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 353By 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 236By 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 132By 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 841By 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 146As 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 268Commentary 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 202As California officials craft new regulations for urban water conservation, critics who belittle the importance of these efforts are often...
GUEST COMMENTARY: Gov. Newsom is accelerating California’s extinction crisis Guest Contributor Commentary January 24, 2024 1524By Jon Rosenfield, PhD, SF Baykeeper science director; and Eric Buescher, SF Baykeeper managing attorney California is at the forefront...
DAN WALTERS: Rollercoaster weather shows why California needs better infrastructure for wetter years Cal Matters Commentary January 18, 2024 84By Dan Walters, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters...
GUEST COMMENTARY: Small Legal Change Has Big Implications for California’s Climate Preparedness Guest Contributor Commentary December 12, 2023 248Written by Roger Dickinson, CivicWell Policy Director and co-author of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, and Julie Rentner, River Partners...
AG ALERT COMMENTARY: Blueprint seeks water reliability for San Joaquin Valley farmers Ag Alert Commentary November 8, 2023 159By Mike Wade, Executive Director of the California Farm Water Coalition, posted at Ag Alert California’s San Joaquin Valley is...
DAN WALTERS: Another wet winter looms. California needs to get serious about water management Cal Matters Commentary October 29, 2023 582California’s reservoirs are more full than usual thanks to last winter’s heavy rain and snow storms. Scientists believe that the...
AG ALERT COMMENTARY: Farmers fight to fix a river channel before next flood Ag Alert Commentary October 25, 2023 128By Norm Groot, executive director of the Monterey County Farm Bureau During atmospheric river storms that hit California in January...
AG ALERT COMMENTARY: Farmers need support in rollout of groundwater law Ag Alert Commentary October 18, 2023 85By: Justin Fredrickson, a water and environmental policy analyst for the California Farm Bureau A Public Policy Institute of California...
