Congressmembers Kevin McCarthy, Devin Nunes, and David Valadao have sent a letter to Senator Feinstein, asking her just how she...
From the Office of the Governor: With California facing water shortfalls in the driest year in recorded state history, Governor...
About 800 to 1000 people rallied on the steps of the Capitol yesterday, urging Governor Brown to declare a drought and calling for the passage of a water bond this year. The event was organized by the California Latino Water...
Members of the California Democratic delegation have written a letter to Governor Brown, noting that yesterday, the House passed the...
At the December 19 Delta Stewardship Council meeting, the Council approved the membership of the Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee,...
In a letter to President Obama, Senator Feinstein, Senator Boxer, and Congressman Costa are calling on the President Obama to create a federal drought task force. California’s precarious water situation cannot be overstated, they write: “We have ahead of us...
Assemblymember Dan Logue, along with his colleagues, Assemblymembers Beth Gaines, Ted Gaines, and Jim Nielson, have written a letter to...
With the draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and the draft environmental documents now released and the public review process...
The Planning and Conservation League, Sierra Club, Environmental Water Caucus, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and other environmental organizations have sent a letter to Ms. Rain Emerson of the Bureau of Reclamation, objecting to the Environmental Assessment (EA) that was prepared...
The Delta Stewardship Council will elect new leadership at its January meeting. Phil Isenberg, who has headed up the Council...
As part of a new experimental product, NASA scientists are generating groundwater and soil moisture drought indicators each week which...
From the Westlands Water District: “On Friday, January 03, 2014, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted the first snow survey of the year. This survey confirms the severity of the water crisis. Snowpack measurements taken by DWR revealed...
Just 18 Delta smelt were found in the Delta during the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Fall Midwater Trawl, making...
From the Department of Water Resources: SACRAMENTO – As California’s dry weather pushes into the new year, the Department of...
Secretary John Laird issued the following statement: “California has just ended one of the driest years in recorded history in many areas. Today’s snowpack measurement was an abysmal 20 percent of normal. This is a clear call for all of...