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Overview April 24, 2014

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Aquafornia news August 17, 2018 Redding Record Searchlight

Carr Fire smoke taking a toll on Shasta County’s fly-fishing tourism

Mid-August. That’s usually when the rainbow and steelhead trout are biting, and fishing guide Steven Fry is jumping. Last year, Fry — who escorts clients on fishing excursions for The Fly Shop fly-fishing company — was typically booked at least five days a week, leading small groups to the lower Sacramento River.

Aquafornia news August 17, 2018 Eureka Times-Standard

Eel River salmon spawners may face tough run this fall, local officials say

Critical pools on the lower Eel River where migrating salmon swim toward their upriver spawning grounds are once again saturated with sediment, according to local researchers and river surveyors. Eel River Recovery Project board member and salmon surveyor Eric Stockwell said the shallow pools and channels make it more likely fish will contract disease or become stranded as had occurred in previous years.

Aquafornia news August 17, 2018 Chico Enterprise-Record

Oroville Dam oversight committee sends suggestions to DWR

The local oversight committee spearheaded by Assemblyman James Gallagher and Sen. Jim Nielsen had some suggestions this week for the state Department of Water Resources on its assessment of the Oroville Dam. This comes about a month after the committee met for the first time on July 18.

Aquafornia news August 17, 2018 The Union, serving Western Nevada County

Grass Valley moves ahead with upgrades to wastewater treatment

Grass Valley’s city council members voted to reject a bid protest involving a $3.6 million contract to upgrade its wastewater treatment plant. The city had received three bids for the improvement project and opted to go with Idaho-based Record Steel and Construction Inc., City Manager Tim Kiser told the council.

Aquafornia news August 16, 2018 San Francisco Chronicle

Drakes Estero can cleanse, renew your senses

The Estero Trail provides one of the prettiest, easy walks at Point Reyes National Seashore — one that can can be done in short (2.5-mile), medium (5-mile) or long (8-mile) treks. Each provides a special payoff.

Aquafornia news August 16, 2018 Los Angeles Times

Why California’s largest fire in history is so difficult to contain

Conditions have been ripe for the erratic fire behavior that has led to explosive growth of the Ranch fire, which along with the River fire makes up the 364,145-acre Mendocino Complex. The days are so hot and dry that whatever gains firefighters see overnight when the humidity goes up quickly fade when the sun hits the fuels and sucks the moisture out.

Aquafornia news August 16, 2018 Eureka Times-Standard

Keeping the marsh clean

Humboldt Pet Supply staffers and local volunteers will be working together Saturday to help reduce the community’s environmental paw print by cleaning up abandoned pet waste at the Arcata Marsh.

Aquafornia news August 16, 2018 Chico Enterprise-Record

Chico water tanks to be preserved

The old water tanks at East Third and Orient streets won’t be taken down as planned, the California Water Service Co. announced Wednesday. The elevated tanks, built in 1905 and 1913, are empty and not in use.

Aquafornia news August 15, 2018 Water Education Foundation

New stop announced for Northern California Tour: Salmon rearing structures in the Sacramento River

More than two dozen refuge structures made of large walnut tree trunks bolted to boulders were dropped deep into the Sacramento River last year to shelter juvenile salmon from predators. Participants on our Northern California Tour Oct. 10-12 will visit the location of these rearing structures in Redding and learn why they’re important from Roger Cornwell, general manager of River Garden Farms, which spearheaded the project.

Aquafornia news August 15, 2018 Eureka Times-Standard

Fresh Klamath salmon will once again be served at Yurok Tribe festival

Klamath River salmon, freshly caught and cooked the traditional way over an open fire, is back on the menu at the Yurok Tribe’s 56th annual Klamath Salmon Festival, which is happening Saturday. … In 2016 and 2017, the tribe could not in good conscious serve Klamath salmon at the festival because the fish runs were so low, according to a Yurok Tribe press release.

Aquafornia news August 15, 2018 Marin Independent Journal

Marin bridge is a goner, barring an act of frog

A dilapidated bridge in West Marin is about to be replaced. The only thing that could stall its demise is the appearance of a California red-legged frog, the species made famous by Mark Twain.

Aquafornia news August 14, 2018 The Sacramento Bee

Trump officials steer clear of climate change issue in tour of Redding fire zone

Two top officials of the Trump administration, winding up a tour of fire-ravaged Redding, insisted Monday that removing dead trees and thinning forests, not addressing climate change, are the keys to dealing with California wildfires.

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Redding Record Searchlight: Carr Fire draws Trump’s Cabinet secretaries

San Francisco Chronicle: Critics pan Zinke’s solutions to California’s wildfire crisis

Aquafornia news August 14, 2018 San Jose Mercury News

Tuesday’s Top of the Scroll: Oroville Dam update: See before-and-after video of construction progress

Eighteen months after the dramatic failure of the spillways at Oroville Dam in Northern California, a disaster that led to the evacuation of 188,000 people, construction is on schedule to complete the concrete work in the main spillway by Nov. 1. … On Monday, Lake Oroville was 51 percent full, or 73 percent of its historic average for this date.

Aquafornia news August 13, 2018 Marin Independent Journal

Marin water district signs emphasize e-bike ban

Electric bike enthusiasts are not happy the Marin Municipal Water District is not allowing them to ride on Mount Tamalpais fire trails and are seeking a change in the agency’s code. The district has erected signs in the past several weeks underscoring that the bikes are not allowed. That has raised the hackles of those who ride the bikes. While the signs are new, the policy is not.

Aquafornia news August 10, 2018 Eureka Times-Standard

Klamath-Trinity River fish benefitting from Carr Fire, fisheries officials say

One of the unintended consequences of the devastation of Carr Fire in Shasta County is that is has been providing more water to Klamath and Trinity river fish in a time when river conditions have been looking tenuous. Hoopa Valley Tribe’s Fisheries Director Mike Orcutt said the dam-controlling U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has nearly doubled flows on the Trinity River since late July.

Aquafornia news August 10, 2018 The New York Times

Inside the Mendocino Complex Fire Evacuation Zone

As the fires raged to the north, threatening the lakeside communities, some residents stayed and armed themselves with garden hoses to protect their homes, which frustrates firefighters and police officers. … The problem, she [Leah Robbins, a captain at the fire station in Lucerne] said, is that “if they are watering down their houses, then water levels for fire hydrants get low.”

Aquafornia news August 10, 2018 McClatchy Washington, D.C., Bureau

Trump cabinet officials to inspect California fire damage

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue will travel to Redding on Monday for a series of meetings and briefings with fire crews and local leaders, including a walk through of parts of the city that have been damaged by the fire. Redding Mayor Kristin Schreder, local business leaders and other officials have been invited to join the meetings.

Aquafornia news August 9, 2018 Stockton Record

Salmon opener on Upper Sacramento produces big numbers

The upper stretch of the Sacramento River from the Deschutes Road Bridge to the Red Bluff Diversion Dam opened August 1 — and experienced anglers and guides reported limit-style fishing.

Aquafornia news August 9, 2018 San Francisco Chronicle

Mendocino’s parks solve ‘Summer of Smoke’

The vacation season has turned into the “Summer of Smoke” across much of Northern California. One of the best answers is the Mendocino coast and its five state parks near Fort Bragg.

Aquafornia news August 9, 2018 Chico Enterprise-Record

‘Crucial milestone’ met at Oroville Dam with structural concrete placement

Crews have begun to place the final layer of concrete this week on the upper portion of the Oroville Dam spillway chute. This marks a “crucial milestone,” said Tony Meyers, project manager for the recovery project for the state Department of Water Resources, in a moderated media call on Wednesday.

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