At the California Water Commission’s January meeting, the Commission re-elected the Chair and Vice-Chair to another one-year term, heard briefings...
Congressmembers Kevin McCarthy, Devin Nunes, and David Valadao have sent a letter to Senator Feinstein, asking her just how she is intending to address the drought situation. It is dry conditions as well as federal and state regulations that have...
From the Office of the Governor: With California facing water shortfalls in the driest year in recorded state history, Governor...
About 800 to 1000 people rallied on the steps of the Capitol yesterday, urging Governor Brown to declare a drought...
Members of the California Democratic delegation have written a letter to Governor Brown, noting that yesterday, the House passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 which reauthorized the Bureau of Reclamation’s Emergency Drought Relief Act program. The legislators point out...
At the December 19 Delta Stewardship Council meeting, the Council approved the membership of the Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee,...
In a letter to President Obama, Senator Feinstein, Senator Boxer, and Congressman Costa are calling on the President Obama to...
Assemblymember Dan Logue, along with his colleagues, Assemblymembers Beth Gaines, Ted Gaines, and Jim Nielson, have written a letter to Governor Brown, urging him to declare a drought declaration: “This water crisis is critical to millions of Californians, especially to...
With the draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and the draft environmental documents now released and the public review process...
The Planning and Conservation League, Sierra Club, Environmental Water Caucus, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and other environmental organizations have sent...
As part of a new experimental product, NASA scientists are generating groundwater and soil moisture drought indicators each week which are based on GRACE satellite data that is integrated with other observations using a sophisticated numerical model of land surface...
From the Westlands Water District: “On Friday, January 03, 2014, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted the first...
Just 18 Delta smelt were found in the Delta during the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Fall Midwater Trawl, making...
From the Department of Water Resources: SACRAMENTO – As California’s dry weather pushes into the new year, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced that its first snow survey of the winter found more bare ground than snow. Manual...