On Water

Rally for water rights hits downtown Fresno
Fresno Bee / by Robert Rodriguez

Stranded chinook salmon get some helping hands
Los Angeles Times / by Kelly Burgess

Are fireworks bad for the environment?
Mother Nature Network / by Russell McLendon

EPA ready to settle Bay Area pesticide suit
San Francisco Chronicle / by Jane Kay

Hetch Hetchy rebuild bill pulled from agenda
San Francisco Chronicle / by Richard Procter

Palm Desert selected for smart water study
Palm Springs Desert Sun / by Gina Tenorio

California water recycling gets $132 million in federal grants
San Diego News Network

GOP ads link Dems to Valley water crisis: Radio spots attack Dennis Cardoza and Jim Costa
Fresno Bee / by Michael Doyle

NV irrigation district loses motion in fraud case
Hanford Sentinel / by Scott Sonner

Dangerous bacteria closes Mendocino Coast beach
Santa Rosa Press Democrat / by Glenda Anderson

Warm predictions follow another below-average Sacramento rainy season
Modesto Bee / by Bill Lindelof

Lack of money for rebates halts Inland distribution of water-saving toilets
Riverside Press Enterprise / by Laurie Lucas

Water restrictions gain traction
Glendale News Press / by Melanie Hicken

This summer, kids can dive into water conservation
San Diego Union-Tribune / by Jennifer Davies

Lightning sparks 7 fires in Shasta-Trinity forest
Redding Record Searchlight

No swimming at Freshwater this year
Eureka Times-Standard- / by Jessie Faulkner

State Fish and Game wants PG&E to put more water in Butte Creek for salmon
Chico Enterprise-Record / by Larry Mitchell

Restoring our salmon: Kids restore city park, watershed, community in new joint program
Ukiah Daily Journal / by Frank Hartzell

Dog drowns in vehicle at Black Butte Reservoir
Chico Enterprise-Record

Redding eaglets have front-row fireworks seats
Redding Record Searchlight / by Dylan Darling

Busy holiday weekend expected as boat, raft renters go with the flow
Sacramento Bee / by Darrell Smith

Four lakes for the Fourth
Sacramento Bee / by Gamaliel Ortiz

Booze ban leaves American and Truckee rivers dry
Red Bluff Daily News

Relieving the summer heat
Porterville Recorder

Sacramento County sues Aerojet and Boeing over water contamination
Sacramento Bee / by Robert Lewis

Senators announce money for city water project
Oakland Tribune

Oxnard gets $20 million in stimulus money for water project
Ventura County Star / by Michael Collins

Yolobus hydrates its riders
Woodland Daily Democrat

Making plants that sip, not gulp, water
Voice of San Diego / by Jonathan Parkinson

Hawaii's cheapest cruise sails into sunset
Oakland Tribune / by David Briscoe

Fishing the North Coast: A rough ocean commands respect
Eureka Times-Standard / by Kenny Priest

Our View: Local swimming death water safety reminder
Marysville Appeal-Democrat

Riding wave to change
Costa Mesa Daily Pilot / by Brianna Bailey

Baby ducklings getting royal treatment outside St. Joseph neonatal intensive care unit
L.A. Daily News / by Dennis McCarthy

Rain barrels turn into art
San Luis Obispo Tribune / by Mary Beth Breckenridge

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McLane Dam removal would be complex, costly
Cabinet.com - Milford,NH,USA
"I would never wish a dam removal project on a town that will only do it once," Eric Hutchins, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ...

River flows, fish flourish with Maine dam's demise
Forbes - NY,USA
"Edwards was not the first dam removal," said Stephanie Lindloff, senior director of American Rivers' river restoration program. ...

Winnicut Dam removal gets stimulus funds
Seacoastonline.com - Portsmouth,NH,USA
... NH Coastal Program at the NH Department of Environmental
Services will receive $500000 in stimulus funding for the Winnicut
River Dam removal project. ...

NH Dam Removal Projects Gets Stimulus Cash
WBZ - Boston,MA,USA
Read more in our Privacy Policy CONCORD, NH (AP) ― New Hampshire is
receiving a half million dollars in federal stimulus money to remove a dam and open the ...

