Conservation organizations & coalitions

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

November 14, 2025

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

PRESS RELEASE: SAFER water for California’s future: Legislature moves to continue safe drinking water program past 2030

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Policy and regulation

September 11, 2025

Press release from multiple organizations Today, the Governor and Legislature released a three-party deal that would protect safe drinking water...

PRESS RELEASE: CA environmental groups decry this year as the state’s worst legislative year for the environment and climate in recent history

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Policy and regulation

September 11, 2025

Press release from multiple organizations This legislative session was marred by significant deregulation and increased government handouts to the most...

BAY DELTA PLAN UPDATE: Conservation groups request additional hearing dates and the comment deadline moved back to December

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Policy and regulation

August 30, 2025

Letter submitted to the State Water Board: Defenders of Wildlife, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, Friends of the River, Golden State...

PRESS RELEASE: Over 200 Organizations Call for Major Fixes to New CA State Permitting Law To Protect Public Health, Air and Water Quality, and Natural Lands

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Policy and regulation

August 13, 2025

A coalition of over 200 organizations from throughout California today called on Governor Newsom and the California Legislature to immediately...

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: C-WIN and Friends of the River submit testimony for change in point of diversion hearing

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Delta Conveyance Project

July 19, 2025

The State Water Resources Control Board’s Administrative Hearings Office is conducting a public hearing regarding the Delta Conveyance Project. The...

PRESS RELEASE: Delta Tribes and statewide organizations urge legislators to reject Governor Newsom’s Delta tunnel and Bay-Delta Plan trailer bills

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Delta Conveyance Project Policy and regulation

May 21, 2025

Groups call on lawmakers to protect environmental safeguards and public processes while rejecting attempts to fast-track costly infrastructure projects The...

PRESS RELEASE: Coalition files petition for reconsideration after State Water Board denies call to cancel Delta tunnel change petition

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Delta Conveyance Project

May 13, 2025

New motion by State Water Contractors undermines transparency and raises concerns of bad faith Press release A coalition of thirty-two...

ANNOUNCEMENT: Occidental Arts & Ecology Center launches Fuels to Flows project

Conservation organizations & coalitions

ANNOUNCEMENTS

March 22, 2025

From the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center: Building on OAEC’s three decades of land stewardship and watershed restoration work, we...

SF BAYKEEPER: Coalition demands cancellation of Delta tunnel change petition over DWR’s repeated failure to provide required water use data

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Delta Conveyance Project

March 20, 2025

From the San Francisco Baykeeper and other organizations: A coalition of water advocates, Tribes, environmental justice organizations, and fishing organizations...

SF BAYKEEPER: Coalition sues Trump administration to list white sturgeon under Endangered Species Act

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Fish and wildlife

February 11, 2025

Largest North American freshwater fish needs protection from state and federal mismanagement Press release San Francisco Baykeeper, California Sportfishing Protection...

PRESS RELEASE: Transfers, groundwater overuse, voluntary agreements, and lots of $$$: Aqualliance and allies sue Glenn Colusa Irrigation District

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Commentary Water rights and water law

February 6, 2025

Press release from AquAlliance AquAlliance, Central Delta Water Agency, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, and the California Water Impact Network...

PRESS RELEASE: Tribal-Environmental Coalition calls for justice and equity in Bay-Delta Water Quality Plan

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Policy and regulation

January 14, 2025

Press release from the Delta Tribal-Environmental Coalition: Administrative comments filed last Friday by the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC) urge...