Comments on: Who closed Yaudanchi Ecological Reserve? https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2019/02/06/who-closed-yaudanchi-ecological-reserve/ In-depth, locally-produced coverage of the Central Valley. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:43:55 -0700 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Yaudanchi Ecological Reserve – More Porterville History https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2019/02/06/who-closed-yaudanchi-ecological-reserve/#comment-149392 Yaudanchi Ecological Reserve – More Porterville History Fri, 30 May 2025 02:56:27 +0000 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=27107#comment-149392 […] closed Yaudanchi Ecological Reserve?Posted on February 6, 2019 by Catherine DoeCampbell Moreland Ditch running through Yaudanchi Ecological Reserve. […] […] closed Yaudanchi Ecological Reserve?Posted on February 6, 2019 by Catherine DoeCampbell Moreland Ditch running through Yaudanchi Ecological Reserve. […]

]]> By: mehmet McMillan https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2019/02/06/who-closed-yaudanchi-ecological-reserve/#comment-18035 mehmet McMillan Thu, 28 Mar 2019 12:23:56 +0000 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=27107#comment-18035 Yaudanchi seems to embody important and diverse interests, water being an important driver. The other drivers of science and outdoor education, living Native culture and its history and ceremony, the ecology of rare open space, and recreational benefits all seem to be rising to the surface. I see that more and more, people are becoming informed. Protection seems inevitable, but the inevitable is not always guaranteed nor does it just happen. Right now, we need a managing agency (ether State Parks or CA DFW to take the reins and establish the best management practice. Reach Friends of Yaudanchi, esp if you have influence at State Parks or CA DFW and are concerned about wild and rural lands, its peoples, and the allegedly free resources. Yaudanchi seems to embody important and diverse interests, water being an important driver. The other drivers of science and outdoor education, living Native culture and its history and ceremony, the ecology of rare open space, and recreational benefits all seem to be rising to the surface. I see that more and more, people are becoming informed. Protection seems inevitable, but the inevitable is not always guaranteed nor does it just happen. Right now, we need a managing agency (ether State Parks or CA DFW to take the reins and establish the best management practice. Reach Friends of Yaudanchi, esp if you have influence at State Parks or CA DFW and are concerned about wild and rural lands, its peoples, and the allegedly free resources.

]]> By: Richard Garcia https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2019/02/06/who-closed-yaudanchi-ecological-reserve/#comment-17643 Richard Garcia Sun, 03 Mar 2019 08:39:13 +0000 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=27107#comment-17643 I would encourage anyone searching for a path to groundwater sustainability in the Tule River Basin to take Saul Travers' advice and study the historic Campbell-Moreland Ditch on Google maps. It is located on world class aquifers that traverse the Yaudanchi Ecological Reserve. The old ditch was dug in 1860 in the gravel and sand streambed of what is referred to on 1892 maps as the “Old Channel of the Tule River”. The Vandalia Water District runs water intermittently through the ditch to make surface water deliveries to their customers and to fill nearby groundwater recharge ponds that are located adjacent to their 23 wells (soon to be 24) that pump around the clock on their well farm. Irrigation flows though the unlined Campbell-Mooreland ditch are crucial to the survival of the trees and wildlife on the Ecological Reserve. Stop the pipeline! Save Yaudanchi. I would encourage anyone searching for a path to groundwater sustainability in the Tule River Basin to take Saul Travers’ advice and study the historic Campbell-Moreland Ditch on Google maps. It is located on world class aquifers that traverse the Yaudanchi Ecological Reserve. The old ditch was dug in 1860 in the gravel and sand streambed of what is referred to on 1892 maps as the “Old Channel of the Tule River”.

The Vandalia Water District runs water intermittently through the ditch to make surface water deliveries to their customers and to fill nearby groundwater recharge ponds that are located adjacent to their 23 wells (soon to be 24) that pump around the clock on their well farm.

Irrigation flows though the unlined Campbell-Mooreland ditch are crucial to the survival of the trees and wildlife on the Ecological Reserve. Stop the pipeline! Save Yaudanchi.

]]> By: Saul Travers https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2019/02/06/who-closed-yaudanchi-ecological-reserve/#comment-17395 Saul Travers Sun, 10 Feb 2019 15:55:20 +0000 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=27107#comment-17395 Something that needs to be understood about the Vandalia Irrigation District is that they do not deliver water to growers using an extensive ditch system or water pipes - they take water and spread it on a historic river bed of the Tule River and let the water sink into the sandy soil of a past riverbed and growers then get the water from their wells. Those who are unfamiliar with Porterville may need to open google maps and look north of the Cal Fire station and you can see the main percolation pond as well as smaller ponds to the west. So here's my question: Why does it matter if the water percolates into the historic riverbed in their spreading ponds or 1/4 mile further to the east into the historic riverbed? Something does not add up here. Something that needs to be understood about the Vandalia Irrigation District is that they do not deliver water to growers using an extensive ditch system or water pipes – they take water and spread it on a historic river bed of the Tule River and let the water sink into the sandy soil of a past riverbed and growers then get the water from their wells. Those who are unfamiliar with Porterville may need to open google maps and look north of the Cal Fire station and you can see the main percolation pond as well as smaller ponds to the west.
So here’s my question: Why does it matter if the water percolates into the historic riverbed in their spreading ponds or 1/4 mile further to the east into the historic riverbed?
Something does not add up here.

]]> By: Laurie lonnevik https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2019/02/06/who-closed-yaudanchi-ecological-reserve/#comment-17391 Laurie lonnevik Sun, 10 Feb 2019 02:46:51 +0000 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=27107#comment-17391 Get the Sierra club involved.with the drought water being a valued commodity. It’s needed to replenish the aquifers . There is dry wells here for one. Get the Sierra club involved.with the drought water being a valued commodity. It’s needed to replenish the aquifers . There is dry wells here for one.

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