DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Silicon Valley’s mission to save California ag; North Coast lawmakers urge Brown to declare statewide salmon disaster; Fluctuating Feather hurting fish habitat; States move to roll back environmental rules in Trump’s wake; and more ….
; USBR awards funds for fish passage solutions; States move to roll back environmental rules in Trump’s wake; and more … In the news this weekend … Silicon Valley’s mission to save California ag from dying of thirst: “When George McFadden sits at his computer to analyze crop photos, he looks like a doctor pointing out trouble spots on an X-ray.
… ” Read more from the Appeal-Democrat here: Fluctuating Feather hurting fish habitat The state of our dams: “From their homes, San Joaquin County residents cannot see the dozen-plus large dams that stand between them and a mammoth melting snowpack.
“The drought is over, but that doesn’t mean the end of calamity for Northern California.
… ” Read more from the Sacramento Bee here: The drought is over.
USBR awards funds for fish passage solutions: “The US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) has awarded prizes totaling $20,000 to four submissions as part of its downstream fish passage at tall dams’ prize competition.
… ” Read more from Bay Nature here: Sharks are dying by the hundreds in San Francisco Bay San Joaquin County river levels expected to remain high: “High water levels along rivers and in reservoirs are keeping emergency management teams on alert.
… ” Read more from CBS Sacramento here: San Joaquin County river levels expected to remain high Merced River to start receding in Yosemite, but some flooding still possible: “Minor flooding continued in Yosemite National Park Saturday as the Merced River rose above flood stage in one stretch, the result of melting snow in the Sierra.
… ” Read more from the Fresno Bee here: Merced River to start receding in Yosemite, but some flooding still possible Mammoth snowmelt making rivers so dangerous that ‘if you fall in, you’re done’: “The deaths of five people in two Tulare County rivers in less than a month are prompting officials to warn the public about the dangers of rushing water fed by the heavy snowpack now melting in the Sierra.
Maven’s Notebook where California water news never goes home for the weekend