure when they’ll have a chance to do that. The workers can’t just move into the Diversion Pool and pull out the concrete, mud and other […]
Amid Storms and Fears About Dam, Oroville Residents Are Unsure Who Failed Them — If Anyone
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Washington Postby Jose A. DelRealLarry Bowen ducked beneath the large white portico to escape the freshly falling rain, the first droplets of a thick storm that would pour down over Northern California later that night. He and his wife, Robin, came to this hillside outpost to look out at the Oroville Dam, like hundreds of others in recent days […]
Appeals Court Upholds Water Release Intended to Help Salmon
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /U.S. News (Washington, D.C.)A federal appeals court has upheld a decision by federal officials to release water from a Northern California dam to prevent a possible salmon die-off. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Tuesday the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation had the authority to release the additional water from Lewiston Dam in 2013 to help migrating […]