From Stanford News: A new Stanford-led study finds that controlled, low-intensity fires known as prescribed burns can slash wildfire intensity...
From the San Joaquin River Restoration Program: In support of the Water Management Goal of the San Joaquin River Settlement...
This notice is to advise that the State Water Board has received the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Final Temperature Management Plan. Tags Region/Location Sacramento Valley Water project operations Shasta temperature management...
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Governor Newsom and state lawmakers have reached a budget agreement for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, though additional budget items are...
Lack of key vitamin turns fatal for as many as half of salmon offspring. By NOAA Fisheries A vitamin deficiency likely killed as many as half of newly hatched fry of endangered winter-run Chinook salmon in the Sacramento River in...
USGS: A review of sediment transport across a natural tidal salt marsh in Northern San Francisco Bay
By the USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program Tidal salt marshes—vital ecosystems that protect coastlines, remove excess nutrients and...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water In a comment letter to the state Water Resources Control Board, one of the plaintiffs...
By Edward Ring, California Policy Center For the last few decades in California, the conventional wisdom has been that farmers and urban water consumers have to improve efficiency and reduce consumption. To the fullest extent possible, rain and snow falling...
An 18-year study reveals dramatic year-to-year variations in ultraviolet radiation penetration tied to Sierra Nevada precipitation cycles. By Andrew Chapman,...
Delta Conveyance Project streamlining efforts will continue as part of the legislative process Press release from the State Water Contractors...
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By Lois Henry, SJV Water The Kern County Water Agency is poised to cut off the only water source for...
By the USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program New research uses decades of satellite data to show...
DWR’s LandFlex Pilot Program has saved over 100,000 acre-feet of groundwater and protected 16,500 drinking water wells in California’s frontline communities. Enrolled lands are now in compliance with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act well ahead of the 2040 deadline. By...