By: Greg Hawkins is Parks and Recreation Manager for the El Dorado Irrigation District as published in the Mountain Democrat As a result of California’s historic multi-year drought, EID has been managing an unprecedented tree die off due to bark beetle infestation. The trees’ natural defense mechanism is to repel the invader by pushing […]

Contact: Jesse Saich, (530) 642-4127, jsaich@eid.org  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Placerville, Calif. — On May 30, crews began watering up the District’s high country canal and flume system. The system had been offline since damage from January and February storms breached sections ofcanal and flume. “This is an extraordinary achievement,” said EID General Manager Jim Abercrombie. […]