In the fall of every year, an incredible phenomenon takes place in the Central Valley: the fall salmon run. Adult salmon travel many miles from the Pacific Ocean upstream to their spawning grounds, returning to the river where they were...
The Mountain Counties Area spans over 15,700 square miles, encompassing most of the Sierra Nevada. Much of the state’s precipitation falls here in the winter as snow, slowly and steadily melting in the spring to support the forest vegetation; then...
Part 2 of the Cal Water Fix hearing at the State Water Board opened Thursday morning with the hearing officers considering NRDC’s motion which, by this time, had been joined by numerous entities also protesting the Delta tunnels project. (There...
Yesterday, the Department of Water Resources issued a memo to its contractors announcing that only two intakes and one tunnel will be constructed at this time, with the remaining intake and second tunnel constructed at a later date. After the...
California has joined a group of states suing two federal agencies for suspending a 2015 rule that entitled more bodies of water to protection. By Julie Cart, Cal Matters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their...