From the State Water Resources Control Board: The Notice of Public Meeting and Release of Preliminary Changes to Drought Emergency...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert With 60% of the state now in extreme drought conditions, state officials are warning water-right...
By Kevin Hecteman, Ag Alert In recognition of the ongoing drought and weather extremes, the Sonoma County Farm Bureau took a deep dive into the world of water storage and regulation last week in search of ideas and solutions. Step...
By Frost Pauli, a Mendocino County winegrape and pear grower and chair of the Mendocino County Farm Bureau Water Committee...
By Kevin Hecteman, Ag Alert Farmers with water rights along the Russian River in Mendocino and Sonoma counties may be...
By Ching Lee, Ag Alert Considering the red-hot price of cotton these days, California farmers say they would love to plant more of the field crop—if only they have the water. State cotton growers have increased plantings by a modest...
— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: California Water Commission will meet beginning at 9:30am. Agenda items include consideration...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: This email contains important information about the curtailment status of water rights and...
By Caitlin Grady, Penn State and Lauren Dennis, Penn State The water in Lake Powell, one of the nation’s largest reservoirs, has fallen so low amid the Western drought that federal officials are resorting to emergency measures to avoid shutting down...
From the Desert Research Institute: Farm vehicles are becoming so heavy that they jeopardize future food security in Europe, America...
By Alex Brown, Stateline As the Western United States endures an ongoing megadrought that has spanned more than two decades,...
— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Independent Science Board from 8am to 3pm. Agenda items include Discussion of the next steps on the current and completed reviews; Science needs assessment, and draft response of the Delta Science...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In January of 2022, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) released their assessments of the groundwater sustainability plans for...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Certification of Consistency Filed for North Delta Fish Conservation Bank
From the Delta Stewardship Council: The following certification of consistency with the Delta Plan for a covered action has been...
— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: LiDAR Derived Products Stakeholder from 9am to 12pm. The California Water Data Consortium and co-conveners will host a virtual cross-sector gathering to build common ground and collaboration on needs and uses of...