No precipitation again this past week giving 17 days of mostly clear skies but cold nights. Average high 54.5F and low 40.9F. January is at 48% of normal, while Water Year is 117% of normal at 32.08”. California Department of Fish and Wildlife is distributing $10M in grants from the Fisheries Restoration Grant Program for salmon and steelhead projects. Sonoma, Mendocino, Humboldt, Del Norte and Trinity counties all received money for projects. Commercial crabbing opens finally at the end of the week, with boats being able to place their pots out on Tuesday. This week on a day that was very cold and foggy, Chestnut-Backed Chickadees were actually ground feeding seed with the Dark-Eyed Juncos, something I have never seen before here.