Scott and Shasta Valley producers and residents: let your voices be heard by the State Water Board in Montague on Oct 30

Please come let your voices be heard at a listening session of the State Water Board on October 30th at the Montague Community Center. Identical sessions will be held at 2 pm and 5:30 pm. A new emergency regulation to once again curtail irrigation is in the works for both Scott and Shasta for 2024, and a permanent regulation is being considered for the Scott. The minimum flow levels being promoted for a permanent regulation in the Scott would be far tougher than last year's emergency regulation. In fact, according to the Scott Valley Integrated Hydrologic Model, they would be unattainable in 75% of our summers—even with no irrigation at all. Read more in this August 15 letter from 496 Scott Valley residents and neighbors to the State Water Board. And please come to the listening session on October 30th in Montague! They need to know that our agriculture-based communities cannot withstand year after year of 30% reductions in water use and/or early July cutoffs. This is what’s currently being discussed.