At its first meeting of 2017, the Pine Cove Water District Board of Directors reviewed finances and held a closed session regarding a lease for use of the Rocky Point Communication site. At the meeting, the board looked at both the December and January financials and saw its cash balance growing. The $203,00 balance [for…

Idyllwild Water District General Manager Terry Lyons has ordered that the district advance to Water Conservation Stage 2, effective Sept. 1. Water conservation in Idyllwild is no longer optional. Specifically, IWD’s Ordinance No. 62 requires users of district water to: Limit irrigation of outdoor plants and gardens to the period between 6 p.m. and 8…

Two California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) trout hatcheries in the Eastern Sierras are continuing to fight an outbreak of Lactococcus petauri, a naturally occurring bacteria that sickens fish. The current outbreak was first detected in April 2022. CDFW fishery managers announced this week that about 350,000 infected catchable rainbow trout are now showing…