COMMENTARY: Farmers should brace for new state water rules, fees Ag Alert Commentary December 11, 2024 86By Alexandra Biering, director of policy advocacy for the California Farm Bureau California farmers and ranchers who divert water and...
GUEST COMMENTARY: Resilience and Readiness: Supporting final studies for Delta Conveyance Project while reflecting on our state water system’s past, present and future Guest Contributor Commentary December 4, 2024 160By Charles Wilson, Executive Director of the Southern California Water Coalition We can’t escape our history. In 1984, the Southern...
DAN WALTERS: How three Trump policy decrees could affect California’s agricultural industry Cal Matters Commentary November 19, 2024 213By Dan Walters, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters...
ESSAY: Water wasted to sea? Guest Contributor Commentary November 8, 2024 359By James E. Cloern, Jane Kay, Wim Kimmerer, Jeffrey Mount, Peter B. Moyle, and Anke Müeller–Solger If we farmed the...
COMMENTARY: Sites Reservoir: A Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity Sites Project Authority Commentary November 8, 2024 180By Fritz Durst, Chair, Sites Project Authority Water is a precious resource in California—and like any smart investment strategy, we...
DAN WALTERS: A century later, salmon again spawning in Klamath River after dams removed Cal Matters Commentary November 1, 2024 847By Dan Walters, Cal Matters Sixty years ago, I was a reporter for the Klamath Falls (Oregon) Herald and News...
COMMENTARY: A call for balanced water management in California Ag Alert Commentary September 18, 2024 172By Mike Wade, California Farm Water Coalition The draft environmental impact statement for the long-term operation of the federal Central...
COMMENTARY: Failure to implement environmental laws shows what’s really in store for the endangered San Francisco Bay-Delta ecosystem Guest Contributor Commentary September 5, 2024 479By Gary Bobker, Senior Policy Director at Friends of the River, and Jon Rosenfield, Science Director at San Francisco Baykeeper...
COMMENTARY: Farmers to benefit as Sites Reservoir nears fruition Ag Alert Commentary July 24, 2024 260By Fritz Durst, a Yolo County farmer and chairman of the Sites Joint Power Authority From prolonged drought to excessive...
COMMENTARY: Logging can protect forests, increase water supplies Ag Alert Commentary July 11, 2024 160By Edward Ring, Ag Alert Practical solutions to California’s energy and water shortages will always have a better chance of...
COMMENTARY: Investing now to keep Valley safe from megafloods Guest Contributor Commentary June 14, 2024 844By Senator Alvarado-Gil, Assemblyman Heath Flora, and Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria We all know it. You shouldn’t wait to close the...
CAL MATTERS: California needs bold new strategies to save what’s left of its freshwater species Maven Commentary May 28, 2024 188By Ted Sommer, Cal Matters Ted Sommer is a Public Policy Institute of California-CalTrout Ecosystem fellow at the PPIC Water...
DAN WALTERS: California needs reliable water supply, but climate change brings more uncertainty Cal Matters Commentary February 27, 2024 148As California’s precipitation becomes more erratic due to climate change, the state needs more tools, including more storage capacity, to...
COMMENTARY: Where does water wind up? You might be surprised Ag Alert Commentary February 7, 2024 269Commentary by Mike Wade, Executive Director of the California Farm Water Coalition Water, the essence of life, is an indispensable...
COMMENTARY: It’s easy to criticize California water conservation. It’s a lot harder to offer solutions Cal Matters Commentary January 31, 2024 203As California officials craft new regulations for urban water conservation, critics who belittle the importance of these efforts are often...
