California has a stake in a sprawling public lands package moving through the Senate, including controversial water provisions that don’t even name the state. The package includes expanding one national historic site honoring famed conservationist John Muir and designating a new historic site at the former Tule Lake camp that housed Japanese-Americans during World War […]
The state Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by Delta interests attempting to block the sale of roughly 20,000 acres of land to a Southern California water agency. The court’s decision appears to clear the way for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to finalize its controversial $175 million purchase. San Joaquin […]
The California Supreme Court has cleared one of the hurdles for the Metropolitan Water District to buy 20,000 acres, including five islands, in the California Delta, according to the Los Angeles Times Friday evening. The court ruled that the sale may go ahead even as the lawsuit by San Joaquin County opposing the land sale, […]
The state Supreme Court has cleared the way for Southern California’s powerful Metropolitan Water District to buy five islands at the epicenter of the delta’s water system, officials said Friday. Some officials and environmentalists in Northern California had fought to halt the sale, worried about what the MWD planned to do with the land. The agency has said […]
With Lake Cachuma water levels plunging to historic lows, the Bureau of Reclamation began releasing 320 acre-feet of water down the Santa Ynez River a day and will continue doing so until 7,800 acre-feet have been let go as part of a legally mandated program to replenish the groundwater basins of downstream cities and water providers. […]
Under a comprehensive strategy released Tuesday, state and federal agencies will work to rapidly improve conditions for endangered Delta smelt, which are close to extinction after several extremely dry years. According to a California Natural Resources Agency press release, the strategy represents a management shift for state and federal water and wildlife agencies, which are […]
Water, historic sites are subjects of Washington legislative flurry
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /McClatchy DCby Michael DoyleCalifornia has a stake in a sprawling public lands package moving through the Senate, including controversial water provisions that don’t even name the state. The package includes expanding one national historic site honoring famed conservationist John Muir and designating a new historic site at the former Tule Lake camp that housed Japanese-Americans during World War […]
State Supreme Court won’t hear Delta appeal
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Stockton Recordby Alex BreitlerThe state Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by Delta interests attempting to block the sale of roughly 20,000 acres of land to a Southern California water agency. The court’s decision appears to clear the way for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to finalize its controversial $175 million purchase. San Joaquin […]
State Supreme Court clears major hurdle to Brown’s tunnels
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Central Valley Business Times (Stockton)The California Supreme Court has cleared one of the hurdles for the Metropolitan Water District to buy 20,000 acres, including five islands, in the California Delta, according to the Los Angeles Times Friday evening. The court ruled that the sale may go ahead even as the lawsuit by San Joaquin County opposing the land sale, […]
State Supreme Court sides with Southern California in epic water war over delta islands
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Los Angeles Timesby Matt Stevens Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe state Supreme Court has cleared the way for Southern California’s powerful Metropolitan Water District to buy five islands at the epicenter of the delta’s water system, officials said Friday. Some officials and environmentalists in Northern California had fought to halt the sale, worried about what the MWD planned to do with the land. The agency has said […]
Biologists Go E-Fishing for Steelhead
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Independent (Santa Barbara )by Nick WelshWith Lake Cachuma water levels plunging to historic lows, the Bureau of Reclamation began releasing 320 acre-feet of water down the Santa Ynez River a day and will continue doing so until 7,800 acre-feet have been let go as part of a legally mandated program to replenish the groundwater basins of downstream cities and water providers. […]
A multi-pronged Delta smelt strategy revealed
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Porterville RecorderUnder a comprehensive strategy released Tuesday, state and federal agencies will work to rapidly improve conditions for endangered Delta smelt, which are close to extinction after several extremely dry years. According to a California Natural Resources Agency press release, the strategy represents a management shift for state and federal water and wildlife agencies, which are […]