Salinas River Plan Draws Fire
From The Salinas Californian:
“Both farmers and environmentalists are taking aim at a new study addressing a controversial practice of bulldozing the Salinas River to prevent flooding. For decades, growers along the river have gone into the channel with equipment to clear brush and sediment to allow the river to flow faster during heavy rains and not back up and flood valuable crops. But challenges by both nonprofits and regional regulators required the Monterey County Water Resources Agency to conduct an environmental impact report that would show both the impacts and the proposed methods of reducing the harmful effects of the practice.”
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