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Agriculture · TulareThe state Water Resources Control Board reversed course on a proposed fee change for groundwater extraction in the San Joaquin Valley after receiving a volley of negative letters, saying changes are “premature.” The update came during an online Water Rights Fees meeting July 31. Fees target pumpers in overdrafted subbasins placed on probation by the Water Board for lacking adequate groundwater plans. State fees – $300 per well, per year plus $2…Read Article
State’s proposed fee change for pumpers falls flat – SJV Water
Bakersfield · BakersfieldThis is the first in our new series of videos exploring who owns the waters of the Kern River. The Tubatulabal tribe lived along the north and south forks of the Kern River for possibly as long as 6,000 years before the first settlers arrived. The tribe lost its lands and was suffered horribly. Its members, though, are still here and very much a part of the Kern River Valley community. And the river is still a key part of their heritage. This se…Read Article
Kern River Valley tribe excluded from river rights – SJV Water
Species · CaliforniaPlans to keep dwindling Kern River rainbow trout populations from dipping into endangered species territory are detailed and exacting. They are also more than a decade, if not decades, old and, for the most part, inert. When the first “Upper Kern Basin Fishery Management” plan was written in 1995, its goal was to avoid the Kern River rainbow having to be listed as threatened or endangered after it became a candidate for listing under the U.S. …Read Article
