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Public invited to explore the Kaweah River watershed with local expert

November 23, 2024

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

Members of the public are invited to join a local expert on a half-day tour exploring Terminus Dam and two nature preserves that are part of the Kaweah River watershed Wednesday, Dec. 4. Sponsored by the Sequoia Riverlands Trust, the annual tour is open to the public and provides an opportunity to learn more about…

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One Tulare County groundwater agency charges full tilt into recharge

August 13, 2024

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

Farmers and water managers in the Kaweah subbasin are charging headlong into recharge as a key strategy to both keep the state’s hands off its pumping and position growers to better withstand drought years. Fifteen recharge projects have been completed, are in progress or are in the design phase in the East Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability…

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Authors advocate generational thinking to manage water in the southern San Joaquin Valley

July 11, 2024

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

Two college buddies who spent a day fly fishing on the Sacramento River came home with more than fish tales. For retired city planners Greg Collins and James Holloway, it prompted a new book, “Seven Generations: The Past, Present and Future of the Tulare Lake Basin,” published in May. This might beg the question, what…

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Fluctuating Kaweah River flows yield giant catches over Thanksgiving weekend

December 4, 2023

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

The Kaweah River was reduced to a trickle out of Terminus Dam in late November, stranding catfish, carp and crawdads in shallow pools and giving young anglers a rare look at the critters that travel through the channel. Residents who live along the riverbank in eastern Tulare County could see — and smell — the…

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Farmers fighting farmers over pumping allocations as Kaweah subbasin prepares for state scrutiny

October 6, 2023

• by Lisa McEwen, SJV Water

Groundwater relations in the Kaweah subbasin in Tulare County have gone from bad to worse. Fingers have been pointed, ultimatums laid down and patience has run out. At its Sept. 26 meeting, the Greater Kaweah GSA board accepted a recommendation to allocate 1.87 acre feet of groundwater per acre to its farmers for the 2023-24…

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CLOSED: Public is told to stay out of most valley rivers; closure on a portion of the Kern tries to make room for rafters

May 5, 2023

• by Jesse Vad and Lois Henry, SJV Water

This year’s epic runoff into San Joaquin Valley rivers is creating a tricky tightrope for local agencies tasked with keeping the public safe. How do you let people enjoy the bounty of water while making sure they don’t do anything lethally stupid? Upper Kern River It’s a difficult balance, as Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux…

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Residents in small Tulare County towns take brunt of historic flooding

March 17, 2023

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

Tulare County’s two main reservoirs both “filled and spilled” after the latest series of atmospheric rivers slammed into California starting March 10. The storms dumped rain on the San Joaquin Valley floor and melted at least some of the historic snowpack in upper elevations, swelling rivers and streams that flooded out residents of numerous communities. …

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Storm could “push the limits” of San Joaquin Valley’s flood response systems

March 8, 2023

• by Lois Henry

If the coming storm hits as predicted starting late Thursday, San Joaquin Valley flooding hot spots – and some new ones thanks to subsidence – could be swamped. It’s not because reservoirs above the valley floor are full. The culprits are likely to be the much smaller and typically dry “uncontrolled streams” threaded throughout the…

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Late summer rains brought little – but not much – drought relief to San Joaquin Valley watersheds

August 24, 2022

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water reporting trainee

Monsoonal rains in early August offered a brief moment of relief to some San Joaquin Valley watersheds. But the dousing of rain did not make a dent in the ongoing drought, according to water managers. “It helped a couple of the Kern River interests with flow that they weren’t anticipating,” said Mark Mulkay, Kern River…

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Public invited to explore the Kaweah River watershed with local expert

One Tulare County groundwater agency charges full tilt into recharge

Authors advocate generational thinking to manage water in the southern San Joaquin Valley

Fluctuating Kaweah River flows yield giant catches over Thanksgiving weekend

Farmers fighting farmers over pumping allocations as Kaweah subbasin prepares for state scrutiny

CLOSED: Public is told to stay out of most valley rivers; closure on a portion of the Kern tries to make room for rafters

Residents in small Tulare County towns take brunt of historic flooding

Storm could “push the limits” of San Joaquin Valley’s flood response systems

Late summer rains brought little – but not much – drought relief to San Joaquin Valley watersheds

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