Zero Allocation Concerns Draw Big Crowd Audience Of 2,000 Friant Water Users Hears Drought’s Grim Status, Rallies For Flexibility Briefly heavy rain may have been falling outside but water supply curtailments were most on the minds of a concerned Tulare…
Disaster Looms; Billions In Losses Seen Federal Fish Requirements Constrain Delta Export Pumping Economic losses in the billions of dollars are looming with the promise of a financial and social calamity along the southern San Joaquin Valley’s East Side as a…
Spring Storms Help But Not Nearly Enough Welcomed spring storms that ended March and began April brought generally modest amounts of rain to the valley along with greater Sierra Nevada precipitation that included enough high elevation snow to be better…
Appellate Justices Bow To Fish Agencies, Reverse Smelt Decision A March 13 ruling in the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that reversed a crucial U.S. District Court decision has sided with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service…
Fresno Rally And Hearing A large crowd rallies for water outside Fresno City Hall before a House Natural Resources Committee hearing March 19 on the state’s water crisis and its impacts. Chairman Doc Hastings (R-WASHINGTON), the entire valley Congressional delegation…
Friant Water Authority Hosting Informational Meeting on California Drought Drought Update U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and State Officials join East Side water leaders in a brief informational discussion of the Zero Allocation for users along the Friant-Kern and Madera canals.…
Obama Views Drought Impacts President Barack Obama’s brief Valentine’s Day visit to the parched western San Joaquin Valley has thus far resulted in no additional Central Valley Project water but did bring some federal drought relief financial aid and a…
Storms Give Valley And Sierra Welcomed Soaking, Little Relief All the San Joaquin Valley rain and mountain snow that fell — in one small early February storm and two larger and wetter events as the month was ending — was…
Bond Debate Has Stop At Fresno Hearing Potential water bonds lining up for the November ballot continue to get a Legislative shaking out as lawmakers attempt to whittle down a field of some seven proposals. During a February 20…
Declaration Of Drought Gets Issues Swirling Just a day after a thousand valley residents gathered on the State Capitol steps January 16 to call for state action on deepening dry conditions, Governor Brown did just that by officially declaring what…