Dr. Ellen Bruno is a Cooperative Extension Specialist in the Department of Ag and Resource Economics at UC Berkeley. At...
As more than two dozen fires still rage, Newsom stands amid charred parkland, vowing to ratchet up the state’s ‘inadequate’...
The Delta Independent Science Board (or Delta ISB) is a 10-member board comprised of prominent scientists from different disciplines across the nation. As mandated by the 2009 Delta Reform Act, the Delta ISB plays an important role by providing oversight...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In 2014, California passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (or SGMA), requiring local agencies to be formed and groundwater...
California EcoRestore is an initiative started in 2015 under the Brown Administration with the ambitious goal of advancing at least...
By Robert Glennon, University of Arizona For more than 25 years, Congress has directed U.S. government agencies to set energy and water efficiency standards for many new products. These measures conserve resources and save consumers a lot of money. Until...
The Delta Reform Act expressly defined the state’s water policy priorities as they relate to the Delta, including the express...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] The Governor’s Water Resilience Portfolio Initiative underscores the need for communities to maintain and diversify water supplies and to...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has posted Public Notice SPK-2019-00899 to www.spk.usace.army.mil/Media/RegulatoryPublicNotices.aspx The California Department of Water Resources (applicant) has applied for a permit to place dredged and fill material and/or work in waters of the U.S.,...
What is needed is a “Grand Bargain” between all parties on the Delta tunnel, confirmed in legislation, to apportion water...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Back in April of 2020, the Delta Independent Science Board (DISB) submitted a letter to the Department of Water...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] The groundwater sustainability plans that were submitted to the Department of Water Resources in January of 2020 were the first of the groundwater sustainability plans to be completed. Public review of these plans has revealed some important lessons to...
Hotter temperatures from climate change will likely mean the worst megadrought the region has ever seen. By Nicholas Iovino, Courthouse...
Supreme Court lets stand decision upholding Delta Stewardship Council’s authority for sustainable management of the Delta From the Delta Stewardship...
At the July meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, councilmembers heard briefings on the activities of the Delta Protection Commission and the Delta Conservancy, and an update on the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan. [cmtoc_table_of_contents] DELTA PROTECTION COMMISSION UPDATE Delta...