“What data we have suggests that the predation is a huge factor that will probably preclude any recovery of salmonids...
Floating wetlands sound like something straight out of a fairy tale, fanciful landscapes where the laws of nature are suspended....
The aqueduct capacity in certain areas of the Southern San Joaquin Valley is nearly reduced by half due to subsidence. In California, 80% of the usable fresh water is located far from where it’s actually used, so water conveyance infrastructure...
Current water policies in the Delta encourage “shifting baselines” that gradually degrade ecosystems. But ongoing work on the Klamath River...
By Robin Meadows The first time Malissa Tayaba visited one of her ancestral village sites on the banks of the...
A new kind of Delta diversion could extract water at a slow enough rate, and across a wide enough area, that proponents say fish would hardly notice it. by Alastair Bland In California’s arid San Joaquin Valley, communities have long...
By Robin Meadows A decade ago, California fish advocates and water suppliers seldom crossed paths except as entrenched opponents in...
California is on the brink of a water crisis, with projections showing a potential decrease in water availability by 4.6...
At the June meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s One Water and Stewardship Committee meeting, DWR Director Karla Nemeth was on hand to make the economic case for the Delta Conveyance Project. The meeting included a presentation on the cost estimate...
by Robin Meadows Water diversions can harm aquatic ecosystems, riparian habitat, and beaches fed by river sediment. But the people...
Jeffrey Kightlinger spent 15 years as Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolitan Water District, the largest municipal water provider in...
By Alastair Bland I first tuned in to murmurs about plastic pollution in the late 1980s, when my mom would send me and my siblings to school with lunches packed in brown paper bags and wax-based sandwich wrappers. Compostable was...
In August 2022, amidst a severe drought, the State Water Board ordered ranchers and farmers in Siskiyou County to cease...
by Robin Meadows If you visit the Delta town of Walnut Grove during winter or spring, look for a surprise...
by Robin Meadows The San Francisco Bay-Delta is already among the most intensively studied ecosystems in the world. Now 18 experts are scrutinizing this system afresh in a committee convened by the National Academies at the request of the U.S....