By Lily Roby, Courthouse News Service As Atlantic salmon face growing migration challenges due to climate change, a new obstacle...
Trump ordered his attorney general to move against state climate programs that clash with his energy agenda. Legal experts say...
The Delta faces a funding crisis to repair and maintain an aging network of 1,100 miles of levees. These earthen berms, mostly on private land, could rupture and endanger half a million people and flood thousands of acres of farmland....
The San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary is often regarded as one of the most heavily invaded estuaries in the world. The...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A tiny water district in western Tulare County is poised to nearly triple in size...
From the Department of Water Resources: Since the 1950s, California’s salmon populations have dwindled due to lost habitat from a combination of factors, including human-made barriers such as dams, altered river flows, and climate change. These challenges mean DWR looks...
By Edward Ring, Director, Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center Helping thousands of victims of the wildfires...
From Ag Alert: California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot leads efforts to conserve the state’s environment and natural resources—water, air...
By Elyse DeFranco, Desert Research Institute OpenET, a nonprofit initiative focused on improving water management with accessible, satellite-based evapotranspiration (ET) data, has welcomed Sara Larsen as the new CEO. The organization is a public-private partnership led by DRI, NASA, California...
From the Central Valley Salinity Coalition: This year marks several significant five-year milestones for CV-SALTS and its efforts to address...
The Delta is a vital water source, providing drinking water to over 27 million people and irrigating 3 million acres...
From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) set out on its mission one-and-a-half years ago to begin returning beavers to watersheds throughout their native range in the state. Since then, the translocated...
From the State Water Board Administrative Hearings Office: This ruling adds more hearing dates to the schedule, outlines new procedures...
By H. Christopher Frey, North Carolina State University Science is essential as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency carries out its...
The Environmental Protection Agency argues that it didn’t need to consult with other agencies because states and territories aren’t obligated to adopt its scientific recommendations. By Monique Merrell, Courthouse News Service A battle over federal recommendations easing the limit of...