Last week, the Newsom administration released its salmon strategy aimed at aimed at protecting and restoring salmon “amidst hotter and drier weather exacerbated by climate change.” Here’s what conservation groups and other stakeholders had to say: California Salmon and Steelhead...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water How will selling groundwater help keep more groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley’s already critically overtapped aquifers? Water managers in the Kaweah subbasin in northwestern Tulare County hope to find out by having farmers tinker...
From the Department of Water Resources California’s historic effort to bring sustainability to the state’s critically important groundwater basins revealed...
From the Department of Water Resources The Department of Water Resources (DWR), along with its Tribal, state, and federal partners, are testing a pilot project that will help with the reintroduction of juvenile winter-run Chinook salmon, an endangered species, to...
By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. With salmon populations throughout California declining for decades and facing the threat of...
As California officials craft new regulations for urban water conservation, critics who belittle the importance of these efforts are often deflecting, a water policy advocate argues. Guest Commentary written by Dr. Mark Gold, the director of water scarcity solutions at...
