Fast Fact
1990 water use in 1990 was 58% ag, 32% environmental, 6% urban, and 4% other
1990 water use in 1990 was 58% ag, 32% environmental, 6% urban, and 4% other
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Latest Watershed News

Sweet swell of summer: 'Streams are full ... lake is full'

Houseboats sit in a near full Lake Shasta at Holiday Harbor

(Redding Record Searchlight - 05/10/2010)

Butte, Glenn rice growers get kernel of hope after delays

Chico Enterprise-Record - 05/17/2010

Officials seek public input on water management

Sacramento Bee - 05/17/2010

Yuba City expands water meter assessment window

Marysville Appeal-Democrat - 03/18/2010

Save your runoff -- create a rain garden

Sacramento Bee - 02/01/2010

UC Davis researchers find evidence of past mega-droughts

Fresno Bee - 11/24/2009

First fall-run chinook salmon fishing since '07 expected to be OK'd

When salmon return from the ocean this fall for their age-old spawning drama, American River anglers may well get their first chance in three years to welcome them back.

That hook-and-line connection between man and fish has been banned since 2007 to protect the fall-run chinook salmon amid an unprecedented population decline. While the causes of the decline remain unclear, the ban apparently helped. This year's run is projected to surge back, and on Wednesday the California Fish and Game Commission is expected to approve limited salmon fishing again in the American, Feather and Sacramento rivers. (Sacramento Bee - 04/20/2010)

Improving salmon and steelhead habitat

Marysville Appeal-Democrat - 05/17/2010

Salmon release changed to prevent 'straying'

Sacramento Bee - 05/11/2010

California Tribe Hopes to Woo Salmon Home

New York Times - 03/22/2010

Judge hears arguments in case over Calif. salmon

Fresno Bee - 02/02/2010

Red Bluff urges fish hotel

Contra Costa Times - 11/21/2009

Science panel says Delta pumping restrictions are justified in California

Water restrictions need more study, report says

A high-level science panel Friday concluded that federal rules that limit water diversions from the Delta to protect endangered fish are "scientifically justified," dealing a blow to south state water interests that had hoped the review would punch holes in the rules. (Sacramento Bee - 03/22/2010)

Water fight was easy to predict

Chico Enterprise-Record - 02/04/2010

Sutter Pointe water weighed

Marysville Appeal-Democrat - 02/03/2010

What comes next in Crystal Geyser bottling plant battle undecided

Chico Enterprise-Record - 02/03/2010

Orland gets bottling plant

Chico Enterprise-Record - 02/02/2010

New water district could open area up to more development

Grass Valley Union - 02/01/2010

Yolo Bypass sees flood of wildlife activity

There's a whole unique food web that happens out in the floodplain.

The Yolo Bypass is a migratory interchange for man and beast. That's especially so in a flood. "There's a whole unique food web that happens out in the floodplain," said Ted Sommer, a fisheries biologist and program manager at the Calif. Dept. of Water Resources. The flood triggered a bloom of tiny plants, called phytoplankton, which are food for tiny aquatic animals called zooplankton. These, in turn, create a rich buffet for fish. (Sacramento Bee - 02/04/2010)

Nitrates contaminate California's water

San Jose Mercury News - 05/17/2010

Voter anger could doom $11 billion water bond

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - 05/17/2010

Former Bush officials find work with leading player in state water wars

Contra Costa Times - 05/11/2010

Palermo sewage plant proposal going to supervisors

Chico Enterprise-Record - 05/10/2010

Tips for protecting our drinking water

Sacramento Bee - 03/22/2010

Explore the watershed with the GIS system Sacramento River Watershed Model (SWIM).

Watershed Calendar

SRWP DTMC Meeting
August 24, 2010
Larry Walker Assoc., 707 4th St., Suite 200, Davis

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