November 2025

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Trump administration moves to weaken federal protections for waterways and wetlands

November 18, 2025

Environmental groups warn the proposal to change the definition of “waters of the United States” would eliminate crucial safeguards for...

DAILY DIGEST, 11/17: Storminess to continue along the West Coast this week; CA’s rule book on El Niño and La Niña is broken; Fall Run Chinook salmon runs looking much better this year on the Sacramento and Klamath; Building a watershed-scale monitoring network in the Sierra Nevada; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

November 17, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: How the state and federal water projects can better protect fish; Benchmarking the Delta tunnel against global tunnelling risk; Valley Water picks five projects totaling $3.9B to boost water supplies by 2050; SoCal evacuation orders and warnings canceled after storm brings mudslides, flooding; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

November 16, 2025

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UC DAVIS: How California’s state and federal water projects can better protect fish

UC Davis

Reports Water project operations

November 15, 2025

Report reviews Central Valley Project and State Water Project operations for endangered fish By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis At least...

HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: In Mendocino, river restoration pays off for salmon

High Country News

Fish and wildlife

November 15, 2025

Coho love the newly ‘messy’ streams. by Tanvi Dutta Gupta, High Country News This story was produced with support from Bay...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Northern California’s next kelp forests might be growing in a lab

Courthouse News Service

Ecosystems

November 15, 2025

Kelp once formed “underwater rainforests” on the California coast, but these fragile ecosystems have largely disappeared. At a marine lab near the Bay Area, scientists are trying to bring them back. By Carly Nairn, Courthouse News Service On a rainy...

PRESS RELEASE: Environmental Groups Send Trump Administration Legal Notice for Killing Endangered Species

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Water project operations

November 14, 2025

San Francisco Baykeeper, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Friends of the River issue a notice of intent to sue...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Nov. 9-14: National Academies releases report on the long-term operations of Delta water projects; Delta Caucus leaders call on state commission to appeal tunnel project certification; Kings County Farm Bureau vows to take groundwater case to state Supreme Court; and more …

Maven

Weekly Digest

November 14, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 11/14: Atmospheric river researchers in Marysville begin critical work amid NorCal storm; In burned forests, the West’s snowpack is melting earlier; Delta Caucus leaders call on state commission to appeal tunnel project certification; How cities can make AI infrastructure green; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

November 14, 2025

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WATER DESK: In burned forests, the West’s snowpack is melting earlier

The Water Desk

Wildfires and watersheds

November 14, 2025

As blazes expand to higher elevations, the impacts cascade downstream By Mitch Robin, The Water Desk As the American West...

PRESS RELEASE: Searles Valley Minerals resolves some issues with IWVGA, approves settlement on Groundwater Sustainability Plan

Indian Wells Valley

Groundwater News

November 14, 2025

Press release from Searles Valley Minerals As of Nov. 13, 2025, Searles Valley Minerals and the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater...

DAILY DIGEST, 11/13: Major storm to unload inches of rain, set off flash flooding in CA; Experts warn ‘CA will be a desert’ as atmospheric rivers move north; In Mendocino, river restoration pays off for salmon; No deal on Colorado River; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

November 13, 2025

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ASPEN JOURNALISM: No deal on Colorado River

Aspen Journalism

Colorado River

November 13, 2025

Seven states fail to reach agreement by feds’ Nov. 11 deadline By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism Water managers from the...

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Environmentalists say they’re cool with East County taking cred for Pure Water’s production

Voice of San Diego

Planning and management

November 13, 2025

By MacKenzie Elmer, voice of San Diego There’s a debate over whether the city of San Diego should or could...

DAILY DIGEST, 11/12: No deal on the Colorado River despite Trump admin deadline; Atmospheric river to hit California with heavy rain, strong winds; PPIC Report: Water research amid changing state–federal partnerships; New dam rule could put Grand Canyon at risk; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

November 12, 2025

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Month: November 2025

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Trump administration moves to weaken federal protections for waterways and wetlands

DAILY DIGEST, 11/17: Storminess to continue along the West Coast this week; CA’s rule book on El Niño and La Niña is broken; Fall Run Chinook salmon runs looking much better this year on the Sacramento and Klamath; Building a watershed-scale monitoring network in the Sierra Nevada; and more …

UC DAVIS: How California’s state and federal water projects can better protect fish

HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: In Mendocino, river restoration pays off for salmon

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Northern California’s next kelp forests might be growing in a lab

PRESS RELEASE: Environmental Groups Send Trump Administration Legal Notice for Killing Endangered Species

WATER DESK: In burned forests, the West’s snowpack is melting earlier

PRESS RELEASE: Searles Valley Minerals resolves some issues with IWVGA, approves settlement on Groundwater Sustainability Plan

DAILY DIGEST, 11/13: Major storm to unload inches of rain, set off flash flooding in CA; Experts warn ‘CA will be a desert’ as atmospheric rivers move north; In Mendocino, river restoration pays off for salmon; No deal on Colorado River; and more …

ASPEN JOURNALISM: No deal on Colorado River

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Environmentalists say they’re cool with East County taking cred for Pure Water’s production

DAILY DIGEST, 11/12: No deal on the Colorado River despite Trump admin deadline; Atmospheric river to hit California with heavy rain, strong winds; PPIC Report: Water research amid changing state–federal partnerships; New dam rule could put Grand Canyon at risk; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: California’s biggest reservoir project in decades clears major obstacle; El Niño may bring more water to California than reservoirs can hold; The end is coming for California’s untouchable grass; Leaders debate Colorado water and river management; and more …