PRESS RELEASE: Coalition urges the Newsom administration to reject the Sites Project Authority’s rushed application for regulatory streamlining Press Release/Notice News October 25, 2023 197Today, Friends of the River, Defenders of Wildlife, and a coalition of conservation organizations submitted a letter to the Governor’s...
AG ALERT: Saving rice land as habitat can help wildlife, farmers Ag Alert News October 25, 2023 66By Peter Hecht, Ag Alert As California agriculture braves a roller coaster of climate extremes, one sector—rice— faced a dramatic...
UC DAVIS: Adding crushed rock to farmland pulls carbon out of the air UC Davis News October 25, 2023 89Field test finds carbon stored in soils even in dry climates By Amy Quinton, UC Davis Adding crushed volcanic rock...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: What Water Bill Relief Could Look like for San Diego Voice of San Diego News October 24, 2023 77New research shows how big water bill discounts for the region’s poorest would impact city budgets. By MacKenzie Elmer, Voice...
NEWS RELEASE: New SoCal water bank improves water supply reliability for millions Press Release/Notice News October 23, 2023 263Officials celebrate start of $211 million High Desert Water Bank, Metropolitan’s largest-ever investment in groundwater storage From the Metropolitan Water...
SJV WATER: One Central Valley dam project gets nearly $95 million in funding; two others still in proposal phase SJV Water News October 21, 2023 542By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Three dam expansion projects could increase water storage for use in the Central Valley by...
C-WIN PRESS RELEASE: Proposed Water Conservation Rule Exempts California’s Most Profligate Users Press Release/Notice News October 19, 2023 185New Mandate Would Crack Down on Cities, Let Corporate Growers Off the Hook – All for Minimal Water Savings A...
UC SANTA CRUZ: Rebates can offer solutions to California’s groundwater woes UC Santa Cruz News October 18, 2023 45A new study by UC Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley researchers calculates how a unique program modeled after rooftop solar...
CAL MATTERS: Once hailed as a drought fix, California moves to restrict synthetic turf over health concerns Cal Matters News October 18, 2023 627California cities can ban synthetic turf under a law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed. He rejected a bill to ban PFAS...
AG ALERT: Farmers, tribes weigh in on river flows for salmon Ag Alert News October 18, 2023 127By Christine Souza, California Farm Bureau Federation Farmers, ranchers, tribal members and others who rely on water from the Scott...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Biologist asks judge to limit California dam’s impact on endangered salmon Courthouse News Service News October 18, 2023 167U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley said she could not issue an order recommending operational changes to the Coyote Valley...
THE CONVERSATION: What the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 – and 2,500 years of forest history – tell us about the future of wildfires in the West The Conversation News October 17, 2023 104Kyra Clark-Wolf, University of Colorado Boulder and Philip Higuera, University of Montana Strong winds blew across mountain slopes after a...
PRO PUBLICA: Western States Opposed Tribes’ Access to the Colorado River 70 Years Ago. History Is Repeating Itself. Pro Publica News October 17, 2023 65by Mark Olalde, ProPublica, and Anna V. Smith, High Country News ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up...
HOOPA TRIBE PRESS RELEASE: Westlands asks California Supreme Court to overturn environmental restoration obligations, further decimating Trinity River fishery Press Release/Notice News October 16, 2023 149Press release from the Hoopa Valley Tribe: In its latest effort to evade payment of at least $100 million in...
SJV WATER: Kern River legal wrangling raises questions about how – or whether – the river can serve the needs of people, fish and ag SJV Water News October 14, 2023 243By Lois Henry, SJV Water Kern County Superior Court Judge Gregory Pulskamp came back several times during an Oct. 13...