Category Water

Humboldt marijuana farm diverted creek, killed fish

Let’s legalize marijuana which will, among other things, put an end to the environmental damage done by growers now. Charges for alleged water diversions, oil pollution and marijuana cultivation along a creek in the Mattole River watershed are being sought…

California severe to extreme drought continues

Faced with massive cutbacks in water supplies due to drought, California farmers are pumping groundwater to attempt to make up some of the difference. Groundwater levels in some areas are dropping alarmingly. On the west side of the San Joaquin…