The water crisis in the West and the decline of the Colorado River are going to require painful changes for...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water In what could be a precursor to state intervention in the San Joaquin Valley’s –...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Stewardship Council beginning at 10am in Rio Vista. Agenda itens include the Delta Lead Scientist Report, Delta Independent Science Board update, and a panel focusing on Sherman Island perspectives and issues. Click...
Water rights have garnered increasing attention as water managers and decision-makers grapple with how best to respond to changing conditions. ...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water The stand off over draining Poso Creek flood waters into a canal owned by the...
California was once home to the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River, but Tulare Lake disappeared as water was diverted to irrigate crops. This year, however, the lake will once again re-emerge. By Dan Walters, Cal Matters Spanish...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Conservancy Board will meet from 9am to 1pm. Agenda items include an...
With the ever-changing climate and increasingly dry summers, California faces water challenges, despite this year’s bountiful snowpack. At the February...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Jack Mitchell’s phone is ringing off the hook these days, but he almost always picks up. The head of the Deer Creek Storm Water District is busy coordinating crews and heavy equipment at multiple sites...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: State Water Resources Control Board beginning at 9:30am. Agenda items include ocean acidification,...
By Gary Pitzer, US Bureau of Reclamation California’s winter storms have blasted the Sierra Nevada with a thick blanket of...
Over 150 years ago the federal government agreed to provide the Navajo Nation with land to live on, but the justices will decide if it must also provide the tribe with the resources to do so. By Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] California storms … A 12th atmospheric river is headed toward storm-fatigued California, threatening even more floods “Still reeling from...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water The drama was high on the Tulare Lake bed Saturday as flood waters pushed some...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water After days of debate and delay the Kings County Board of Supervisors ordered a levee in the old Tulare Lake bottom cut so flood water raging into the valley could spread out onto farmland instead...