Stewardship Council OKs Its Plan For Delta Lasting solutions may have proven elusive but the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta continues to be well stocked with studies and planning efforts, with the latest having just had a last set of changes finalized.…
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Nitrates Issue Is Forum’s Focus
Nitrates Issue Is Forum’s Focus California’s Weed Science Society usually focuses its attention on – well – weeds but fertilizer was a hot topic during the group’s recent Sacramento conference. Nitrogen is needed to grow crops and weeds but its…
FKC Getting Back In Business
Flows and demands are still very low but water is again flowing through the Friant-Kern Canal (as viewed near Academy, northeast of Clovis). Deliveries are resuming after a dewatering period of nearly four months to permit chemical treatments aimed at…
West Side Again Dried Up By Delta Smelt Protections
West Side Again Dried Up By Delta Smelt Protections While continuing below normal precipitation is responsible for another below-average initial Central Valley Project supply declaration in the Friant Division, many western San Joaquin Valley CVP users are back to getting…
Lower Tule River Director Named Top Farmer
Lower Tule River Director Named Top Farmer Tipton dairyman and diversified farmer Tom Barcellos, a Director of the Lower Tule River Irrigation District and the Tule River Association, will be honored by the Kiwanis Club of Tulare with its 53rd…
Another Dry Winter Takes Supply Toll
Another Dry Winter Takes Supply Toll Friant’s Initial Allocation Is 65% Of Class 1; Runoff Outlook Falls For a second consecutive year, winter storms seem to have largely done a disappearing act in Central California, a fact that has not…
Friant Board Adopts New Bond Stance
Friant Board Adopts New Bond Stance Friant Water Authority directors have taken a new policy position on the state water bond that moves from endorsing the measure slated to appear on a 2014 ballot to favoring inclusion of several crucial…
Bureau Files Recaptured River Water Environmental Findings
Bureau Files Recaptured River Water Environmental Findings Returning San Joaquin River Restoration Program flows to Friant users has always been one of the program’s goals and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is taking steps to do just that over the…
Funds Expected For Recharge Programs
RESTORATION DEVELOPMENTS Funds Expected For Recharge Programs With the San Joaquin River Restoration Program in place, increasing opportunities to store more water has never been more important within the Friant Division. Funds about to be made available by the U.S.…
Scenic River List Trimming Sought
MERCED RIVER, LAKE McCLURE Scenic River List Trimming Sought Legislation has been introduced in Congress by Representative Tom McClintock (R-Granite Bay) that would remove the wild and scenic designation from a small section of Merced River. Co-authors include Representatives Jim Costa…