The Bureau of Reclamation is currently preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to establish new operational guidelines for Lake Powell...
A better understanding of groundwater in the headwaters could improve streamflow predictions. By Mitch Tobin, The Water Desk Every spring, high-country streams and rivers in the American West begin to swell with water as the region’s snowpack starts to dissipate....
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Lawyers for the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) recently fired a fusillade of legal...
In a significant and unusual endorsement, IID — the largest irrigation district in the United States — has formally backed...
Guest commentary by Regina Cuellar, Chairwoman of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians For over 50 years, California law and regulations have designated beneficial water uses that require water quality protection. However, tribal water uses have never been included,...
By Sean Mowbray, Mongabay Today’s beach outing is not the same as your grandparents’ beach outing: With intense summer heat...
From the San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science Journal The latest issue of San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science (Vol....
Forests managed by timber companies were more likely to exhibit the conditions that megafires love—dense stands of regularly spaced trees with continuous vegetation connecting the understory to the canopy. By Lisa Potter, University of Utah The odds of high-severity wildfire...
Letter submitted to the State Water Board: Defenders of Wildlife, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, Friends of the River, Golden State...
by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Amid tense negotiations over the Colorado River’s future, Nevada leaders came together Thursday to focus...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: As part of the State Water Boards’ efforts to better understand groundwater recharge in California, the Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) program has released a website entitled Effects of Recharge on Groundwater...
From the Department of Water Resources: Twenty-seven million Californians, including seven million in disadvantaged communities, rely on the State Water...
Dozens of Tribes, Delta residents, environmental justice leaders, fishing groups, and conservation advocates unite at State Capitol to demand protection...
By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center ProPublica, a nonprofit news organization and winner of multiple Pulitzer prizes, recently published a report “The Drying Planet.” They report that “Moisture lost to evaporation and...