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Walking south along the coast of Catalina Island, the noises of bustling tourists and the crashing Pacific waves quickly give way to a steady whir. This is the sound of Southern California Edison’s energy plant that not only powers the entire island, but also provides it with potable water through its desalination system. “These are our workhorses,” says Ron Hite, the manager...
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A question currently garnering significant attention in the field of salmon management is whether salmon can be reintroduced above dams, giving them access to historic habitats that are currently blocked off. Determining the feasibility of such an effort requires understanding the current state and suitability of the river habitats where salmon reintroduction is proposed. To inform such evaluations, FISHBIO conducted...
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The flood control spillway flows remain at 0 cubic feet per second (cfs). Inflows are approximately 12,000 to 18,000 cfs which has resulted in the lake rising from 860.1 to 860.5 feet elevation in the last 24 hours.  Five units at the Hyatt Power Plant are currently running, allowing for a total outflow of 12,900 cfs. Contractors continue to remove sediment...
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LAND OR SEA? The recent rains early this year brought much-needed relief from the five-year drought in California. Reservoirs are full, mountains are covered with snow and flood control structures are being used, some for the first time since 2006. Interstate 80 causeway commuters frequently, though perhaps unknowingly, witness one of the most important floodplains in California – the Yolo Bypass,...
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Richard Heap is currently at a PFMC meeting in Vancouver, Washington, fighting for whatever ocean salmon season he can scrounge out for the Oregon Klamath Management Zone (Oregon KMZ) which includes the Port of Brookings Harbor and spans from the California/Oregon border up to Humbug Mountain. Unfortunately, due to two specific rivers' salmon that are swimming in the ocean, the...
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