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Aquafornia news November 16, 2018 Associated Press

Sides spar over water permit for refinery near national park

A company developing an oil refinery near Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota has supplied adequate information to justify drawing water from an underwater aquifer, State Water Commission officials testified Wednesday.

Aquafornia news November 15, 2018 Bridge Magazine

Michigan waited years to heed warnings on PFAS dangers, expert says

Robert Delaney says his discovery of widespread PFAS chemicals in Michigan’s environment shook him to the core. Testifying Tuesday, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Superfund specialist said he believed federal laws were enough to protect the public health and track thousands of chemicals from the moment manufacturers release them to the public.

Aquafornia news November 13, 2018 The Colorado Sun

Across Colorado, taxpayers granted Gallagher tax relief to a record number of fire protection districts

More than 120 special districts — including several metropolitan, a few library and a couple of ambulance, hospital, housing, cemetery, water and recreation districts — asked voters for relief under Colorado’s Gallagher Amendment.

Aquafornia news November 13, 2018 The NM Political Report

Blog: EPA, state agencies want public input on drilling wastewater report

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state of New Mexico released a draft report on Friday about the possibility of someday reusing or recycling wastewater from the oil and gas industry. According to the draft white paper compiled by the EPA and three state agencies, “Given that drought is no stranger to New Mexico, decisions about water are growing ever more complicated and meaningful.”

Aquafornia news November 8, 2018 Associated Press

Live-streaming a marshland for fun – and science

If a tree falls in the Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary, it doesn’t matter if there’s no one around. You can hear it anyway. That’s because researchers have hidden dozens of wireless sensor nodes, microphones and cameras among the cattails and cedars of this Plymouth, Massachusetts nature preserve.

Aquafornia news November 6, 2018 Circle of Blue

After hurricanes, pollution hazards for private water wells in the Southeast

Major hurricanes that drenched the Southeast this fall caused bacteria counts in private wells to rise, according to state testing in Georgia, North Carolina, and other areas. Nearly half of well-water samples received by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services tested positive for E. coli or total coliform or both, which are indicators of contamination by fecal waste that can cause diarrhea and other illnesses.

Aquafornia news November 5, 2018 Associated Press

US again backs off plan for drilling on Colorado public land

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said Friday some of the land is in big game habitat and some is in the North Fork Valley in western Colorado, where bureau officials are in the process of revising resource management plans.

Aquafornia news July 11, 2014 Associated Press

Hot Spot: Yellowstone Road Melts, Sites Closed

From the Associated Press:

The ever-changing thermal geology of Yellowstone National Park has created a hot spot that melted an asphalt road and closed access to popular geysers and other attractions at the height of tourist season, officials said Thursday.

Aquafornia news July 8, 2014 Los Angeles Times

National Park Service Calls Development Plans a Threat to Grand Canyon

From the Los Angeles Times:

Looking eastward from the canyon’s popular South Rim, visitors could soon see a hive of construction as workers build restaurants, hotels and shops on a distant mesa on the Navajo Indian reservation. … That project and a second, unrelated development proposed for just south of the canyon have set off alarms at the National Park Service, which sees them as the most serious threat the park has faced in its 95-year history.

Aquafornia news July 7, 2014

Commentary: Yellowstone Grizzly Bears are on the Rebound and Outbound

From the Los Angeles Times, in a commentary by Jeff Burrell:

Today, working as a wildlife conservation scientist in the Northern Rockies, I see grizzly bears regularly. … Every sighting is gratifying, especially since the grizzly bear has been listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act for most of my life.”

Aquafornia news July 3, 2014 Los Angeles Times

Thousands Go Without Water as Detroit Cuts Service for Nonpayment

From the Los Angeles Times:

In April, the city [Detroit] set a target of cutting service to 3,000 customers a week who were more than $150 behind on their bills. In May, the water department sent out 46,000 warnings and cut off service to 4,531.

Aquafornia news June 30, 2014 Los Angeles Times

River Cruise in Oregon Conjures the Spirit of Lewis and Clark

From the Los Angeles Times:

This is the same river route Lewis and Clark took 200 years ago, a 1,000-mile journey along the Columbia and Snake rivers and right up the musket of the American West. … For eight days we make shore visits to waterfalls, wineries, dams, fish ladders, museums and forts along the way.

Aquafornia news June 26, 2014 Associated Press

Lingering Drought Taking Toll on Northern Nevada Wildlife

From the Associated Press:

Lingering drought is taking a toll on wildlife across Northern Nevada, shrinking deer herds on the high desert, drying up fisheries in the valleys and starting to push everything from bears to snakes into urban areas they normally don’t frequent.

Aquafornia news June 18, 2014 New York Times

Arizona Cities Could Face Cutbacks in Water From Colorado River, Officials Say

From The New York Times:

Arizona could be forced to cut water deliveries to its two largest cities unless states that tap the dwindling Colorado River find ways to reduce water consumption and deal with a crippling drought, officials of the state’s canal network said Tuesday.

Aquafornia news June 16, 2014 Associated Press

Feds Aren’t Inspecting 4 in 10 Higher-risk Wells

From the Associated Press:

“Four in 10 new oil and gas wells near national forests and fragile watersheds or otherwise identified as higher pollution risks escape federal inspection, unchecked by an agency struggling to keep pace with America’s drilling boom, according to an Associated Press review that shows wide state-by-state disparities in safety checks.”

Aquafornia news June 10, 2014 Associated Press

Court Rules Against Homeowners in Toxic Water Case

From the Associated Press:

“The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a group of homeowners in North Carolina can’t sue a company that contaminated their drinking water decades ago because a state deadline has lapsed, a decision that could prevent thousands of other property owners in similar cases from recovering damages after being exposed to toxic waste.”

Aquafornia news May 27, 2014 Los Angeles Times

Portland Water Scare: Water Bottles Sell Out, Restaurants Close

From the Los Angeles Times:

“Facing the largest boil-water order in the region’s history, Portlanders emptied stores’ supplies of bottled water, chucked potentially contaminated food and braced for a complicated Memorial Day weekend.”

News Release: Climate Change Accelerates Hybridization between Native and Invasive Species of Trout

From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS):

“Scientists have discovered that the rapid spread of hybridization between a native species and an invasive species of trout in the wild is strongly linked to changes in climate. … The study, published today [May 25] in Nature Climate Change, was based on 30 years of research by scientists with the U.S.

Aquafornia news May 27, 2014 Bureau of Reclamation

News Release: New Grand Coulee Laser Light Show Debuts May 24

From the Bureau of Reclamation:

“The Bureau of Reclamation will begin showing the new laser light show ‘One River, Many Voices’ May 24 at Grand Coulee Dam [in Washington].

Aquafornia news May 22, 2014

Commentary: Fish Need Trees, Too

From The New York Times, in a commentary by Brendan Jones:

“As a resident of Sitka, in southeast Alaska, I’ve worked in the local commercial fishing industry on and off for the past 17 years. … This year, though, the fishing fleet in southeast Alaska will work under the shadow of an announcement by the United States Forest Service that it intends to approve the Big Thorne timber sale …”

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