This Thursday, March 28, the Oregon Legislature will hold hearings on four bills that could cause rapid reduction of Oregon's elk herds through authorization of damage tags for landowners.   1) HB 3227 will be heard by the House Natural Resources Committee. The bill would establish an elk damage pilot program and issue limitless cow tags to landowners and others in seven...
Full Story 

Hidden War: How Special Operations Game Wardens are Reclaiming America’s Wildlands from the Drug Cartels, exposes an astounding yet under-reported nationwide environmental emergency. In Hidden War, author Lt. John Nores, Jr., recently retired after a 28-year career as a game warden with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, recaps the state’s aggressive campaign to eliminate Mexican drug cartels’ black-market trespass marijuana...
Full Story 

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is closely monitoring Oroville reservoir levels and current forecasts. Due to storms expected in the Feather River basin, DWR is taking steps to prepare for use of the main spillway potentially as early as the first week of April. DWR is following its standard process of notifying regulatory agencies, local law enforcement and local...
Full Story 

As boat owners prep for the season, it’s time to dust off the boat’s insurance policy and grab a magnifying glass to read the fine print. Unlike auto or homeowner’s insurance, recreational boat insurance has distinct coverages that can perplex boaters and leave them scratching their heads. What do you need to know? Boat Owners Association of The United States...
Full Story 

Here are the latest reservoir and water conditions, curated from the Department of Water Resources website, the Desert Research Institute, and others. Please go to the following link for more reports for this week: https://https://mavensnotebook.com/2019/03/25/reservoir-and-water-conditions-for-march-25/ ...
Full Story 

Clarifying Effects of Environmental Protections on Freshwater Flows to—and Water Exports from—the San Francisco Bay Estuary: Gregory J. Reis, Jeanette K. Howard, and Jonathan A. Rosenfield DOI: https://doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2019v17iss1art1 The Relative Importance of Agricultural and Wetland Habitats to Waterbirds in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta of California: David Shuford, Matthew E. Reiter, Kristin A. Sesser, Catherine M. Hickey, and Gregory H. Golet DOI: https://doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2019v17iss1art2 Diets of...
Full Story