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War on Purple Plague Cameras and eyeballs discovered the magenta spikes of one of California's prettiest pests in the Delta this year, confirming the spread of purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) from the upper to the lower watershed. The surveys by airplane, boat and foot, and education efforts aimed at revealing the ugly side of this pretty aquatic plant, represent the first year of a three-year project aimed at extinguishing the European invader before it's too late. »Read More

Bulletin Board THE GOVERNOR'S DROUGHT ADVISORY PANEL, which includes water officials, lawmakers and environmentalists, is scheduled to release its strategy ... »Read More Close Call for Troubled Tanker To a casual observer, the Neptune-Dorado resembled any other tanker. But to the Coast Guard, the Greek-owned, Singapore flag-flyng ship ... »Read More Monster Vs. Mitten Crab For the past several years federal and state fish facilities have been beseiged by an armored army: hundreds of thousands of Chinese mitten crabs ... »Read More Skaggs in Limbo Jim Haire has dark circles under his eyes these days. Among the worries troubling this third generation North Bay farmer is how to pass a viable business on ... »Read More San Pablo Bay Switchboard Keeping tabs on all the restoration work steaming ahead in the North Bay got easier on December 8, when a new Web site went on line ... »Read More Two Boosts For Conjunctive Use Acres of shallow ponds that let water percolate into the earth and wells that force water back underground instead of pumping it out may eventually be common features ... »Read More Leading The Way For 15 up-and-coming Californians, January 2001 will not only be the true start of the new millennium, it will also be the start of a year-long program ... »Read More Delisting Copper? Environmentalists broke a tradition this October, when for the first time in regional history they did not contest regulatory approval of South Bay wastewater discharge permits ... »Read More Delta Fish Carry Contaminants Anglers casting a line out into Delta waters may not want to eat every last fish they catch. In a study published by the S.F. Estuary Institute this September ... »Read More Vetting Sonoma Baylands Peter Baye stood on the levee circling Sonoma Baylands on a bright day this fall and thought that despite the fuzz of cordgrass around its edges, the restoration project ... »Read More