Tag: dams
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Why Reform Of Hawaii’s Water Policy May Now Be Necessary
The challenge is to establish a comprehensive approach that moves from less conflict to more cooperation. The recent Maui wildfires have raised both old and new issues around water security in Hawaii. Water allocation or who gets how much has always been an issue in Hawaii. The issues are now magnified with the call for…
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The Story of the Orcas and the Chinook Salmon
Photo by theartist312/iStock An Endangered Species Act parable Thanks to 20th-century aquariums and marine theme parks, orcas—also known as killer whales—are the most iconic marine mammals in America. When the public learned their captivity involved torture, captive orca exhibits (mostly) disappeared from those parks, as they should have. Now there are signs that certain groups…
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New Salmon Successes
Photo: Carmichael’s iconic water tower is a sentinel near a newly established salmon nesting habitat near Ancil Hoffman Park. Biologists Maeghen Wedgeworth and Matt Ziemer drop markers prior to measuring underwater nests. Photo by Susan Maxwell Skinner SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) – Within weeks of a $3.6 million Water Forum project completion in October, giant chinook were spawning…
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New report confirms benefits of FIRO strategy in enhancing water management at Prado Dam
Press release from the Orange County Water District, Army Corps of Engineers, and Scripps Institute of Oceanography A new report illustrates the benefits of the Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO) at Prado Dam. This innovative strategy, developed collaboratively by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the Orange County Water District (OCWD), and the Center for…
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Fishery on Elwha rewards tribe’s long push for river restoration
Vanessa Castle and Matt Beirne from the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe head up the Elwha River to a fishing hole. Bellamy Pailthorp/KNKX Members of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula harvested about 200 coho salmon from their home river in October. That marked a milestone for river restoration a decade after two…