By Harrison Tasoff, UC Santa Barbara Against the backdrop of global warming, sea level rise and extreme weather, it’s reassuring...
By Sarah Whichello, Oak Ridge Associated Universities Research Participant with EPA. Estuaries are waterbodies where freshwater from the uplands mixes...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The legal fracas over who should pay to fix the sinking Friant-Kern Canal grew Friday when three Tulare County irrigation districts sued the Friant Water Authority for imposing steep fees on the districts approved through...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert California water officials are taking another step forward as part of a broader process to...
Part of the permit’s implementation will include methods for environmental restoration and spawning projects to benefit endangered species like the...
A balanced approach is key to benefiting California’s endangered fish species through habitat restoration, improved flow measures, monitoring, and hatchery production From the Department of Water Resources: Addressing the dual challenges of climate change impacts and endangered species protections, the...
Press release from the State Water Contractors Today, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the California Department...
The golden mussel’s appearance in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is its first confirmed detection in North America — and it...
By Jacob Margolis, LAist This article was originally published by LAist on 10/30/2024. Over the past decade, about 67 million gallons of fire retardant have been dropped on wildfires across California, according to the U.S. Forest Service. If you’ve ever...
The Department of Water Resources has posted the final EIR for the Long-Term Operation of the State Water Project in...
Low counts of spawning salmon could mean another year without fishing. Experts say the outlook still has time to turn...
From the California Natural Resources Agency: California is advancing restoration projects, streamflows for native fisheries, and a science plan in the state’s ongoing commitment to establishing and maintaining the health of our Sacramento River and Bay-Delta waterways and landscapes. By...
By NASA Summer heat has significant effects in the mountainous regions of the western United States. Melted snow washes from...
A series of USGS interactive maps have recently been published. The maps identify locations and levels of mercury contamination resulting...
From the California Water Impact Network: The $20+ billion Delta Tunnel pushed by the Newsom administration will not only burden ratepayers and taxpayers with tremendous debt, say water policy analysts – it will end up as a massive “stranded asset”...