Rainfall and fire fuel moisture levels are significantly below historical averages this year. So how concerned should Santa Cruz County residents be?
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Bald eagles in Santa Cruz? A trip to Loch Lomond can provide magic views of the birds of prey
Bald eagles first made an appearance at the reservoir in 2014, when the two adults showed up. They have been observed year-round ever since. The first juvenile was spotted in 2015, and a second this year.
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California to truck young salmon to the Pacific because of low river levels
California officials will again truck millions of young salmon raised at fish hatcheries in the state’s Central Valley to the Pacific Ocean.
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Removal of 100-year-old dam in Santa Cruz Mountains a ‘win-win’ for coho salmon and Davenport residents
The Sempervirens Fund has secured a grant to remove a defunct dam in the mountains above Davenport. The removal will benefit Coho salmon spawning grounds in Mill Creek, as well as improve water quality for residents downstream.
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Battered, burned but alive: Time will heal Big Basin’s wounds, but it needs big money, too
California’s early estimate of $200 million for basic wildfire repair across the state Parks and Recreation Department will be gobbled up to satisfy Big Basin’s needs alone, estimated at $186 million. And it’s only the beginning.
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Who is feeding the farmworkers? Esperanza Farms teaches Pajaro Valley families about healthy eating & living
Esperanza’s two acres of farmland have become a means to not only address food insecurity, but also nourish the souls of families in need — and help them through a pandemic that has hit them disproportionately hard.
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A day to ‘Live like Vai’: Beloved Conception dive boat victim Vaidehi Campbell Williams fittingly celebrated
Friends, family, co-workers turned out to honor Vaidehi Campbell Williams with a memorial garden at the Soquel Creek Water District. Vai, as most knew her, was killed with 33 others on the dive boat Conception off the Channel Islands over Labor Day weekend in 2019.
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Digging 1,000 feet and purifying sewage: How Soquel Creek district is replenishing water supply amid drought
“Pure Water Soquel” is the Soquel Creek Water District’s ambitious plan to stave off future water restrictions by taking wastewater from the Santa Cruz wastewater treatment plant, piping it to an advanced treatment plant, purifying it to drinking water standards, and sending it through deep wells into aquifers to refill the groundwater basin.
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The U.S. is the biggest carbon emitter in history. Where do other nations stand?
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…