In California water news today, Rain, snow to make for tricky travel leading up to Christmas in the Southwest; Fallbrook and Rainbow take steps to break from San Diego County Water Authority; ‘Coastal Disneyland project’? Groups debate plan to restore Ballona wetlands; San Diego making environmental improvements at Lake Murray; Soon we may all be suffering from climate whiplash
In the news today …
Rain, snow to make for tricky travel leading up to Christmas in the Southwest: “While the remainder of the country stays mostly dry the days leading up to Christmas, the southwestern U.S. will be enduring stormy weather. After pummeling the Northwest with flooding rain and feet of snow, a storm will dive southward to bring wet weather to the remainder of the West. Rain drenched coastal Northern California, including areas around the San Francisco Bay area during Sunday morning. … ” Read more from Accu-Weather here: Rain, snow to make for tricky travel leading up to Christmas in the Southwest
Sierra snowpack off to healthiest start since 2010, water officials say: “The Sierra snowpack is off to its best start in years, according to the California Department of Water Resources. Thanks to all the recent storms, it’s at 109 percent of where it should be for this time of year. … ” Read more from KABC here: Sierra snowpack off to healthiest start since 2010, water officials say
Fallbrook and Rainbow take steps to break from San Diego County Water Authority: “The leadership of two water districts have taken the unprecedented step of voting to begin the process of detaching from the San Diego County Water Authority — a move they say will save their ratepayers millions of dollars. The votes by the boards of the Fallbrook Public Utility District and the Rainbow Municipal Water District this month begins a formal process that could take 18 months or longer and potentially involve a countywide vote. … ” Read more from the San Diego Union Tribune here: Fallbrook and Rainbow take steps to break from San Diego County Water Authority
‘Coastal Disneyland project’? Groups debate plan to restore Ballona wetlands: “A long-awaited state blueprint for rescuing a West Los Angeles ecological refuge created a furor immediately after it was released on Friday, with some environmental activists calling it inadequate and threatening to challenge the proposal in court. Community and environmental groups long ago chose the Ballona Creek marshlands to make a last stand in a metropolis that has paved over 95% of its wetlands. That’s because there are no other major wetlands left to save from development along the coast of Los Angeles County. … ” Read more from the LA Times here: ‘Coastal Disneyland project’? Groups debate plan to restore Ballona wetlands
San Diego making environmental improvements at Lake Murray: “Two environmental improvement projects at Lake Murray will enhance fisheries, improve water quality in the San Diego River and reduce wildfire vulnerability for the area. Over the next six months, the Urban Corps of San Diego County will remove non-native plants and trees along Airoso Avenue to Murray Dam as part of the Chaparral Canyon Habitat Restoration Project. ... ” Read more from the Times of San Diego here: San Diego making environmental improvements at Lake Murray
Soon we may all be suffering from climate whiplash: “From 2011 to 2016, California experienced five years of extreme drought, during which numerous high temperature records were broken. These hot, dry years were followed by the extremely wet winter of 2016-2017, when, from October to March, an average of 31 inches of rain fell across the state, the second highest winter rainfall on record. All that rain meant a bumper crop of grasses and other vegetation, which, as hot and dry conditions returned, likely contributed to a combustible mix of fuels that played a role in the severe fires that have swept California in the past two years. … ” Read more from Mother Jones here: Soon we may all be suffering from climate whiplash
Also on Maven’s Notebook today …
Today’s notices and announcements …
- NOTICE: Release of Lower Klamath Project Recirculated Portions of the Draft Environmental Impact Report for Public Comment
- NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENT for SWP Contract Amendment for Delta Conveyance Negotiations
- NOTICE: Expert review panel for the East San Joaquin Surface Water Quality Monitoring Program to meet in January
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