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This year the Klamath River and its tributaries saw a catastrophic fish kill that has all but eliminated the native juvenile salmon population. The Yurok Tribe is fighting for the health of the river and its salmon.
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Gov. Newsom expands the California drought emergency from 50 counties to statewide, but does not order mandatory water conservation. He did authorize water regulators to ban wasteful water use, such as spraying down public sidewalks.
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A public meeting will be held Thursday night in Orland to help residents with the drought.The meeting will focus on learning how to connect to the city’s municipal water system. Information about other emergency drought assistance will also be available.
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Officials warn that next year’s cuts in water supply could go even deeper as severe drought grips nearly 90% of California. Residents of the North Coast and Bay Area conserved more than Southern Californians did.
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With most of the state gripped by extreme dryness, some conditions are better, some worse, than the last record-breaking drought. Over-pumping of wells hasn’t stopped. But urban residents haven’t lapsed back into water-wasting lifestyles.
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Dave talks to Curis Knight from CalTrout about that organization's 50 years of work restoring trout habitat and using science-based policy to ensure that our fisheries remain viable. Then he visits Chrysten Rivard, the director of Trout Unlimited in Oregon, to talk about how drought and wildfire are affecting trout in that part of the west.
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From the looks of the “bathtub ring” around Lake Oroville, the vise of drought is quickly tightening around California’s neck. Fortunately, those looks…
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In arid California, seasonal drought is a way of life. Water is both scarce and in high demand. People are told to conserve. Agriculture looks for…
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The Oakland, Calif.-based Pacific Institute says reduced hydroelectricity generation, due to the drought in California, has increased costs to electric…
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It turns out “emergency drought relief” can take up to two years to distribute. On Wednesday, California regulators awarded the final pieces of the $680…