CoSu LINE PROCESS CONTINUES The process for the building of new power lines from west to east through the Sacramento Valley continues with many landowners receiving letters asking for permission to enter onto private property. Many farmland owners … [Read more...]
YOUNG MEN AND FIRE
The book Young Men and Fire by author Norman Maclean about the loss of a team of smoke jumpers in a fire in Montana in 1949, is just one of the stories that serves as a reminder about the dangerous nature of fire in the west. Since 1949, more … [Read more...]
WHAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP FORESTS AND COMMUNITIES
• Allow Counties to remove brush and hazardous trees using programs like the good neighbor contracts. • Refund the shaded fuel break projects that allow fire breaks to be built before the fires come. • Fund and clean up hazardous fuels left in the … [Read more...]
KEEPING FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN
Orleans California has been the location of the Klamath River Training Exchange (TREX) a cooperative effort between the Salmon River Restoration Council, Mid Klamath Watershed Council, the Karuk Tribe and the Nature Conservancy, to train people … [Read more...]
ANOTHER AUDIT FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER YEAR OF SMOKE
In an audit done by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) completed in July 2016 of the USDA Forest Service (FS) hazardous fuels reduction, the auditor’s office reviewed controls on selection of projects, impacts on Community Wildfires Protection … [Read more...]
TO KEEP FLOW STEADY
While it might seem strange to some, to have a Sacramento Valley Newsletter be devoted to fire, you only have to think about the millions of dollars being spent on fisheries restoration to understand how much the upper watershed health means to those … [Read more...]
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN
The much needed rain that last winter delivered was a welcome relief from the drought, but for many forests in California the rain was too little too late. Thousands of acres of forest land in California have dead and dying trees. This year’s fire … [Read more...]
U.S. RICE TO CHINA
Culminating years of effort, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and China’s Vice Premier Wang Yang have signed a phytosanitary protocol that will permit U.S rice imports to China. China is the world’s largest importer and consumer of rice, … [Read more...]
CVWQCB TO HOST PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETINGS
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (CVRWQCB) to Host Public Outreach Meetings on TMDL. The CVRWQCB will hold a public meeting on August 28, 2017 at 1:00pm at the Lakeport City Hall to discuss the extension of the deadline for the … [Read more...]
FISH OR FARMS
The headline for an article for the Charlotte Observer cries “Fish or farms? The issue is the bill that is being pushed by Southern California water users that some say will weaken enviromental laws. Others say the bill would save farms. The writer … [Read more...]
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