Water and Land Use From the Local Government Commission: In 2005, the California Legislature passed new laws that enable communities to...
From Westlands Water District: Today, Westlands Water District terminated its preparation of an environmental impact report pursuant to the California...
Five years ago, California became the last state in the West to regulate groundwater. Many thought this would be impossible until the need for groundwater management became overwhelmingly clear during the last drought. We should not wait for the next...
Last week, the Bureau of Reclamation signaled that they would not be participating in the Fall X2 action, which is...
There are numerous agencies involved in water quality issues that are focused on the San Francisco Bay and the Delta. ...
At the August meeting of the California Water Commission, Karla Nemeth, Director of the Department of Water Resources (DWR), spoke to the commissioners about the Department’s strategic plan and the work underway on the Delta conveyance project, which she noted...
Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law & Graduate School, for The Conversation The question of which streams, lakes, wetlands and other water...
Last week, representatives for the environmental organizations that are actively participating in the Voluntary Agreement process sent a letter to...
The Golden Gate Salmon Association has issued a statement responding to a memo from the US Fish and Wildlife Service to the Bureau of Reclamation, the upshot of which is that Reclamation is proposing changes to the Fall X2 adaptive...
In this edition of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science Journal: Chemically Enhanced Treatment Wetland to Improve Water Quality...
Some groups will likely paint the governor — who sees himself as an environmental warrior — as a politician who,...
There has been an ongoing conversation about the importance of thinking about the San Francisco Estuary holistically as a connected system, rather than siloing the Bay, Delta, and watersheds. The system is connected, after all, and it is important not...
Late Friday night, the California legislature passed Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), the California Environmental, Public Health and Workers Defense...
The Trump administration is expected on Thursday to roll back a major Obama-era policy that brought under federal protection many...
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office has been part of negotiations over air, water and endangered-species protections. The governor decries Trump’s environmental rollbacks but also seeks harmony with farmers opposing the bill. By Julie Cart, Cal Matters This story was originally published...