More than 4,000 state scientists have worked under an expired contract for three years. Average wages in 2020 were $83,586, 27% less than state engineers’ pay. The state filed an unfair labor practice charge to stop the strike. By Rachel...
On Friday, the State Water Resources Control Board will hold the first day of a three day public hearing on the draft staff report for the Sacramento Delta update to the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan. The Board is...
High-intensity, often catastrophic, wildfires have become increasingly frequent across the Western U.S. Researchers quantified the value of managed low-intensity burning...
A deal between formerly warring parties could generate more water supplies in the drying West. By Mackenzie Elmer, Voice of San Diego A trade deal is brewing between major southern California water agencies to help restock a major reservoir on...
By Mike Wade, Executive Director of the California Farm Water Coalition, posted at Ag Alert California’s San Joaquin Valley is one of the most productive farming regions on Earth. Blessed with deep, alluvial soils and one of the world’s five...
Arizona and other states have agreed to use considerably less water from the river through 2026, thanks in part to a wet winter. By Wyatt Myskow, Inside Climate News Arizona’s future was at a critical juncture at the beginning of...