PRESS RELEASE: Controversial mining project on Conglomerate Mesa greenlighted despite widespread opposition Guest Contributor Ecosystems April 9, 2026Press release from Friends of the Inyo: On April 6, 2026, the Bureau of Land Management approved a proposal for...
NEVADA TODAY: SNOWPACS project helps Walker River Basin communities navigate a changing water future Guest Contributor Planning and management April 3, 2026A University research initiative is helping farmers and water managers adapt to shifting snowpack, water availability and policy in snow-fed...
COMMENTARY: How the Delta Conveyance Project is being designed with sound engineering and transparency Guest Contributor CommentaryDelta Conveyance Project April 3, 2026By Graham Bradner, Executive Director for the Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Authority California’s Delta Conveyance Project is among the...
ZOCALO: The lonely lake that revolutionized American environmental law Guest Contributor Water rights and water law March 21, 2026In the 1970s and 1980s, Battles to Preserve Mono Lake Set New Protection Precedents By Caroline Tracey, Zocalo Public Square...
NEW REPORT: California water leaders release recommendations for strengthening Proposition 4 implementation Guest Contributor Policy and regulation March 20, 2026Press release from the California Water Data Consortium: The California Water Data Consortium released Strengthening California’s Climate Bond Outcomes with...
DVIDS: Salton Sea feasibility study progress takes center stage during ‘Tier 1’ meeting Guest Contributor Ecosystems March 12, 2026By Stephen Baack, DVIDS Senior leaders and project delivery team members with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers joined key...
GUEST COMMENTARY: Recharge the valley: Why California’s water future depends on groundwater Guest Contributor CommentaryGroundwater News February 19, 2026By Jim Mayer and Michael Saunders By any honest measure, California is living in water extremes. Long droughts empty reservoirs,...
PRESS RELEASE: Interior Department moves forward on guidelines for Colorado River absent full state consensus Guest Contributor Colorado River February 14, 2026From the Department of the Interior: The Department of the Interior is moving forward with the Post-2026 NEPA process to...
UC SAN DIEGO: Plastic pollution promotes hazardous water conditions, new study finds Guest Contributor Water quality January 31, 2026Tests in aquatic ecosystem ponds revealed that bio-based plastics have a substantially smaller environmental footprint By Mario Aguilera, UC San...
PENN STATE: Conservation may not be enough to sustain water supplies, researchers find Guest Contributor Planning and management January 26, 2026A new computational model reveals that prescriptive water conservation in three US cities would be less effective under severe climate...
UTA research helps Los Angeles understand hidden water impacts long after fires end Guest Contributor Wildfires and watersheds January 26, 2026Why California turned to University of Texas at Arlington after devastating wildfires By Brian Lopez, University of Texas at Arlington...
CSULB: Researchers trace climate threat rising beneath California Guest Contributor Groundwater News January 22, 2026By Wendy Thomas Russell, Cal State University Long Beach Sea-level rise is easy to picture: flooded roads, eroding bluffs, shrinking...
COMMENTARY: We banked on collaboration—and it’s paying off Guest Contributor Groundwater News January 22, 2026By Jim Peifer, Executive Director of the Regional Water Authority In the late 1990s, Sacramento-area water providers worked together to...
UNIV. OF TEXAS: El Niño and La Niña make water extremes move in sync Guest Contributor Hydrology January 16, 2026Press release from the University of Texas at Austin: Water extremes such as droughts and floods have a huge impact...
COLORADO NEWSLINE: Need for long-term solutions to Colorado River crisis has never been more urgent Guest Contributor Colorado River January 9, 2026As business leaders, we represent hundreds of companies and thousands of jobs that rely on stable management of this crucial...
