California’s reservoirs are more full than usual thanks to last winter’s heavy rain and snow storms. Scientists believe that the...
By Norm Groot, executive director of the Monterey County Farm Bureau During atmospheric river storms that hit California in January...
By: Justin Fredrickson, a water and environmental policy analyst for the California Farm Bureau A Public Policy Institute of California report last month warned of historic challenges for the state’s leading agricultural region under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. The...
From the Save Napa Valley Foundation: We at the Save Napa Valley Foundation (SNVF) write to share our firm belief...
By Joe Mouawad, general manager of Eastern Municipal Water District, and Jim Peifer, executive director of the Regional Water Authority...
California has a new proposal for allocating water to enhance the environmentally fragile Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, but the state’s fundamental water conflicts remain. By Dan Walters, Cal Matters California’s water warriors have a new arena for their perpetual conflict over...
Note: The Governor vetoed this bill on October 8, 2023. His veto message is here. Commentary by Sean Bothwell, Executive...
By Alexandra Biering, senior policy advocate for the California Farm Bureau In the past several years, the equity and effectiveness...
By Peter Nissen, president of Nissen Vineyard Services and president of the Napa County Farm Bureau, and Ryan Klobas, CEO of Napa County Farm Bureau Napa Valley is an agricultural destination known worldwide for its wineries, vineyards and picturesque landscape....
From the Department of Water Resources: The State Water Project (SWP) moves life-sustaining water across the state for 27 million...
By Dayna Ghirardelli, executive director of the Sonoma County Farm Bureau Regulatory compliance is part of doing business when you...
Assembly Bill 399 could set a precedent where large agencies throughout the state can use the Legislature to thwart local decisions. By Clint Baze, general manager of the Rincon del Diablo Municipal Water District, published at the Voice of San...
Two water districts are attempting to leave us all with a tab of more than $200 million as they form...
Friends of the River (FOR) and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), two of California’s oldest and most respected water...
Commentary by Ayman Mostafa, Ph.D., a field crops and entomology specialist and director of the Urban Agriculture Production, Small-Scale and Beginning Farmer Program at the University of Arizona The Southwest continues to endure a megadrought, signifying drought conditions lasting at...