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The latest news and analysis covering water issues in Caliornia and the rest of the United States.
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The Water News Network is San Diego County’s source for water news and information.
As Wildfires Worsen, U.S. Forest Service Seeks 1,500 Temporary Workers In California
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /The Sunby Steve ScauzilloWith temperatures rising due to global climate change and millions of forest trees dying from heat and pest infestations every year, the potential for more wildfires is real. To combat this growing threat, the U.S. Forest Service on Monday, Sept. 16, began accepting applications for 1,500 temporary jobs to work in the 18 national forests […]
OPINION: California Must Not Fall For Marketing Scheme That Falsely Claims To Protect Tropical Forests
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CALmatters (Sacramento)by Katie Valenzuela and Leila Salazar-LopezImagine we were presenting you with an investment opportunity. It would cost a lot, and similar programs have failed miserably. Human rights violations would very likely occur. There are more viable alternatives available with similar (or lower) costs, but we’re asking you to invest anyway because we are certain we could figure out a way […]
Will Climate Change Mean Less Farming in the West?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Civil Eats by Twilight GreenawayColorado and California are rethinking water management for a hotter, drier future, while balancing urban water needs with the benefits agriculture brings to rural communities. Most years, ranchers in Wyoming irrigate their land with water from the Green River—a tributary of the Colorado—in the summer so they have forage to feed their cattle late in […]
The Latest: Snow Falling On I-80 On Top Of Sierra Nevada
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /AP NewsIt’s still technically summer but snow is falling in the Sierra along the California-Nevada line. California transportation officials posted a photo on the Caltrans District 3 Twitter account shortly after noon Monday showing snow accumulating on U.S. Interstate 80 at the top of Donner Summit about 10 miles (16 kilometers) west of Truckee, California. Caltrans […]
Removing Dams Is Key To Fish Recovery
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /mtshasta news.com (Mount Shasta, Calif.)by Robert LusardiA 2017 comprehensive study of salmon, steelhead and trout in California showed that half of the steelhead and salmon populations native to the Klamath River are in danger of extinction within the next 50 years. Removing the four aging hydroelectric dams from the river would significantly improve ecological and geomorphic conditions throughout the Klamath watershed […]
Work Continues At Lake Oroville Dam
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, Calif.)by Jake AbbottThe California Department of Water Resources still has unfinished business at Lake Oroville, despite completion of major construction on the spillways earlier this year following the 2017 events that triggered more than 180,000 people living downstream to evacuate. Major construction on the main spillway that was heavily damaged in 2017 was completed this spring by […]