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A Sea of Green Blankets the Desert
The Ocotillos are green and the recent storms and abundant rainfall has given life to the upcoming flower season. This springtime shows promise for seedlings to spring up throughout the desert floor. Some mountain slopes are... — Updated 2/22/2017
Garcia to Chair New Committee
Speaker Anthony Rendon has announced that Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia has been appointed to Chair the California State Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife. This committee oversees numerous significant issues that... — Updated 1/11/2017
Borrego Water in the News
Local resident Ray Shindler, has spoken out about Borrego's water issues. To read the full story, see - la.curbed.com/2016/11/3/13483388/california-desert-drought-borrego-springs Also see Shindlers letter to the editor online and in the next issue of the Borrego... — Updated 1/3/2017
Salton Sea Battle Continues
Managers of water agencies in California, Arizona and Nevada gathered together to finalize a deal to use less water from the dwindling Colorado River before the end of the Obama administration. The deadline has now proven to be unobtainable and the talks acknowledge they likely wo... — Updated 12/19/2016
Salton Sea - Another Bill Another Day
Following on from the L.A Times article yesterday and the confusion generally, another member of state has spoken out for the Salton Sea. If you are wondering whether all the talk and the occasional grants makes a difference? Congratulations, you aren't alone. You have people in... — Updated 12/12/2016
Nature Watch
Watching our weather is pretty interesting these days. Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday could not have been more lovely. Seventies, blue sky, calm. This is why we love living in our gorgeous valley. Saturday? Well, toward the end of Welk’s “God Bless America,” I smelled it. Then... — Updated 12/1/2016
IID issues Salton Sea Ultimatum
After more than a decade of inaction by the state, the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) has announced that it has no choice but to use the water transfers agreed on in 2003, as a bargaining tool. If the state doesn’t agree to the proposed ten year schedule of restoration for t... — Updated 12/1/2016
FARMERS MARKET Santa Ysabel
Sunday afternoon found Henry and I heading to the opening of the farmers market at the Don Bree Park in Santa Ysabel. There were five or so venders set up displaying their wares. There was also an area set aside for live music. A... — Updated 10/14/2016
8th Annual SoCal Energy + Water + Green Living Summit
The State of California is at a crossroads facing a historic drought and new mandate to reduce green house gases 40% below 1990 levels and reach 50% renewables by 2030. To address these critical issues, the Energy Summit has... — Updated 9/19/2016
West Nile Virus Season - "Prevent, Protect, Report"
It hasn't rained in months and the region is still mired in a drought, but that hasn't stopped the spread of illness or the mosquitoes that carry them. Environmental health officials warn that drought can actually increase... — Updated 9/16/2016
Killing the Colorado River
Imperial Valley farmers are coming under increasing scrutiny for using the vast majority of the state's water. A desire to utilize the consistent weather despite the natural resources available, will always be an impossible balanci... — Updated 9/2/2016
Boxer Calls for Accountability on Salton Sea
A 2014 study from the Pacific Institute, a global water think-tank, found that Californians could face $70 billion in costs, ranging from lower property values to dramatically higher health care costs for respiratory illnesses, if action is not taken to save the sea. Following on... — Updated 8/20/2016
Save Our East County Lakes
A petition has been launched online to save two East County Lakes. Witnesses claim firefighting aircraft had to go to alternative water sources, farther away, during the Border Fire - in which two people died, due to the city of... — Updated 8/7/2016
State Water - Targets Eased
Despite the continued dry weather, the State Water Resources Control Board has eased targets for individual water districts. Having recently announced changes to policy for limiting water use, that could eliminate the reduction... — Updated 8/1/2016
Update on Christmas Circle
Landscaping around the buildings at Christmas Circle is complete. New drought resistant surface should protect the buildings from water damage and cut down on the amount of water required to maintain the popular meeting... — Updated 7/21/2016
Salton Sea - Dust Mitigation Continues
The Water Conservation and Transfer Project currently being implemented in Southern California is one of the largest agricultural-to-urban water transfer projects in the entire world. The long-term transfer of up to 303,000 acre-feet of water annually from Imperial Irrigation... — Updated 7/10/2016
Border Fire Continues - 10% Containment
Even with cooler temperatures, the steep terrain, extremely dry vegetation due to many years of drought, difficult access and low humidity is continuing to hamper efforts in controlling the erratic ‘Border’ fire. As fire fighters continue their efforts, as of 6.30 a.m. today, June... — Updated 6/22/2016
Coachella Valley - Water Restrictions Lifted
Coachella Valley Water District (CVD) customers will no longer face drought penalties after June 1st following the Tuesday. May 24 vote by the Board of Directors. Penalties are to be lifted, after the state decided to end mandatory conservation targets in favor of water... — Updated 5/25/2016
Desert Critters and Climate Change
Researchers from the National Park Service and UC, Riverside have been working for three years at Joshua Tree National Park to see how the climate change is affecting plants and animals. There has been a sharp decline in the... — Updated 5/18/2016
Salton Sea - Boost to Projects
The bipartisan Water Resources Development Act of 2016 introduces legislation which will provide important flood protection, restore vulnerable ecosystems, and maintain ports and navigation routes across the State of California. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the... — Updated 4/27/2016
Borrego Springs - Blooming Through Storms
New Mall plantings are sprucing up the grounds with drought tolerant cactus, shrubs and trees as the latest in a series of Pacific storms moves into the region. With more scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms expected... — Updated 4/15/2016
Proposed Smoking Ban, State Parks
A bill proposed by state Sen. Marty Block, that would end smoking in California’s state parks cleared a state Senate committee Tuesday, April 12, with a 7-2 vote. A move that brings advocates a step closer to banning smoking on Inland beaches, boating lakes, and in forests and o... — Updated 4/13/2016
Coachella Valley - Arson Arrest
Coachella Valley resident Luis Josue Perales, 22, has been charged with setting fire to three occupied buildings, two unoccupied buildings, six vehicles and 14 other miscellaneous pieces of property, including palm trees and dumpsters. Perales pleaded not guilty Tuesday March 5,... — Updated 4/6/2016
Coachella Valley Water - Rate Hike
The Coachella Valley's largest water provider Coachella Valley Water District is considering its first residential rate hike since 2010. Under the proposal, which the board of directors are expected to vote on in June, homes that stay within their water budgets should only see an... — Updated 3/30/2016
Have We No Conscience?
New year begins with rain Please, let me get this straight! Because of the drought, California has mandated a twenty-five percent reduction of ‘monitored’ water usage within the state. Here in Borrego Springs, that applies only to Borrego Water District rate payers who use onl... — Updated 1/13/2016
