By Felicity Barringer, Stanford University Access to clean water is a human right, South Africa’s constitution declared in 1996. That’s...
The initial forecast could change if the state receives more rain and snow. By Alex Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service The...
From the Department of the Interior: The Biden-Harris administration today announced an agreement with the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) that will conserve approximately 100,000 acre-feet of water in Lake Mead in 2023. The agreement includes approximately $77.6 million in new...
From the Hoopa Valley Tribe: With four words, the California Supreme Court thwarted agribusiness giant Westlands Water District’s years-long scheme...
California’s water year, which began October 1, is off to a dry start with below average precipitation in October and...
A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service and you will receive notification of this post on Friday mornings. Readers on daily email service can add weekly email...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC HEARING: Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan, Sacramento/Delta update, 2 of 3 beginning...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … EVENT: 2023 Delta Invasive Species Symposium from 8:30 to 4:15pm. The biennial Symposium is...
North America’s largest and oldest fish are declining fast, as more threats loom. Press release from the SF Baykeeper: Today, San Francisco Baykeeper, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, the Bay Institute, and Restore the Delta petitioned the California Fish and Game...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A unique land trust in southwestern Tulare County that aims to preserve farming by strategically...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … The vision of El Niño as producer of historic California storms may be...
by Clark Merrefield, The Journalist’s Resource There is a band of water across the equatorial Pacific Ocean, stretching from the coast of South America through to the island nations of Southeast Asia, whose temperature climatologists closely monitor as a driver...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: In California, farmers test a method to sink more water into underground stores
A novel program reimburses landowners for replenishing groundwater, in a bid to add regularity to the state’s boom and bust...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As California’s weather swings from droughts to floods, farmers say they are planning for either...
By John Beck, Ag Alert In the 1960s, dairy farmers along the Marin County coast agreed to sell their ranches to the federal government to facilitate creation of the 71,000-acre Point Reyes National Seashore in 1972. That sales accord created...