Hints of a historic deal coming together in the Klamath Basin
Hillsboro Argus - OregonLive.com - Hillsboro,OR,USA
There are complex questions about who will pay the costs of dam removal and assume responsibility for liability in the event of unforeseen problems. ...

Klamath restoration negotiations delayed
Times-Standard - Eureka,CA,USA
Dam removal negotiators were unable to come to an agreement Tuesday, missing the deadline set for finalizing a plan to remove four aging dams on the Klamath ...

Stimulus money to fund possible Gold Ray Dam removal
KDRV - Medford,OR,USA
The removal of Savage Rapids Dam, which is underway, is expected to be complete by the end of the year. The removal of Gold Ray Dam would make the Rogue ...

$5 million made available for taking out Gold Ray Dam
Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA
Jackson County, owner of the facility, which closed in 1972, had requested the dam-removal funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. It was ...

Breaching of dam commemorated
Morning Sentinel - portland,maine,USA
Within hours of dam removal,
Viles lost about 20 feet of river surface all along his frontage, and
12 to 14 feet of depth. Then the birds, insects and other ...

Boston Globe

A decade without a dam breathes life in to a Maine river
Boston Globe - United States
The dam removal was touted at the time as a symbol of a new era, one where dams would face increasing scrutiny over their environmental damage. ...

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Farmers heading to downtown Fresno for water rally
Oakland Tribune

Dutch expert offers advice on saving Delta
Sacramento Bee / by Matt Weiser

Bay Area coastal projects to get $18 million
San Francisco Chronicle / by Kelly Zito

Grand jury report raps IID over practices
Palm Springs Desert Sun / by Keith Matheny

Forecasters unsure how much rain El Nino will bring
Riverside Press-Enterprise / by Darrell R. Santschi

Water main leak dumps 3,000 gallons onto road
Marin Independent Journal

Fresno wraps up rain year at 69% normal
Fresno Bee / by Paula Lloyd

It was the wettest June in a quarter century
Redding Record Searchlight / by Scott Mobley

Pico Rivera to use recycled water on plants
Whittier Daily News / by Bethania Palma Markus

Water supply subject of Washington meeting
Associated Press / by Shannon Dininny

Washington state farmers sue to stop feedlot plan
San Francisco Chronicle / by Shannon Dininny

More rain, floods forecast for Erie, northwest Pa.
San Jose Mercury News

Wildfire grows to 650 acres
Woodland Daily Democrat

Man drowns rafting American River; Boat tipped over during whitewater training
Auburn Journal / by Penne Usher

Bidwell Canyon Marina tells 900 boaters they have to go
Chico Enterprise-Record / by Toni Scott

Klamath restoration negotiations delayed
Eureka Times-Standard / by Donna Tam

Feds threaten to seize Angel Island, Mt. Tam
San Jose Mercury News / by Paul Rogers

Bulgarians arrested in Covelo-area raid
Ukiah Daily Journal

Mixing socialist and capitalist approaches to fishery management
Christian Science Monitor / by Moises Velasquez-Manoff

Charges dismissed against area farmer
Chico Enterprise-Record / by Terry Vau Dell

Otter population falls as humans pollute ocean
San Francisco Chronicle / by Jane Kay

Up A Creek: Long Beach's battle to clean up the LA River
Long Beach Post / by Ryan ZumMallen

Venice tree project is an attempt to deal with pollution runoff
Los Angeles Times

Ferry assists rescue of Sea Scouts
Vallejo Times-Herald / by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen

Power outages disable Coyote Valley Dam
Santa Rosa Press Democrat / by Laura Norton

Soledad sets rules for conserving water
Salinas Californian / by Leslie Griffy, Kimber solana and Mike Hornick

SoCal water district starts conservation crackdown
Ventura County Star / by Zeke Barlow

Wasting water draws most complaints by far
San Diego Union-Tribune / by Jeff Ristine

Oxnard residents discover their homes are in flood plain
Ventura County Star / by Scott Hadly

NV irrigation district's criminal case in court
San Jose Mercury News

Old Modesto dam where boys drowned is lawsuit's focus
Modesto Bee / by Adam Ashton

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Dam removal brings energy, environmental trade offs
Vermont Public Radio - Colchester,VT,USA
As part of a collaboration with Northeast public radio stations, Susan Sharon reports there are tradeoffs to dam removal - especially in an era of climate ...

RECREATIONAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS
Fly Rod & Reel Magazine - USA
Before the Edwards Dam was removed, any people feared that muddy banks, exposed by lower water levels after the dam removal, would be unsightly and deter ...

$2 million to aid Elwha restoration
Peninsula Daily - Port Angeles,WA,USA
The Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act of 1992 mandates the removal of the two dams, which is scheduled to begin in 2011, to restore salmon ...

Success on Kennebec bodes well for dam removal on Penobscot
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA
Laura Rose Day, the trust's executive director, said the Edwards Dam project has provided a decade of evidence that dam removal can rebuild fisheries when ...

Crews poised to remove old Steele's Mill dam
Richmond County Daily Journal - Rockingham,NC,USA
Originally built in the late-1800's, the 110-year-old dam was once used to generate power for a cotton mill. It later fell into disuse. The dam's removal ...

Dam removal project gets stimulus funds
Examiner.com - USA
Jun 30, 2009 2:22 PM (4 mins ago) AP The removal of two dams from the Patapsco River will go forward thanks to $4 million in federal stimulus funds. ...

Deadline for dam removal deal pushed to September
KTVZ - Bend,OR,USA
(AP) - The deadline for a binding agreement to remove dams from the Klamath River has been pushed back to September. Tuesday had been the deadline for a ...

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Water activists to rally in Fresno; Hundreds, perhaps thousands, expected
Fresno Bee / by Robert Rodriguez

Farmers angry over water restrictions
KGO-TV / by Mark Matthews

Editorial: Still more action needed on water issues
Fresno Bee

Governor appoints point person on water issues
San Francisco Chronicle

State may snatch millions from Castaic Lake Water Agency
Santa Clarita Valley Signal / by Brian Charles

'Two Gates' project could ease water crisis
Fresno Bee / by Mark Grossi

El Nino emerging, but it's looking like El Wimpo
Los Angeles Daily News / by Dana Bartholomew

Southern California wraps up 4th straight year of below-average rainfall
Los Angeles Times / by Hector Becerra

SLO County in third straight year of drought after a skimpy rainy season
San Luis Obispo Tribune / by David Sneed

Louisiana farmers struggle with dry conditions
Oakland Tribune

Increasing dust speeds melting of mountain snow
Fairfield Daily Republic / by Randolph E. Schmid

USFWS: Petition to delist suckers not warranted
Siskiyou Daily News

Our Ocean Backyard: Do sick sea lions signal a new El Nino?
Santa Cruz Sentinel / by Dan Haifley

Taking risks on the river
Santa Rosa Press Democrat / by Martin Espinoza

News of the weird: Ducks like water
Santa Clarita Valley Signal / by Chuck Shepherd

Feds: NM well water not apparent health hazard
Oakland Tribune / by Susan Montoya Bryan

Clear thinking on drinking water
San Francisco Examiner / by Dr. Cathleen V. Carr

Is your water bottle safe?
San Francisco Examiner / by Laurie Wiker

Avoiding mercury and choosing safer fish
Red Bluff Daily News

Did toxic chemical in Iraq cause GIs' illnesses?
Fairfield Daily Republic / by Sharon Cohen

Opinion: Turn on clean water and the trust of the Iraqi people will flow
Santa Barbara News-Press / by Matt Schofield

Walnut Creek mother, daughter die after riptide pulls them under atMontara State Beach
Contra Costa Times

Mother, daughter die after being swept out to sea
Ventura County Star

2 people swept away off San Mateo County beach
Fairfield Daily Republic

Mother, daughter die after being pulled from waters off Montara StateBeach
Fremont Argus

Keeping an eye on the water: Placer marine unit says education key to preventing boat accidents
Auburn Journal / by Jenifer Gee

Study on changing breakwater to be ready for City Council by mid- or late July
Long Beach Press-Telegram / by Joe Segura

Mayor doesn't pay city for water service
Redlands Daily Facts / by Jesse B. Gill

On the Waterfront: Familiar names in Harbor Commission speculation
Long Beach Press-Telegram / by Kristopher Hanson

Wizard of water law
Riverside Press Enterprise / by Janet Zimmerman

Rising sea prompts concern about sand replenishment
North County Times / by Dave Downey

Water conservation class at La Quinta Resort
Palm Springs Desert Sun