Sacramento Bee
Senate Democrats from the U.S. West on Monday urged the Department of the
Interior to end a funding freeze that could endanger the flow of the Colorado
River. The lawmakers, from California, Nevada and Arizona, slammed the Trump
administration’s day-one executive order that halted di…
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The Hill
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The Hill
Senate Democrats from the U.S. West on Monday urged the Department of the
Interior to end a funding freeze that could endanger the flow of the Colorado
River. The lawmakers, from California, Nevada and Arizona, slammed the Trump
administration’s day-one executive order that halted di…
Read the full article at The Hill
Sacramento Bee
Water & Drought This one stretch of river could decide the future of Shasta Dam Dale Kasler Updated May 07, 2018 6:22 AM| Congress has breathed new life into a controversial proposal to raise Shasta Dam, which would flood a stretch of the McCloud River, and tribal sacred sites some years. …
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Sacramento Bee
The final stretch of the McCloud River before it empties into the state’s largest reservoir is a place of raw beauty. On a recent morning, the river’s icy water, flanked by flowering dogwood trees and jagged rock formations, flowed fast and clean.
This part of the McCloud is off limits to almost everyone except a few Native Americans and some well-heeled fly fishermen. Its gatekeeper is an unlikely one, an organization that also happens to be a hugely controversial player in California water politics.…
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Sacramento Bee
The final stretch of the McCloud River before it empties into the state’s largest reservoir is a place of raw beauty. On a recent morning, the river’s icy water, flanked by flowering dogwood trees and jagged rock formations, flowed fast and clean.
This part of the McCloud is off limits to almost everyone except a few Native Americans and some well-heeled fly fishermen. Its gatekeeper is an unlikely one, an organization that also happens to be a hugely controversial player in California water politics.…
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Public Policy Institute of California
California is not alone in its struggles to save its freshwater biodiversity.
Across the West, rivers and lakes have been tapped to supply water to farms
and cities—and ecosystems have paid the price. One project has been restoring
water to a Nevada lake through an unusual mechanism: environmen…
Read the full article at Public Policy Institute of California
Public Policy Institute of California
Senate Democrats from the U.S. West on Monday urged the Department of the
Interior to end a funding freeze that could endanger the flow of the Colorado
River. The lawmakers, from California, Nevada and Arizona, slammed the Trump
administration’s day-one executive order that halted di…
Read the full article at Public Policy Institute of California
Public Policy Institute of California
California is not alone in its struggles to save its freshwater biodiversity. Across the West, rivers and lakes have been tapped to supply water to farms and cities—and ecosystems have paid the price. One project has been restoring water to a Nevada lake through an unusual mechanism: environmental water acquisitions. We spoke with the Walker Basin Conservancy’s Carlie Henneman and Peter Stanton to learn more.
First, tell us a little about Walker Lake.…
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Public Policy Institute of California
California is not alone in its struggles to save its freshwater biodiversity.
Across the West, rivers and lakes have been tapped to supply water to farms
and cities—and ecosystems have paid the price. One project has been restoring
water to a Nevada lake through an unusual mechanism: environmen…
Read the full article at Public Policy Institute of California
