Written by John Brennan Late in 2015 two sisters contacted me to help sell their family farm property in Solano...
Voluntary 15 percent reduction in water use urged to preserve available supplies, protect water reserves Press release from the Office...
In recent decades Americans’ attitudes about environmental issues have become polarized along partisan lines. Yet, while significant research demonstrates this broad trend, we know less about the meso-level processes producing and sustaining such divisions. Drawing on over 3,000 news articles,...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Due to extreme drought and minimum instream flows to protect fisheries on the Scott and...
Several regulatory programs have been created and evolved over time to address various issues, such as SGMA, CV-SALTS, and the...
Written by hydrologist Robert Shibatani Summer is here and while temperatures across much of the State have returned to “normal” this week, the recent incredible extreme heat alerts (and those occurring elsewhere in the country) have reinforced the notion to...
By Robert Gabriel Varady, University of Arizona; Andrea K. Gerlak, University of Arizona, and Stephen Paul Mumme, Colorado State University...
From the California Coastkeeper Alliance: Today, California Coastkeeper Alliance filed a lawsuit in Superior Court to compel the County of...
Governance of cross-scale dependent systems such as estuaries requires integrating knowledge about biophysical and ecological connectivity in its multiple forms and scales. While scientists, managers, and policymakers increasingly recognize the importance of connectivity, ecosystems with strong cross-boundary dependencies challenge current...
In the rural towns around Visalia, today’s dry spell is indistinguishable from the last one or the next one. Drought...
The Department of Water Resources takes action in the Delta to conserve water in upstream reservoirs Last month, the Governor...
At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen spotlighted recent research on the Delta’s food web, noted a paper on preparing for rapid changes expected from climate change, and updated the Council on...
A rural Central Valley community is without running water during a heat wave, prompting authorities to haul in bottles and...
Scientists tap PNNL’s rare ability to measure argon-39 for new insights into groundwater Stacie Jones, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Scientists...
By Sierra Garcia, Estuary News On the San Joaquin Delta’s Staten Island, where the Mokelumne River snugly encircles miles of cornfields, The Nature Conservancy is trying to prove that farmers can have it all: financial security, good habitat for wildlife,...