REACTIONS: Newsom’s salmon strategy gets mixed reviews Maven News February 5, 2024 475Last week, the Newsom administration released its salmon strategy aimed at aimed at protecting and restoring salmon “amidst hotter and...
NOAA FISHERIES: Sacramento River winter-run chinook salmon remain endangered, review finds NOAA Fisheries News February 5, 2024 273Recent progress offers hope for recovery but serious threats continue to affect species. By NOAA Fisheries Partners have pulled together...
SJV WATER: Farmers in Tulare County set to test groundwater market they hope could help keep them in business and replenish the aquifer SJV Water News February 2, 2024 479By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water How will selling groundwater help keep more groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley’s already critically...
OPEN ET: Tracking the invisible movement of water NASA/JPL News February 2, 2024 106From NASA’s Earth Observatory As the world looks for sustainable solutions, a system tapping into NASA satellite data for water...
SJV WATER: Judge leans toward dismissing some – but not key – actions in ongoing Kern River lawsuit Maven News February 1, 2024 114By Lois Henry, SJV Water Kern County Superior Court Judge Gregory Pulskamp let the battalion of attorneys in court Wednesday...
CAL MATTERS: Saving salmon: Newsom unveils blueprint for ending decades-long decline Cal Matters News January 31, 2024 230By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Newsom launches strategy to restore salmon population Courthouse News Service News January 31, 2024 71The wide-ranging initiative includes a bevy of dam removal projects By Hillel Aron California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California officials hopeful for more snow as season nears its peak Courthouse News Service News January 31, 2024 42By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service There’s a structure that stands near a snow survey point at Phillips Station, off...
AG ALERT: Waterfowl flock again to valley rice fields Ag Alert News January 31, 2024 121By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert The return of fully planted rice crops to the Sacramento Valley following years of drought...
THE CONVERSATION: What is an atmospheric river? A hydrologist explains the good and bad of these flood-prone storms and how they’re changing The Conversation News January 30, 2024 91Qian Cao, University of California, San Diego A series of atmospheric rivers is bringing the threat of heavy downpours, flooding,...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Ramping up releases of hatchery Delta smelt to the wild Robin Meadows NewsScience January 29, 2024 736By Robin Meadows It’s a lovely December morning in Rio Vista, a town of 10,000 in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta....
BERKELEY LAB: Rising Sea Levels Could Lead to More Methane Emitted from Wetlands Berkeley Lab News January 29, 2024 72A low-salinity Bay Area estuary ecosystem is producing higher-than-expected levels of methane By Aliyah Kovner, Berkeley Lab As sea levels...
DAN WALTERS: California regulators want to spend billions to reduce a fraction of water usage Cal Matters News January 26, 2024 333Household use is a tiny fraction of California’s overall water supply, but the state wants to spend billions of dollars...
UC BERKELEY: White House rule dramatically deregulated wetlands, streams, and drinking water UC Berkeley News January 26, 2024 164From UC Berkeley’s Rausser College of Natural Resources The 1972 Clean Water Act protects the “waters of the United States”...
SJV WATER: “Where’s the river?” Bakersfield lowers required Kern River flows pending interim flow agreement SJV Water News January 26, 2024 119By Lois Henry, SJV Water Required flows down the Kern River channel were lowered by the City of Bakersfield on...