The Pajaro Valley is home to a billion-dollar agricultural industry, it’s rich, fertile soil providing fruits and vegetables for the...
Compared to most coastal river systems, the Klamath River is upside down. It starts slow and high among the farmlands...
Last Friday, April 17th, the public comment period for scoping comments on the Delta Conveyance Project closed. Here are some of the comments that I have received, listed in alphabetical order. This list is likely nowhere near complete, however. If...
From the Office of the Attorney General: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, the California Natural Resources Agency, and the California...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: California’s largest urban retail water suppliers will now be required to report monthly...
At the end of March, the Department of Fish and Wildlife issued a new “Incidental Take Permit” (or ITP) for the State Water Project. This permit governs the operations of the State Water Project and enables DWR to operate in...
Estuary Pearls is published by the San Francisco Estuary Partnership. In this month’s edition: Beaver dams may offer wildfire protection...
Kristin Sicke is the Assistant General Manager for Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, which manages water supplies...
Ted Grantham is a Cooperative Extension Specialist at UC Berkeley and the CalTrout Ecosystem Fellow with the Public Policy Institute of California. He studies water, climate, and water management with a focus on the environmental consequences of the ways in...
Eric Averett is General Manager with the Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District, which is one of several water districts within...
Six Republican Congressmen led by Congressman Kevin McCarthy have send a letter to Governor Newsom requesting the State of California...
One of the long-running controversies in California water is the effort to raise Shasta Dam, a dam on the Sacramento River in Northern California which creates a 4.5 MAF reservoir, the largest in California. The dam provides long-term water storage,...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Board today issued key documents that move the Klamath River...
By Nick Cahill, Courthouse News Service Taking advantage of recently approved rules, the federal government is quickly following through on...
Understanding and conveying groundwater’s role in a changing world Surface water commonly is hydraulically connected to ground water, but the interactions are difficult to observe and measure and have largely been ignored in water-management considerations and policies. However, the Sustainable...