Dr. Udall discusses the Colorado River’s hydrology, climate change impacts, shortage risk, and the Drought Contingency Plan Dr. Brad Udall...
The Yolo Flyway Farms Restoration Project involves restoring and enhancing approximately 278 acres of tidal freshwater wetlands at the southern...
From the Office of the Governor: “We have a big state with diverse water needs. Cities that need clean water to drink, farms that need irrigation to keep feeding the world, fragile ecosystems that must be protected,” said Governor Newsom in...
Plus a wrap-up of media coverage of today’s events In Governor Newsom’s State of the State address earlier today, he...
Governor Newsom says he will pursue single tunnel option; appoints Joaquin Esquivel as Chair of the Water Board Governor Newsom...
From the Department of Water Resources: The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced final decisions for groundwater basin boundary modifications requested by local agencies as part of the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). Draft results...
A team of researchers has created a scale to characterize the strength and impacts of “atmospheric rivers,” long narrow bands...
One of the elements of the 2016 Delta Smelt Resiliency Strategy is assessing the feasibility of restoring Franks Tract. The...
At the January meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, the Delta Watermaster gave his quarterly report, which included an update on the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan and what is being done to address losses in channel capacity in...
From the Bureau of Reclamation: “The Bureau of Reclamation released late yesterday the Biological Assessment for the re-initiation of consultation...
From the office of Senator Bill Dodd: Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, introduced legislation today that will help protect California’s precious...
California Snowpack Holds More Water than Last Year *This press release was updated by DWR around 1:30pm. From the Department of Water Resources: Today, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted the second Phillips Station snow survey of 2019. The...
The Delta Reform Act requires ‘taking into consideration the physical changes that have occurred in the past and the future...
Ellen Wohl, Colorado State University, for The Conversation The Trump administration is proposing to redefine a key term in the...
In September of 2018, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released the report, Managing Drought in a Changing Climate: Four Essential Reforms, which asserted there are five climate pressures affecting California’s water: Hotter temperatures, a shrinking snowpack, shorter and...