Conservation organizations & coalitions

PRESS RELEASE: New Report Addresses Findings That Most California Groundwater Sustainability Plans Fail to Protect Vulnerable Communities and the Environment

June 28, 2023

The Nature Conservancy, the Union of Concerned Scientists, Audubon California, and Clean Water Action, among others, suggest that without course...

THIS JUST IN … Coalition Issues Intent to Sue Over Governor’s Decision to Suspend Water Quality Protections

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Water quality Water rights and water law

March 9, 2023

From the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN): A coalition of environmental groups – the California Water Impact Network, the California Sportfishing...

GUEST COMMENTARY: SGMA is Failing. Time to Fix It

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Commentary Groundwater News Policy and regulation

October 25, 2022

Guest commentary by Michael DeLapa, executive director of LandWatch Monterey County, and Chelsea Tu, executive director of Monterey Waterkeeper In...

THIS JUST IN … Press release: Tribes and Environmental Justice Groups Link Bay-Delta Collapse to Water Rights from California’s Racist Past

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Water rights and water law

May 24, 2022

Press release from the coalition of Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Save California Salmon, Little Manila...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Climate-proofing California’s water future, one drought dollar at a time

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Commentary Water supply augmentation

March 30, 2022

Commentary written by Charming Evelyn, chair of the Water Committee and vice chair of the Environmental Justice Committee at Sierra...

THIS JUST IN … Lawsuit Challenges Federal Water Contracts That Imperil Delta, Fish, Wildlife

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Water rights and water law

May 20, 2020

Press release from the Center for Biological Diversity, Restore the Delta, and the Planning and Conservation League: Three environmental groups...

THIS JUST IN … Lawsuit Filed Against Long Term Water Transfer Program

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Water project operations Water supply augmentation

May 14, 2020

Press release from AquAlliance: AquAlliance filed a lawsuit in federal District Court against the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and...

THIS JUST IN … Local coalition advances plan for Potter Valley Project that includes removal of Scott Dam

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Ecosystems

May 13, 2020

Two-Basin Solution for water users in Russian and Eel River Basins includes removing Scott Dam, upgrading water diversion structures, and...

THIS JUST IN … Golden State Salmon Association and allies seek injunction to stop implementation of new biological opinions

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Water project operations

March 11, 2020

From the Golden State Salmon Association: GSSA and allied groups have asked a federal court to immediately block a new...

GUEST COMMENTARY (REBUTTAL): Ecologists see little difference between unimpaired and (truly) functional approaches to flow

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Commentary

February 4, 2020

This guest commentary was written by Julie Zimmerman, Jeanette Howard, Jon Rosenfield, and Rene Henery in response to The Final...

THIS JUST IN … Watchdogs Sue Metropolitan Water District Over Delta Tunnel Financing

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Delta Conveyance Project

September 10, 2018

MWD’s planned rate hikes to pay for WaterFix Project violate Propositions 26 and 13 From Food and Water Watch: Food...

THIS JUST IN … Wetlands Preservation Foundation announces lawsuit against Department of Water Resources and The Nature Conservancy

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Water project operations

July 24, 2018

Lawsuit Seeks to Address Fiscal and Environmental Mismanagement of Staten Island in the Delta From the Wetlands Preservation Foundation: “Wetlands...

THIS JUST IN … California Fisheries Groups Sue State for Failure to Protect Impaired Waterways

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Ecosystems Notebook News and Features Water quality

November 2, 2017

From the Institute for Fisheries Resources: Today four commercial fisheries organizations filed a lawsuit accusing the California State Water Resources...

THIS JUST IN … River Defenders File Lawsuit to Protect California’s Waterways

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Water quality

November 1, 2017

Suit seeks state compliance with the Clean Water Act and CEQA From the Earth Law Center: Today, a coalition of...

THIS JUST IN … Fishing and Conservation Groups Sue to Block Delta Tunnels Project

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Delta Conveyance Project

June 29, 2017

Federal Agencies Approve ‘WaterFix’ Acknowledging It Will Harm Fish and Wildlife From the Natural Resources Defense Council: Conservation and fishing...

Author Conservation organizations & coalitions