From the Department of Water Resources: The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released its first assessments of...
At the May meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Dr. Steve Brandt, Chair of the Delta Independent Science Board, provided...
This month, Pearls digs into some nuances of Delta smelt monitoring—and how we can get more bang from our sampling buck—in three related articles from San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. Plus, new research on salmon survival and flow volume....
State Water Board’s Erik Ekdahl discusses the climate change report; Attorney Valerie Kincaid explains why existing water right holders are...
Prepared Exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robert Shibatani Summer is officially only 3 weeks away, but it looks like we...
From the State Water Board: On June 1, 2021, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) issued an order that approves, subject to conditions, the changes requested in a Temporary Urgency Change Petition (TUCP) filed by the California...
From the State Water Board’s Administrative Hearings Office: On December 2, 2020, the Administrative Hearings Office (AHO) of the State...
With most of the state gripped by extreme dryness, some conditions are better, some worse, than the last record-breaking drought....
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) undertook the Your Delta, Your Voice survey to gather input from Tribal members and disadvantaged, minority, low-income, and otherwise underrepresented community members who live or work in the Delta. The objective...
From the Bureau of Reclamation: Reclamation proposes to issue annual Warren Act agreements/contracts to certain participating Friant Division contracts and...
Water experts believe efficiency measures and technological innovation will help California meet the needs of its 40 million thirsty residents...
Reversing another policy from the last administration, President Biden’s EPA is bolstering the ability of states and tribes to block pipelines and other energy projects that could harm waterways. By Erika Williams, Courthouse News Service The Environmental Protection Agency on...
By Justin Fredrickson, environmental policy analyst for the California Farm Bureau We’re in a drought again—and a bad one—and that...
By Dennis Pollock, Ag Alert Several people who are knowledgeable about cover crops gathered virtually for a webinar presentation on...
By Kevin Hecteman, Ag Alert Saying new regional regulations will have a profound impact on food production, farm organizations have petitioned the State Water Resources Control Board to review a regional board’s order limiting applications of fertilizer and other inputs...