From the California Farm Bureau Federation: California farmers’ adoption of drip irrigation systems has contributed to greater farming efficiency, according...
A look at how the state is (or is not) regulating fracking and aquifer exemptions One of the most controversial areas of current environmental policy is the debate over hydraulic fracturing (or fracking). The process involves the injection of pressurized...
Estuary News sent reporters to the 11th Biennial Bay-Delta Science Conference, held virtually earlier this month. The theme of this...
Californians face another of its periodic droughts and also long-term questions about the supply and uses of water. By Dan...
“People underestimate the risk of staying the same,” said Melissa Jones, environmental equity activist and director of a coalition of the Bay Area’s health departments, during one of half-a-dozen diversity-themed talks at the 11th Biennial Bay-Delta Science Conference. Indeed, the...
By the California Farm Bureau Federation: Predicting that it will have a profound impact on Central Coast agriculture, farm organizations...
From the Office of the Governor: With much of the West experiencing drought conditions and California squarely in a second...
A recap of the webinar featuring Tim Quinn, formerly with ACWA, Tracy Quinn with the NRDC, and author John Fleck A week doesn’t go by without someone saying there are water wars underway or about to kick off in California....
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The 2020-21 California drought has led to significant water cutbacks, compelling farmers to fallow ground...
By Meghan Snow, US Fish & Wildlife Service Throughout California’s history, rivers have been diverted, rerouted and contained by concrete....
From the Department of Water Resources: On March 29, 2021, DWR (The Department of Water Resources) and Public Water Agencies negotiators finalized an Agreement in Principle (AIP) for the State Water Project (SWP) Contract Amendment for Delta Conveyance. NOTICE OF...
The Biden administration should issue a ruling that the Shasta Dam project is not feasible because of tribal rights and...
At the March meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, the councilmembers were briefed on the 2022 on the Central Valley...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert With a water allocation announcement expected this week from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Klamath Basin irrigators say they expect to receive little to no water for farming crops this year. In a letter to...
