With students heading back to classes this month, we want to ask a little favor of teachers, principals and other educators at public and private elementary, middle and high schools alike: Please spend some time this school year teaching our children about water conservation, if you are not already. Because despite some mixed signals from […]
Critics of Gov. Jerry Brown’s nearly $16 billion plan to bore two massive tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta won a state audit of its ongoing costs on Wednesday, though state officials don’t expect the audit to delay the project. The Joint Legislative Audit Committee also voted to have California’s state auditor investigate prison […]
At first the biologists noticed something unusual about the dead fish washing up on the shore of the Salton Sea: All of them were fully grown, at least 7 inches long. There were no smaller fish among the carcasses pushed ashore by the lapping waves. Then the biologists started seeing other clues in the birds. […]
With students heading back to classes this month, we want to ask a little favor of teachers, principals and other educators at public and private elementary, middle and high schools alike: Please spend some time this school year teaching our children about water conservation, if you are not already. Because despite some mixed signals from […]
Lessons on Water Conservation Good for California
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)With students heading back to classes this month, we want to ask a little favor of teachers, principals and other educators at public and private elementary, middle and high schools alike: Please spend some time this school year teaching our children about water conservation, if you are not already. Because despite some mixed signals from […]
Legislative Panel OKs Audit of Massive Water Tunnels
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Orange County Registerby Don ThompsonCritics of Gov. Jerry Brown’s nearly $16 billion plan to bore two massive tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta won a state audit of its ongoing costs on Wednesday, though state officials don’t expect the audit to delay the project. The Joint Legislative Audit Committee also voted to have California’s state auditor investigate prison […]
Sudden Declines of Birds, Fish Could Signal ‘Tipping Point’ at Salton Sea
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)by Ian JamesAt first the biologists noticed something unusual about the dead fish washing up on the shore of the Salton Sea: All of them were fully grown, at least 7 inches long. There were no smaller fish among the carcasses pushed ashore by the lapping waves. Then the biologists started seeing other clues in the birds. […]
OPINION: Water Education More Important Than Ever
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Ventura County StarWith students heading back to classes this month, we want to ask a little favor of teachers, principals and other educators at public and private elementary, middle and high schools alike: Please spend some time this school year teaching our children about water conservation, if you are not already. Because despite some mixed signals from […]