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PUBLIC NOTICES
NOTICE OF INTENT TO PREPARE AN INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Southern Sierra Integrated Regional Water Management Group (Group) will prepare an update to its adopted 2014 Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP). This update is prepared in accordance with the updated State of California Department of Water Resources IRWMP Guidelines. The IRWMP will include groundwater, surface water, and other water management goals, objectives and identify strategies and projects to implement the IRWMP in a consensus-seeking basis model.
The Group currently includes 18 Members (participants who have signed the MOU) and over 150 Stakeholders (participating but have not signed the MOU). A map of the Southern Sierra IRWM, as well as a list of each of the Members and stakeholders can be found at the Group's website: www.southernsierrarwmg.org
The Regional Water Management Group formed as a group of agencies, non-profits and landowners and other interested stakeholders. Stakeholders who wish to provide input to the IRWMP may do so by submitting a written letter to Bobby Kamansky, Regional Water Management Group Coordinator, Sequoia Riverlands Trust, 428 S. Garden Street, Visalia, California 93277. Quarterly meetings will be held in June, September to review updated chapters.
This Notice has been prepared in accordance with Government Code 6066 requirements. Following completion of preparation of the IRWMP, the Group, as well as each member entity, will adopt the IRWMP. Prior to adoption, a Notice of Intent to Adopt the IRWMP will be properly noticed in accordance with Government Code 6066
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Southern Sierra Integrated Regional Water Management Group (Group) will prepare an update to its adopted 2014 Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP). This update is prepared in accordance with the updated State of California Department of Water Resources IRWMP Guidelines. The IRWMP will include groundwater, surface water, and other water management goals, objectives and identify strategies and projects to implement the IRWMP in a consensus-seeking basis model.
The Group currently includes 18 Members (participants who have signed the MOU) and over 150 Stakeholders (participating but have not signed the MOU). A map of the Southern Sierra IRWM, as well as a list of each of the Members and stakeholders can be found at the Group's website: www.southernsierrarwmg.org
The Regional Water Management Group formed as a group of agencies, non-profits and landowners and other interested stakeholders. Stakeholders who wish to provide input to the IRWMP may do so by submitting a written letter to Bobby Kamansky, Regional Water Management Group Coordinator, Sequoia Riverlands Trust, 428 S. Garden Street, Visalia, California 93277. Quarterly meetings will be held in June, September to review updated chapters.
This Notice has been prepared in accordance with Government Code 6066 requirements. Following completion of preparation of the IRWMP, the Group, as well as each member entity, will adopt the IRWMP. Prior to adoption, a Notice of Intent to Adopt the IRWMP will be properly noticed in accordance with Government Code 6066
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Article by Bobby Kamansky, Coordinator of the RWMG, November 28, 2014, The Kaweah Commonwealth:
"With the impacts of drought gripping California for the third year, information about water is more important than ever.
As Three Rivers residents know, the southern Sierra is one of more severely drought-impacted areas of California and is critically important to southern San Joaquin Valley resident and beyond. The Region includes many of California's most precious natural resources: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks; Sequoia, Sierra, and Inyo national forests; Devils Postpile and Sequoia national monuments; and upper watersheds of Kaweah, Kings, Kern, Tule, San Joaquin, Deer, and White rivers...
In 2009, the RWMG identified a critical need for better information about groundwater in the southern Sierra. We worked with consultants to determine the scope of work and the cost for water supply studies in at least five southern Sierra communities, and in 2012, I wrote a water supply study prospectus based on discussions with DWR and input from the region's stakeholders. The study seeks to understand the "water budget", or quantity and quality of the water in the Kaweah Watershed as it flows from the Great Western Divide and nine smaller watersheds into the underground aquifer.
The study examines several aspects of the area: local geography, geology, land use, precipitation, hydrographs and water demand."
"With the impacts of drought gripping California for the third year, information about water is more important than ever.
As Three Rivers residents know, the southern Sierra is one of more severely drought-impacted areas of California and is critically important to southern San Joaquin Valley resident and beyond. The Region includes many of California's most precious natural resources: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks; Sequoia, Sierra, and Inyo national forests; Devils Postpile and Sequoia national monuments; and upper watersheds of Kaweah, Kings, Kern, Tule, San Joaquin, Deer, and White rivers...
In 2009, the RWMG identified a critical need for better information about groundwater in the southern Sierra. We worked with consultants to determine the scope of work and the cost for water supply studies in at least five southern Sierra communities, and in 2012, I wrote a water supply study prospectus based on discussions with DWR and input from the region's stakeholders. The study seeks to understand the "water budget", or quantity and quality of the water in the Kaweah Watershed as it flows from the Great Western Divide and nine smaller watersheds into the underground aquifer.
The study examines several aspects of the area: local geography, geology, land use, precipitation, hydrographs and water demand."
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Op-ed, submitted by Chis Moi and Bobby Kamansky of the RWMG, October 25, 2014, Visalia Times-Delta:
"In this year, when drought impacts grip the majority of California, identifying solutions to our water challenges is more imperative than ever.
The water challenges we face affect us on many levels, from the water that comes out of our tap, to the water that irrigates the food we eat, and that which filters back into the ground to restore underground aquifers. Managing this important resource is complicated and is marked by a contentious history.
In a shift toward collaborative, cross-jurisdictional, and multiple-benefit water management, Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) refines the process for managing water challenges and opportunities. IRWM works off the premise that outcomes are more sustainable when a diversity of viewpoints agree on solutions, when multiple benefits are maximized, and when planning efforts transcend federal, state, county, and local jurisdictions. At a time when economic and human capacities are stretched thin, collaboration expands a region’s collective resources to effect meaningful change." Read more
"In this year, when drought impacts grip the majority of California, identifying solutions to our water challenges is more imperative than ever.
The water challenges we face affect us on many levels, from the water that comes out of our tap, to the water that irrigates the food we eat, and that which filters back into the ground to restore underground aquifers. Managing this important resource is complicated and is marked by a contentious history.
In a shift toward collaborative, cross-jurisdictional, and multiple-benefit water management, Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) refines the process for managing water challenges and opportunities. IRWM works off the premise that outcomes are more sustainable when a diversity of viewpoints agree on solutions, when multiple benefits are maximized, and when planning efforts transcend federal, state, county, and local jurisdictions. At a time when economic and human capacities are stretched thin, collaboration expands a region’s collective resources to effect meaningful change." Read more
Press release, September 23, 2014: Announcing the RWMG's release of the complete draft Southern Sierra Integrated Regional Water Management Plan and request for public comments.
Press release, May 22, 2014: Announcing Southern Sierra RWMG's Climate Change Workshop on June 5, 1-5 pm at Provost and Pritchard in Fresno, CA.
SSRWMG Notice of Intent: Formal notice of intent given by the Southern Sierra Integrated Regional Water Management Group (Group) to prepare an Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP). Posted in the Fresno Bee.
Press release, September 23, 2014: Announcing the RWMG's release of the complete draft Southern Sierra Integrated Regional Water Management Plan and request for public comments.
Press release, May 22, 2014: Announcing Southern Sierra RWMG's Climate Change Workshop on June 5, 1-5 pm at Provost and Pritchard in Fresno, CA.
SSRWMG Notice of Intent: Formal notice of intent given by the Southern Sierra Integrated Regional Water Management Group (Group) to prepare an Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP). Posted in the Fresno Bee.