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Water watchers cast a wary eye

Folsom Lake's water level is way down; mandatory conservation efforts are likely soon.

Yet it's easy for the experts to sound out a clear warning: This may become, simply, the worst drought California has ever seen. (Sacramento Bee - 02/02/2009)

Grim news about drought reported

Chico Enterprise-Record - 06/11/2009

New water use rules go into effect Friday in Sacramento

Sacramento Bee - 06/10/2009

The Australian Reality

KQED: Craig Miller - 05/15/2009

Lester Snow and Timothy Quinn: Conservation is best, easiest water policy

Sacramento Bee - 05/05/2009

Don't blame fish for drought

Chico Enterprise-Record - 05/04/2009

Smallest fall run of chinook salmon reported

Six years ago, the peak salmon return was 13 times higher

The smallest number of Pacific Ocean salmon ever recorded swam back to the Sacramento River via San Francisco Bay last fall, the latest evidence of the decline of the storied fish along the West Coast, officials said Wednesday. (San Francisco Chronicle - 02/19/2009)

Commerce Dept. releases $53M for salmon disaster

Associated Press - 05/01/2009

Restored rule requires species act consultation

Associated Press - 04/29/2009

Recreational salmon fishing curtailed

Sacramento Bee - 04/22/2009

Shorter recreational salmon fishing season proposed

Sacramento Bee - 04/10/2009

Sacramento River's chinook face double whammy

San Francisco Chronicle - 03/19/2009

New Study Reports Bottled Water Use 2000 Times More Energy Intensive than Tap

In a newly published article in the February 2009 edition of the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Research Letters, the Pacific Institute estimates that the annual consumption of bottled water in the U.S. in 2007 required the equivalent of between 32 and 54 million barrels of oil -- roughly one-third of a percent of total U.S. primary energy consumption. (YubaNet.com - 02/25/2009)

Amador County joins Pardee Reservoir expansion opponents

YubaNet.com - 05/01/2009

Secretary Salazar Clears Way to Expand Water Supplies in the California Drought Water Bank

Department of Interior - 04/22/2009

Interior chief says Calif. water system outdated

Associated Press - 04/16/2009

Deal settles Red Bluff Diversion Dam suit

Red Bluff Daily News - 04/03/2009

Outlook is for stress to state's water supply

San Francisco Chronicle - 04/02/2009

Legal action could stall Natomas levee repairs

Crews remove trees from an area that will expand the levee as part of the Natomas Levee improvement project.

Levee repairs in Sacramento's Natomas Basin face new legal and financial threats that could delay construction of the massive project. The Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency is just weeks from awarding a $90 million construction contract for a key phase of the project. But that work depends on state matching funds, which have been bottled up by the state budget crisis. (Sacramento Bee - 03/09/2009)

Some avoid costly flood insurance

Chico Enterprise-Record - 06/10/2009

Army Corps orders thousands of trees chopped down

Sacramento Bee - 06/10/2009

Sacramento to get stimulus funds for flood-control

Sacramento Bee - 04/29/2009

Seeking flood protection improvements for Butte County west of Feather River

Gridley Herald - 04/23/2009

Seeking flood protection improvements for Butte County west of Feather River

Gridley Herald - 04/23/2009

Boaters, beware: Hunt is on for mussel invaders

Authorities are on the lookout for quagga and zebra mussels, invasive species known to hitchhike from one body of water to another by attaching themselves to boat trailers, hulls, engines and steering components. (Sacramento Bee - 07/03/2008)

Communities near poisoned Lake Davis angered by financial impact reports

Sacramento Bee - 03/26/2009

New Invasive Mussel Guidebook Available Online

Dept. of Fish and Game - 10/16/2008

Scientists want to add bacteria that are lethal to invasive mollusks

Las Vegas Sun - 06/20/2008

DWR Reminds Boaters & Water Users: Don’t Move a Mussel

Calif. Department of Water Resources - 05/23/2008

Supervisors approve purchase of four check stations for Quagga

Lake County Record Bee - 03/20/2008

Mining companies agree to pay $3 million for Lava Cap Mine cleanup

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California approved a $3 million settlement today between the U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, and settling defendants Newmont Capital Limited and Newmont Mining Corporation of Canada Limited to resolve liability at the Lava Cap Mine Superfund Site in Nevada County, Calif. (YubaNet.com - 02/25/2009)

Senate Committee Passes Bill to Put Moratorium on Suction Dredging

Yubanet - 04/29/2009

Panel: Wastewater ammonia 'likely' alters Delta

Sacramento Bee - 04/23/2009

Lead, Ammonia Among Most Commonly Released Toxic Chemicals in California

Yubanet.com - 03/20/2009

Yuba joins wastewater study

Appeal Democrat - 03/19/2009

University fined for violating state wastewater standards

Sacramento Bee - 03/19/2009

Area pharmacies offer 'take back' programs for medicines

It used to be simple. Consumers were told to flush their old medications down the toilet. Now that is considered a serious mistake in light of reports of pharmaceuticals in drinking water. (Associated Press - 03/12/2008)

Red Bluff Diversion Dam gates to lower

Red Bluff Daily News - 06/10/2009

New 'landowners association' forms over water rights

Woodland Daily Democrat - 06/10/2009

Payment sought for Shasta lands

Sacramento Bee - 04/20/2009

Feds step in with $260 million for California water projects

Sacramento Bee - 04/16/2009

New coalition emerges in state water debate

Capitol Weekly - 04/16/2009

Area pharmacies offer 'take back' programs for medicines

It used to be simple. Consumers were told to flush their old medications down the toilet. Now that is considered a serious mistake in light of reports of pharmaceuticals in drinking water. (Associated Press - 03/12/2008)

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