By Gavin D. Madakumbura, University of California, Los Angeles and Alex Hall, University of California, Los Angeles Fire season is...
Human-caused climate change has pushed the onset of fire season in the state to as much as 46 days earlier...
Governor Newsom and the California Department of Water Resources announced a series of actions that will ensure accountability and transparency for potentially impacted communities during construction of the Delta Conveyance Project, a critical piece of the state’s water and climate...
Press release from the Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley The Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley today...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Plans to keep dwindling Kern River rainbow trout populations from dipping into endangered species territory...
Over pumping wells causes subsidence that devalues houses, UCR study finds By Dan Danelski, UC Riverside A UC Riverside study has found that as land in California’s Central Valley sinks due to excessive groundwater pumping, so do local housing values....
By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water A western Fresno County groundwater agency hopes to increase pumping fees by about 212%, from...
From the Metropolitan Water District: Wetlands project receives statutory exemption for restoration projects (SERP) The Webb Tract Wetland Restoration Project...
From the Department of Water Resources: DWR has released an approximately 30-minute lecture-style presentation video about a key concept presented in the draft BMP document: the role of critical head in managing land subsidence. Groundwater managers and practitioners may be...
Press release from Searles Valley Minerals: Searles Valley Minerals is pleased with the decision of Orange County Superior Court confirming...
The Kern Fan Groundwater Storage Project aims to create a regional water bank in the Kern Fan area, capable of...
By the USGS The USGS Water Resources Mission Area is assessing how much water is available for human and ecological needs in the United States and identifying where and when the Nation may have challenges meeting its demand for water....
Press release from the Yurok Tribe: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently approved the Yurok Tribe Environmental Department’s application for Treatment...
Ruling doesn’t change estimates of China Lake water use, but will likely mean less, more expensive water for Indian Wells...
Commentary by Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center There are obvious benefits to logging, grazing, prescribed burns, and mechanical thinning of California’s forests. When you suppress wildfires for what is now over a...