Supreme Court Decision Upholds Ruling that Twitchell Dam Operators Must Comply with Federal Law to Protect Endangered Fish Press release...
Three claims remain against Charlton Bonham, executive director of the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife, and certain others can be amended. By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service A federal judge handed a mixed-bag ruling to three North State companies...
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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Yesterday, the State Water Board released its release of its draft staff report and Substitute Environmental Document for the...
From the Delta Stewardship Council: The California Court of Appeal has dismissed the remaining appeal challenging the state’s long-term management plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the Delta Plan. “The Court’s decision affirms the Council’s authority and role,” said Chair...
This periodically recurring atmospheric phenomenon in recent years has become just too unreliable to count on. By Robert Krier, Voice...
From the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN): In 2012, California passed the Human Right to Water Law (HRTW), the first state statute...
From Clean Water Action and partners: Clean Water Action and our allies at NRDC, EWG, and CalPirg have been working on lead for a number of years, but the State Water Board’s staff has been loath to admit that Californians...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A fast-acting recharge project in a creek bed near Lindsay is scheduled to break ground...
From the Department of Water Resources: Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Expected Release Date DWR is still on track to issue a Final...
By Vicky Boyd, California Farm Bureau Federation After a four-year decline in potato production nationwide, this season’s crop appears poised to buck the trend, spurred by strong demand and improved water supplies. While higher processing contract prices are driving much...
By Christine Souza, California Farm Bureau Federation Farmers in counties along the California-Oregon border have reported millions of dollars of...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition (SMC) is a partnership of 16 stormwater...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water In less than 20 years’ time, the San Joaquin Valley could become a patchwork of vast swaths of vacant, weed-filled lands interspersed with a few single-crop mega farms that employ only a small fraction of...