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Published on February 2nd, 2021
Please join a coalition of environmental, Tribal, fishing and environmental justice groups on Tuesday, February 2 to urge the State Water Resources Control Board to adopt and implement new flow standards. More flow is needed to protect the fish and wildlife in the Bay-Delta ecosystem and the rivers that flow into it – including the salmon runs that support salmon fishing jobs from Morro Bay to Fisherman’s Wharf and into Oregon.
(Dan Bacher photo)
By Dan Bacher
The State Board has been paralyzed for years. We need strong public support to get them to do their job.
water, that is true. there is a really bad weed problem. hippos and capybaras are more of an april fool s situation. but that april fool did run in the california water blog today. and i forgive them. because this was a day that honestly in california they needed some magical lightness of imaginary botswana hippos swimming around in the port of stockton. you can forgive them for trying to find something funny in this situation, because today things got really really real in california on the issue of water. they ve done something they ve never done before. today is the last day of california s traditional snow season, april 1st. every year it s the day they measure how much is in the california snow pack. it has huge implications of how much water is available for everything the state uses water for. today, every year, on april 1st, the day they measure, it turns out this year was worse than anybody dreamed. snow pack statewide came in this year at 5% of normal. not 5% below normal, bu
this is a photo today from the california water blog, which is an excellent blog. and the california water blog, as you can see in this picture, it shows this pod of hippos that the city of stockton brought in to graze on the weeds around the big industrial port. they brought this herd of hippos from botswana. they radio tagged them so they don t lose them. they keep people far away, because the hippos don t much like people. other than that, it is apparently working like it is supposed to. hippos love delicious water hyacinths. they re helping stockton with their problem. stockton brought in a second slightly cuddlier hyacinth eater. these adorable little capybara in the river. they re giant swimming rodents