Listing will require new safeguards for fish, SF Bay and Delta ecosystems Press release from the San Francisco Baykeeper The...
Federal funds provide peace of mind to Tribe, improves fish passage in lower Klamath River By the US Fish & Wildlife Service This December marks the 60th anniversary of an historic and deadly event that occurred in northern California, impacting...
The government’s draft environmental assessment, released in June, moves a key water agency closer to approval of a plan that...
Proposed changes hinge on managing releases and diversions from Shasta Reservoir From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water When you’re done, you’re done. And the Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) is done. The district recently issued its new groundwater plan — purposely without coordination among the other groundwater agencies in the...
Mountain recharge powers growers’ hidden reservoirs By Jules Bernstein, UC Riverside New research shows that California’s Central Valley, known as...
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology is working with local stakeholders to determine how the federal government...
Press release from the Union of Concerned Scientists Integrating solar energy with agricultural production can bring economic and environmental benefits for farmers and rural communities, according to a new fact sheet released today by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)....
Press release from the Hoopa Valley Tribe (7/25/24): Today, following American Rivers named California’s Trinty River to its top-ten list...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Noting that Kern County residents could suffer “urgent impacts” to their drinking water from continued...
Press release from the State Water Resources Control Board: Moving to protect the long-term viability of groundwater supplies for the benefit of all groundwater users, the State Water Resources Control Board today issued a public notice for a Feb. 20,...
From Stanford News: Soaring water utility bills force many households to ration water use for essential needs while still falling...
Wildfire, drought, and temperature are affecting soil moisture in California’s Sierra Nevada. To better understand this, USGS scientists recently began...
Tribal members harvest rice and fish on waters far from their reservations. by Alex Brown, Stateline In the 1800s, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa joined other tribes in signing a pair of treaties with the federal...