REDDING, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation today announced a “virtual open” house website for the controversial Shasta Dam raise proposal EIS, officially known as the Shasta Lake Water Resources Investigation Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement: http://www.virtualpublicengagement.com/usbr_shasta/index.html. Additionally, the public comment period is … Continued
May 19 of this year marked the fifth anniversary of the massive Plains All American Pipeline spill near Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County that resulted in the idling of Exxon’s three offshore oil platforms that rise like sentinels from … Continued
As hundreds of wildfires raged throughout California, a report released at the Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Authority (DCA) on-line meeting on August 20 revealed that the cost estimate for Gavin Newsom’s Delta Tunnel is up to $15.9 billion. The estimate is based on … Continued
Sacramento – On a vote of 6-2 that fell along party lines, the California Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee on August 12 approved Assembly Bill 3030, despite overwhelming opposition from the sportfishing community. AB3030 now moves on to the … Continued
On August 6, the California Department of Water Resources under Governor Gavin Newsom filed a validation complaint in Sacramento County Superior Court to be positioned to sell bonds for the design, planning, and construction of the controversial Delta Conveyance Project (Delta Tunnel) under … Continued
SACRAMENTO – California Governor Gavin Newsom on July 28 unveiled a final version of his controversial Water Resilience Portfolio, a water plan that that includes the Delta Tunnel, Sites Reservoir and the agribusiness-promoted “voluntary agreements.” The plan drew praise from agribusiness interests and water agencies — and … Continued
Photo: Dan Bacher and Jay Soresen after Jay’s induction into the California Outdoors Hall of Fame in January 2018. Photo by Dave Hurley. “Jolly Jay” Sorenson, longtime conservationist, Delta fishing guide, outdoor columnist and Stockton resident, passed away peacefully in … Continued
Out of an abundance of caution, SMUD is temporarily closing the Rancho Seco Recreational Area to day visitors effective immediately after park operator employees learned a visitor that subsequently tested positive for COVID-19, SMUD reported in a press release this … Continued
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) on June 17 took another key action in its plan to build the Delta Tunnel, a massive public works project that a coalition of fishermen, Tribal leaders, environmentalists, family farmers, Delta residents, elected officials and other … Continued
Photo of Shasta Dam courtesy of U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The Department of Interior on Monday, June 22, requested $15 million for the Shasta Dam enlargement project, a project that Tribes, fishing groups and conservation organizations say will drive imperiled winter-run Chinook … Continued