By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A final report released by state Water Resources Control Board staff Friday maintains its recommendation...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water The state came to Kern County Thursday night and got an earful. Water managers, farmers,...
PRESS RELEASE: Kern subbasin groundwater sustainability agencies urge State to consider updated plan
Probation recommendation based on outdated science, data The Kern Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) have responded to a draft report from the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB). The draft report finds the Kern subbasin’s Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP)...
On September 17, 2024, the State Water Board will hold a public hearing to consider designating the Tule Subbasin as...
The plan was released the same week as the final two dams on the river were breached. By Alan Riquelmy,...
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has released the “Klamath River Anadromous Fishery Reintroduction and Restoration Monitoring Plan,” a 60-page blueprint to guide the reintroduction and monitoring of Chinook salmon, coho salmon, steelhead and Pacific lamprey in a...
From Shannon Brescher Shea, Department of Energy, Office of Science From thirsty agricultural crops to whitewater rafters contemplating a low...
The Klamath River was once a major habitat for salmon, but hydroelectric dams along the Oregon-California border region caused their...
From Sustainable Conservation: Sustainable Conservation’s Accelerating Restoration program is excited to announce the Restoration Permitting Roadmap, a first-of-its-kind web tool designed to help restoration practitioners in the Sacramento River Basin navigate the often complex and time-consuming permitting process. This new...
By David Nutt, Cornell Chronicle A Cornell-led research collaboration found that cooperative partnerships seeking to spread the cost burden of...
By the USGS: In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists compiled one year’s worth of soil and sediment erosion quantities occurring after...
In a warming climate, increased wildfire activity coupled with extreme rain events is causing significant erosion, leading to heightened sediment flow in rivers. This phenomenon has critical implications for water resource management and infrastructure maintenance. By the USGS A recent...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The plan to build California’s first new major reservoir in decades advances as the state...
By Robin Meadows The first time Malissa Tayaba visited one of her ancestral village sites on the banks of the...
By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Irrigators cut off water to a huge portion of the Imperial Valley’s half-million acres of farmland earlier this month after the federal government approved a long-awaited program designed to bolster water levels on the Colorado...