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LAT - Desalination
Posted July 28th, 2008 by admin in
From the Los Angeles Times
THE GREAT THIRST
Oceans of water
Although desalination is costly and energy intensive, it should be part of our long-term strategy.
July 28, 2008
Bee-Water Bond
Posted July 11th, 2008 by admin in
Sacramento Bee
Governor, Feinstein back bond
By Kevin Yamamura - kyamamura@sacbee.com
Published 12:00 am PDT Friday, July 11, 2008
In a last-ditch effort to place a water bond on the November ballot, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sen. Dianne Feinstein proposed a joint $9.3 billion plan Thursday that they believe addresses environmental and oversight concerns.
SFC-Birds plummet
Posted July 11th, 2008 by admin in
San Francisco Chronicle
Bird species plummet as habitat dwindles
Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau
Friday, July 11, 2008
The loggerhead shrike, once common, is now severely imper... A bright yellow Western meadowlark belts out a song along...
NYT - fish-water
Posted July 11th, 2008 by admin in
New York Times
July 11, 2008
Fish Affect California Water Supply
By FELICITY BARRINGER
SAN FRANCISCO — The federal Fish and Wildlife Service this week underscored the imminent threat of extinction facing the delta smelt, a two-inch-long fish native to the Sacramento River delta, when it announced it was considering whether to declare the fish endangered.
Endangered...
Posted July 10th, 2008 by admin in
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has begun the official process to list the "tiny silver fish" as "endangered" -- a 60-day comment period will end Sept. 8, according to the report.
Check out fellow bloggers at Unleashed, who linked over to an Associated Press report on the fate of the currently "threatened" delta smelt.
Drought - persist
Posted July 8th, 2008 by admin in
Click here for the National Weather Service's U.S. Drought Assessment as of July 3, 2008.
9 more years
Posted June 26th, 2008 by admin in
Expert says drought to continue 9 more years
Wesley G. Hughes, Staff Writer
Article Created: 06/25/2008 08:52:42 PM PDT
Straighten your halo and conserve. Listen to the expert. We are at the end of a nine-year drought and the next nine aren't looking any better.
"Stop watering your driveway - nothing's going to grow on it anyway," says William Patzert, an oceanographer with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, a fast man with a quip and with advice.
