Ocean data in 2025 points to roughly average conditions. By NOAA Fisheries Juvenile salmon encountered a mixed bag of ocean...
On December 31, 2025, the Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District affirmed a trial court decision against the...
The panel agreed with a trial judge that Water Resources hadn’t met its burden to show the controversial project qualifies as a modification of the existing infrastructure for which the department has authority to issue bonds. By Edvard Pettersson, Courthouse...
From the Department of Water Resources: When the first major storms of the season arrive in California, they bring more...
From Somach Simmons & Dunn: “On December 31, 2025, the Third District Court of Appeal issued an opinion rejecting the...
By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Even as the state has given Kings County farmers a deadline to begin reporting groundwater extractions, with pumping fees to follow, it refuses to meet with managers who are feeling their way through the silence...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The United States Supreme Court officially declined to hear a case alleging the federal government...
By Western Ecological Research Center (WERC), USGS California’s breeding populations of dabbling ducks have declined and the factors contributing to...
Series of atmospheric rivers provided significant snowpack gains, boosted water supply statewide Press release from the Department of Water Resources The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted the first snow survey of the season at Phillips Station. The manual...
By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water An agricultural water district that serves mostly Hanford-area farmers is looking for ways to preserve...
From the Department of Water Resources: As a series of atmospheric rivers bring rain and high elevation snow to communities...
By Ellen M. Bruno, UCANR The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) opened the door for groundwater markets to emerge in much of California. Groundwater markets refer to the voluntary, compensated transfer of the right or allowance to pump groundwater, as...
Supporters of airborne snow surveys dispute “hotspots” study on water forecasts By Mitch Tobin, The Water Desk A controversial recent...
by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Western states that rely on the Colorado River have less than two months to agree...
The Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Science Program has released the third iteration of the Delta Science Plan for public review. The Delta Science Plan outlines the vision, principles, and strategies guiding science in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. All members of...