The San Joaquin River, which helps drain California’s Central
Valley, has been negatively impacted by construction of dams,
inadequate streamflows and poor water quality. Efforts are now
underway to restore the river and continue providing agricultural
lands with vital irrigation, among other water demands.
After an 18-year lawsuit to restore water flows to a 60-mile dry
stretch of river and to boost the dwindling salmon populations,
the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement is underway.
Water releases are now used to restore the San Joaquin River and
to provide habitat for naturally-reproducing populations of
self-sustaining Chinook salmon and other fish in the San Joaquin
River. Long-term efforts also include measures to reduce or avoid
adverse water supply impacts from the restoration flows.
A small fish native to China has been found swimming in the San
Joaquin River, and scientists warn that it could join a list of
exotic, invasive species that have colonized California.
Stream gauges and monitoring wells are ready and waiting along
the San Joaquin River. Big money has been spent for the right
to let water flow through a private bypass. All that’s missing
now is water.
This news got lost amid the holiday eggnog, but environmental
advocates last month unveiled a new website intended to raise
the profile of the largely invisible San Joaquin River.
This 2-day, 1-night tour explores challenges associated with
restoring flows and a Chinook salmon fishery to the San Joaquin
River from below Friant Dam to the confluence with the Merced
River.
This 3-day, 2-night tour, which we do every spring,
travels the length of the San Joaquin Valley, giving participants
a clear understanding of the State Water Project and Central
Valley Project.
This 2-day, 1-night tour explores challenges
associated with restoring flows and a Chinook salmon fishery to
the San Joaquin River from below Friant Dam to the confluence
with the Merced River.
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Readers asked a very good question last week about the proposed
$2.6 billion reservoir project that would more than double the
capacity of Millerton Lake.
About 100 people listened at a public meeting in Fresno to
sometimes passionate statements from speakers who faulted
everything from the feasibility analysis to the notification
for the hearing on the draft Environmental Impact Statement for
Temperance Flat Reservoir.
Join us on the Nov. 6-7 San Joaquin River Restoration Tour that
will explore the challenges associated with restoration of the
San Joaquin River, a program that is the result of a legal
settlement. See firsthand the progress being made and discuss
the current conflicts so you can better understand the
coordination taking place to implement one of the largest river
restoration projects in the nation. The two-day,
one-night tour starts and ends in Fresno.
California’s roughly 375 game wardens, each of whom patrols on
average more than 400 square miles, have been called the “thin
green line.” They are all that stand between poachers and their
prey. They are trying to preserve what’s left.
Newly elected to your local water board? Or city council? Or
state Legislature? This packet of materials provides you with the
valuable background information you need – and at a special
price!
This issue of Western Water explores the implications for the San
Joaquin River following the decision in the Natural Resources
Defense Council lawsuit against the Bureau of Reclamation and
Friant Water Users Authority that Friant Dam is required to
comply with a state law that requires enough water be released to
sustain downstream fish populations.
This printed copy of Western Water examines the Delta through the
many ongoing activities focusing on it, most notably the Delta
Vision process. Many hours of testimony, research, legal
proceedings, public hearings and discussion have occurred and
will continue as the state seeks the ultimate solution to the
problems tied to the Delta.
This printed issue of Western Water provides an overview of the
idea of a dual conveyance facility, including questions
surrounding its cost, operation and governance
This printed issue of Western Water examines the issues
associated with the State Water Board’s proposed revision of the
water quality Bay-Delta Plan, most notably the question of
whether additional flows are needed for the system, and how they
might be provided.
This issue of Western Water looks at the BDCP and the
Coalition to Support Delta Projects, issues that are aimed at
improving the health and safety of the Delta while solidifying
California’s long-term water supply reliability.
