When the levee broke: In 10 years since devastating Jones Tract flooding, much has changed on Delta levees [Stockton Record]
Ten
years ago this morning, a levee on Jones Tract west of Stockton abruptly crumbled,
unleashing a flood of water and worry. The water went away, eventually. The
worry never did.
A
decade later, the perceived fragile nature of Delta levees remains a concern
across California, where millions of people depend on water funneled through
the estuary. And yet, since Jones Tract, those much-maligned levees have held
firm. There has been no major Delta flood since that sunny day when the Jones
Tract levee gave way and 12,000 acres of farmland became a lake. In fact, the
trend goes farther back than that. Levee breaks have been less common ever
since the state began helping farmers pay for levee upgrades three decades ago.
Interlake
Tunnel project funding before Monterey County Supervisors [Monterey Herald]
After
months spent discussing the pressing need for critical Salinas River projects,
the Monterey County Board of Supervisors is set to first consider funding a
lower-profile project linking the two south county reservoirs….The $25 million
tunnel proposal involves connecting the Nacimiento and San Antonio reservoirs
to allow water be moved from the former, which fills faster, to the latter for
storage and later use. The project is expected to help improve the reliability
of the Salinas Valley's water supply, and the effort to fight seawater
intrusion, according to county water agency assistant general manager Rob Johnson….
'Monumental
task:' Shoei readies to rebuild for new crop [Marysville Appeal-Democrat]
They
will rebuild. That was the the message coming Monday from Shoei Foods Chairman
and Managing Director Don Soetaert. The company's Olivehurst walnut and coconut
processing plant, at 1900 Feather River Boulevard, was devastated by a Saturday
night fire. "The big challenge now is how can we handle the new
crop," Soetaert said. Every year, beginning in September, Shoei Foods buys
roughly 40 million pounds of walnuts grown in the Sacramento Valley.
Dean
named for Cal Poly's College of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences
[San Luis Obispo Tribune]
Andrew
Thulin, who has served as interim dean of Cal Poly’s College of Agriculture,
Food & Environmental Sciences since last July, has been named dean. Thulin,
58, is an alumnus of Cal Poly’s animal science department and 16-year veteran
of its faculty. Before assuming the interim post, he led the college’s animal
science department for 15 years….The College of Agriculture, Food &
Environmental Sciences has 184 faculty members and an annual budget of $19.5
million. Each year, the college’s 10 departments offer undergraduate and
master’s degrees in 16 majors and 22 minors to about 4,000 students.
Oriental
fruit fly found in San Carlos [San Mateo Daily Journal]
Local
and state agriculture officials are investigating whether Oriental fruit flies
are breeding in San Mateo County after a single fly was found in the city of
San Carlos. The Oriental fruit fly targets hundreds of fruit, vegetables and
plants which is why officials are keen to identify and eradicate any local
populations….Fred Crowder, the San Mateo County agricultural commissioner, and
the California Department of Food and Agriculture announced jointly Monday they
are conducting an extensive survey in response to the discovery of the single
Oriental fruit fly. The survey will lay an extra 350 traps over roughly 81
square miles around the area where the fly was trapped.
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