An analysis of 500 watersheds found levels of organic carbon, phosphorus, and other pollutants up to 103 times higher after...
From Stanford News: A new Stanford-led study finds that controlled, low-intensity fires known as prescribed burns can slash wildfire intensity...
Governor Newsom and state lawmakers have reached a budget agreement for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, though additional budget items are expected over the summer. Newsom’s approval of the spending plan hinges on lawmakers passing a bill to streamline new housing...
Lack of key vitamin turns fatal for as many as half of salmon offspring. By NOAA Fisheries A vitamin deficiency...
USGS: A review of sediment transport across a natural tidal salt marsh in Northern San Francisco Bay
By the USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program Tidal salt marshes—vital ecosystems that protect coastlines, remove excess nutrients and...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water In a comment letter to the state Water Resources Control Board, one of the plaintiffs in the ongoing lawsuit over Kern River flows alleges information has been withheld from the region’s groundwater plan to the...
By Edward Ring, California Policy Center For the last few decades in California, the conventional wisdom has been that farmers...
An 18-year study reveals dramatic year-to-year variations in ultraviolet radiation penetration tied to Sierra Nevada precipitation cycles. By Andrew Chapman,...
Delta Conveyance Project streamlining efforts will continue as part of the legislative process Press release from the State Water Contractors Yesterday, Governor Newsom and state lawmakers reached a three-party budget agreement for the fiscal year 2025-2026, with more follow-up budget...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water The Kern County Water Agency is poised to cut off the only water source for...
By the USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program New research uses decades of satellite data to show...
DWR’s LandFlex Pilot Program has saved over 100,000 acre-feet of groundwater and protected 16,500 drinking water wells in California’s frontline communities. Enrolled lands are now in compliance with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act well ahead of the 2040 deadline. By...
By Ellen Bruno and Nick Hagerty, UCANR California is now ten years into a revolution in groundwater management. In 2014,...
From the Department of Water Resources: California is now collecting more groundwater data than ever before as highlighted in the...
From the Office of Governor Newsom: Today, Governor Newsom and the Department of Water Resources released a new report showing that the state is collecting more groundwater data than ever before, and strengthening partnerships with water agencies to ensure that more groundwater...