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Sierra snow survey finds hardly any
Tuesday, 03 January 2012
San Francisco Chronicle
By Peter Fimrite
It was supposed to be a winter slog through a blanket of white, but the first Sierra snow survey of the year today was really just a nice stroll through a meadow.
Fixing state's water delivery issues could add jobs
Thursday, 03 November 2011
Fresno Bee
By Mark Grossi
A UC Berkeley economist says one of the rewards for repairing California's broken water-delivery system could be 130,000 jobs.
Thousands would be needed to build tunnels for diverting water from the Sacramento River around the troubled Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, researcher David Sunding said. Thousands more jobs would be spinoffs as a result of the economic growth.
The man with his hand on California's spigot
Friday, 07 October 2011
Los Angeles Times
By Bettina Boxall
U.S. District Court Judge Oliver W. Wanger's decisions determined how much water gets pumped south to fields and cities and how much stays behind to sustain fish species. At 70, he leaves the bench to return to private practice.
Plan to push salt water from Delta blocked
Saturday, 03 September 2011
Stockton Record
By Alex Breitler
FRESNO - A federal judge this week blocked a plan to help the Delta smelt by sending more fresh water through the estuary instead of diverting it to cities or farms.
Judge throws out parts of salmon, steelhead plan
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Associated Press
By Gosia Wozniacka
FRESNO, Calif. — A federal judge on Tuesday threw out parts of a management plan to protect endangered salmon, steelhead and other species from large water pumps in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta that move water to farms and cities.
Gov. Brown backs delta, high-speed rail projects
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
The Fresno Bee
By John Ellis
Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday offered support for two key public works projects that would have a major effect on the central San Joaquin Valley.
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State, feds to move aggressively on Delta plan
Friday, 12 August 2011
Stockton Record
By Alex Breitler
SACRAMENTO - State and federal officials announced Thursday an "aggressive" schedule to complete the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, which would convert tens of thousands of acres of farmland to wetland, and could include the construction of a peripheral canal or tunnel.
California’s next nightmare
Friday, 01 July 2011
New York Times
By Alex Prud’Homme
People tend to underestimate the power of floods: six inches of fast-moving water can knock you down; two feet of water can float most cars away. Floods kill an average of 127 Americans a year — more than tornadoes or hurricanes — and cause more than $2 billion of property damage annually, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.
