The Sacramento Bee, Calif., Dan Walters Column: Disputed Canal Back on Agenda
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By Dan Walters, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 19--A few months after he assumed the governorship in 1999, Gray Davis put forth an oh-so-cautious "preferred alternative" for dealing with the complex problems of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
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By Charles Ashby, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 24--DENVER -- A bill to strip governments' ability to take water rights through eminent domain squeaked through the House on a preliminary vote Friday.   Freshman Rep.
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By Rowena Coetsee, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jan. 31--Expecting to receive an infusion of money soon, Contra Costa sheriff's deputies are preparing for yet another round of pulling abandoned boats out of the Delta.
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By Danielle Sottosanti, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Jun. 7--A proposed large increase in Oro Valley's water-connection fees met with opposition from development and building representatives at a public hearing Wednesday night.
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By Denis Cuff, MEDIANEWS  When Contra Costa County crews cleared silt from the Walnut Creek channel 11 years ago, environmentalists accused them of scraping away soil and plants where birds and animals were living.
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By Cathy Locke, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 12--While saying they would prefer negotiation to litigation, El Dorado Irrigation District board members Monday agreed to join with a coalition in a potential battle with the city of Sacramento over water rights.
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By Russell Clemings, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  May 27--Eleven years after it was proposed, the first big development across the San Joaquin River north of Fresno now needs only a July vote of approval from the Madera County Board of Supervisors.
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By Cathy Locke, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 14--A proposed long-term strategy for managing and developing water resources in El Dorado County may not be perfect, but a spokesman for a water advocacy group says it's time the plan, six years in the making, was adopted.
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By BegoNe Cazalis, The Miami Herald  Jun. 3--When Gov. Charlie Crist vetoed projects worth $24 million for Miami-Dade County, he eliminated a $5.3 million allocation to help build a new water treatment plant in Hialeah.
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By Dusty Ricketts, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Sep. 10--NAVARRE BEACH -- Dredging is expected to resume on the troubled beach restoration project late next week.
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By Curtis Morgan, The Miami Herald  Feb. 3--Two years after a mysterious chemical contamination shut down two-thirds of the pumps tapping Miami-Dade's largest source of drinking water, county engineers are preparing to put them back on line.
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By MATT WEISER McClatchy News Service  The push behind its likely removal as an endangered species has some worried.   SACRAMENTO, Calif.
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By Keri Brenner, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Jun. 26--Controversy continued Monday at the second land-use hearing in as many weeks on a proposed development near Henderson Inlet.
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By Matt Weiser, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 13--Water exports from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta are expected to increase significantly today, despite additional smelt killed this week and a lingering risk to the threatened fish.
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By Alex Breitler, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Jun. 6--San Joaquin County may squeeze a straw into the Mokelumne River after all.
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By Cathy Locke, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 7--It's not often that a pipeline project spawns an archaeological dig.
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Panamanians will vote Oct. 22 on whether to undertake the biggest modification to the Panama Canal since it was opened in 1914.