Highlights A trifecta of fire-friendly climate conditions set the stage for the January 2025 fires: back-to-back wet winters that boosted...
By Edward Ring, director of water and energy policy for the California Policy Center Along with the fairly recent popularization...
By Alex Fox, Scripps Institution of Oceanography El Niño and La Niña are climate phenomena that are generally associated with wetter and drier winter conditions in the Southwestern United States, respectively. In 2023, however, a La Niña year proved extremely...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: On February 20, 2025, the State Water Resources Control Board (Board) held a...
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By Lois Henry, SJV Water The state Water Resources Control Board voted Thursday to give Kern County water managers more...
Local agencies have until June to address final deficiencies in plans Citing significant progress in the plans of groundwater sustainability...
From the Department of Fish & Wildlife: Salmon are swimming again in the North Yuba River for the first time in close to a century. The fish are part of an innovative pilot project to study the feasibility of returning...
The Center for Biological Diversity intends to sue Trump and the Army Corps of Engineers for illegally expediting approval of...
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Decades ago, a separate, north-to-south conveyance system was envisioned as part of the original State Water Project. The idea persists because the need persists, he says. Today, Governor Newsom sent a letter to the State Water Board explaining why granting...
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A new report examines how atmospheric changes contributed to January’s devastating Southern California wildfires By Elyse DeFranco, Desert Research Institute...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A 12th groundwater agency sprang into being Tuesday after a marathon meeting of the Porterville Irrigation District, which voted to formally break ties with the embattled Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency. Though the move was...