By Esther N Lofton, Laljeet S Sangha, Laura E Garza Diaz, UCANR California’s water systems are at a pivotal moment....
By Ching Lee, Ag Alert In what has been described as a resounding legal victory for agriculture, a federal appeals court has ruled that irrigation return flows discharged to waters of the United States through agricultural drains remain exempt from...
By John Cannon, Mongabay KEY IDEAS: California has recently relocated beavers from spots where they were causing problems, like flooding,...
From the Department of Water Resources: Agriculture is vital to California’s economy and intrinsic to our way of life. Beyond...
By Carolee Krieger, C-WIN Executive Director Water policy is convoluted, difficult to parse, and usually proceeds incrementally. But sometimes things happen that dramatically alter the legal and regulatory landscapes. It can be a court ruling, such as the 1983 National...
From the Delta Science Program: Part 2 of the 2025 State of Bay-Delta Science is now available online in the...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board), as the lead agency...
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From the Department of Water Resources: High in the mountains, thousands of feet above where most Californians live, are alpine...
The plant had to shut down operations to make state-mandated upgrades, but the San Diego County Water Authority still must...
Kelp forests are under increasing stress as oceans warm, but decades of satellite data have revealed the importance of maintaining fishing-restricted areas for climate resilience. by Amelia Macapia, EOS Kelp forests are underwater jungles and some of Earth’s most productive...
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Press release from the State Water Resources Control Board: [Friday], the State Water Resources Control Board released a Draft Scientific Basis Report Supplement that analyzes the science underpinning a proposed voluntary agreement for the Tuolumne River, a tributary of the...