Dear Reporter   If you're reporting on the news that US Drought Monitoring data is showing that many California's counties are out of drought OR the governor' emergency declaration for 13 counties due to too much rain or snow, consider broadening your story by including elements breaking the other way.  I'm referring to news from the state yesterday that we're looking at...
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Well, that cleared up quickly… It’s still chilly out but the wind has calmed down and folks back are fishing the shoreline. Here's Kevin Zemla, March 1st 2023 with a "Hog of a rainbow trout" caught on Powerbait near the dam! ...
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Written exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by hydrologist Robert Shibatani The past week has seen unprecedented weather across southern California, the Bay Area, and portions of the Sierra Nevada.  While the storms have not matched the strength and immediate destruction of the New Year’s Atmospheric River, they have nevertheless resulted in record-breaking snow conditions throughout much of southern California and the Sierra...
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San Francisco -- Fishery managers, in a presentation given to the salmon industry in Oregon on February 27, estimate there are only 169,800 Sacrament Basin fall run salmon in the ocean now. This is likely too few to allow much, if any, fishing in 2023.  The same information will be delivered to the California salmon industry on March 1. Normally fishery...
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Sorry I missed last week’s publications as I had a medical problem and was not able to type. The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) with the Trinity Management Council (TMC) have agreed to the augmentation of a Winter Flow for the Trinity River that began February 15th and will end March14th. These releases are supposed to emulate winter snow melt. Trinity Lake’s water source...
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Dear Salmon supporter, The governor has taken direct aim at our salmon and we need to let him know he needs to change course.  In a harsh blow to salmon recovery efforts, Governor Gavin Newsom has bowed to the will of factory farm operators in the Central Valley and invited his water managers to waive state law aimed at protecting salmon and other species,...
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