PCWA announced today that General Manager Andy Fecko has been named to serve on the newly-established Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission. Created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden in 2021, the Commission “will play a key role in recommending ways that federal agencies can better prevent, mitigate, suppress and manage wildland fires. It will also recommend policies and strategies on how to restore the lands affected by wildfire,” according to a press release by the United States Department of Agriculture. Read more...

The PCWA Board toured recently completed repairs to three segments of PCWA’s canal water system. The segments, damaged by fallen trees and mudslides during record-breaking December storms, have been operating under temporary repairs since early January. Read more...

Officials in Las Vegas, New Mexico, had barely finished battling the massive Calf Canyon-Hermits Peak wildfire earlier this month before they had to point their defenses toward another threat: the ash-filled erosion that could pollute their water. Read more... (external link)

With the arrival of warm weather and Memorial Day weekend upcoming, PCWA issued its 2022 recreational water release schedule and campground information for its Middle Fork American River Project. Read more...