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PROPOSED EMERGENCY RULEMAKING: Establishment Order Authority in the Scott River and Shasta River Watersheds (Emergency Regulation)

Required Notice of Proposed Emergency Action The regulation would allow the Board to issue curtailment orders to junior water rights holders if needed to maintain the emergency minimum flows. It establishes priority groups for curtailments, first targeting post-adjudication water rights. Exceptions would be made for non-consumptive use and to meet […]

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 Scott River’s 2023 Coho Salmon Returns Above Average —Population Resilience Calls into Question State’s Emergency Water Regulation 

 Scott Valley Agriculture Water Alliance Press Release Etna and Fort Jones, CA – January 11, 2024 —Unprecedented emergency regulations on a small ranching community in the Klamath River watershed are being called into question as state data shows that coho salmon populations continue to improve in the Scott River. The Scott, […]

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Flood-MAR: A Risky Recharge Gambit?

flood managed aquifer recharge (Flood-MAR) in California: Proponents argue Flood-MAR provides much-needed flexibility and resiliency. While often discussed as an emerging climate adaptation strategy, forms of intentional winter flooding and aquifer recharge have actually been practiced for over a century by native tribes and farmers/ranchers seeking to boost summer water […]

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Fort Jones Christmas Parade Results 2023

Adult organization Float -Scott Valley Quilters Guild Childrens organization Float-Fort Jones Elementary School Commercial Float-Siskiyou Telephone Adult organization walking-Siskiyou Mountain Men Childrens Organization Walking-Fort Jones 4H Adult General-Nor Cal Riders Adult Organization Horse Drawn-Scott Valley Rotary Adult Organization Mounted-Back Country Horsemen Childrens Organization Mounted-SV Pleasure Park Royalty Vehicle after 1940-Jefferson […]

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Letter to State Water Resources Control Board

SWRCB Offiicals, The permit you recently issued for Jim Morris Farms to divert water from the Scott River to groundwater is not in the public interest because, as shown in a previous demonstration project, it will only raise Scott River flows in early summer when flows are almost always adequate. […]

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Thanksgiving Blessing: Scott Valley FOCUS

The Scott Valley FOCUS annual Thanksgiving food giveaway took place on Monday, Nov. 20. Over 200 families received food for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, complete with a turkey, stuffing, gravy, potatoes, produce, cranberry sauce and a pie.  The FOCUS group thanks the many volunteers who helped make the event a […]