In California’s Central Valley, studies have found that increased streamflow can improve the survival of imperiled juvenile salmon populations during...
At the November meeting of Metropolitan’s Bay-Delta Committee, Bay-Delta Initiatives Manager Steven Arakawa briefed the committee members on recent communications from elected officials and others regarding the operations of the federal and state water projects and the voluntary agreements. He...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert To keep people informed about the status of groundwater, especially as the state experiences drought and climate challenges, the California Department of Water Resources last week released its California Groundwater Update 2020. The document is...
By Dennis Pollock It has become a well-worn cliché in the world of irrigation: “If you want to manage water, you have to measure water.” Bill Green knows the expression well, as both an agriculture specialist at the Center for...
“We really have to get creative and equally value all of the interests of the stakeholders, use cooperative agreements and MOUs, and new innovative partnerships in order to succeed,” says Amy Cordalis. Amy Cordalis is a fisherwoman, attorney, mother, and...
Suddenly flush with cash, drought-riddled California has a golden opportunity to update its 20th century water infrastructure and retrofit it for climate change. By Nick Cahill, Courthouse News Service Caught in one of the driest two-year stretches in state history...