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April 27, 2018 by Neal Barrow Leave a Comment

Sites Project Progresses — Help Spread the Word

The Sites Project is a proposed 1.8 million acre-foot offstream reservoir in California’s largest watershed. This innovative and environmentally-focused project, located in Colusa County, will greatly increase the reliability of statewide water … [Read more...]

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October 27, 2017 by Nadine Bailey Leave a Comment

MONTHLY UPDATES

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...]

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October 27, 2017 by Nadine Bailey Leave a Comment

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...]

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October 27, 2017 by Nadine Bailey Leave a Comment

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...]

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October 27, 2017 by Nadine Bailey Leave a Comment

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...]

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October 27, 2017 by Nadine Bailey Leave a Comment

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...]

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October 27, 2017 by admin Leave a Comment

STATE OF THE SIERRA NEVADA’S FORESTS

When the first State of the Sierra Nevada’s Forests report was released in 2014, conditions in the Sierra Nevada appeared to be at their worst. The Region had just experienced its largest fire in recorded history, the 2013 Rim Fire, and the trend … [Read more...]

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October 27, 2017 by admin Leave a Comment

A VOICE FROM THE SIERRA’S

By Robert Ingram There seems to be a lack of understanding of our Sierra fire evolved ecosystem. Our forests used to burn often, every seven to 15 years in the lower elevations and about four times a century in the higher elevations. Our forests … [Read more...]

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October 27, 2017 by Nadine Bailey Leave a Comment

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...]

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October 27, 2017 by Nadine Bailey Leave a Comment

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...]

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Colusa, CA 95932

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Family Water Alliance
2963 Davison Ct, Suite A
Colusa, CA 95932
Phone: (530) 458-8726