From the USGS What is 6PPD and its toxic variant, 6PPDQ? Stormwater and road runoff are increasingly recognized forms of pollution that can contain chemicals harmful to fish and other aquatic animals. One such chemical is 6 p-phenylenediamine – quinone...
From the Department of Water Resources: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is the Lead Agency for preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Cache Creek Channel and Levee Rehabilitation Project (proposed project)...
by Robin Meadows This year is a classic example of the way California’s water system was designed to work. Winter storms dropped towering snowpacks on the mountains, and spring was so cool that the snowmelt will likely last through the...
By Christine Souza, California Farm Bureau Federation Winegrape growers in Mendocino and Sonoma counties say a proposed water-quality regulation establishes...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Department of Food and Agriculture from 10am to 2:30pm. Agenda items include a departmental update, federal resources for beginning farmers and ranchers, small-scale/beginning farmer assistance, California Ag Land Equity Task Force, and land...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Why California is having its best wildfire season in 25 years “It’s nearly August, but one familiar summer trend has been very scarce this year: wildfires. California is off to its slowest...
