Combining flood mitigation with wetland habitat restoration, “horizontal levees” could protect coastal cities and wildlife from rising seas. By Charlotte...
Identifying reservoirs that can be more flexibly managed with weather and streamflow forecasts can help operators better manage reservoirs to get communities through extended droughts. From the Desert Research Institute: With extreme weather increasing around the world, scientists are working...
From the Department of Water Resources: Managed aquifer recharge can do more than replenish groundwater. This new brochure explores how thoughtfully designed recharge projects can also support flood risk reduction, ecosystem enhancement, water quality, climate resilience, working lands, and drought...
Curious how groundwater recharge efforts are progressing across California? This new Annual Groundwater Recharge Round-Up provides a statewide snapshot of...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Board’s Supply and Demand Assessment Program has published several additional interactive surface...
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is pleased to announce the release of the 2026 Draft Sustainable Groundwater Management Grant Program Guidelines. The guideline’s focus is to administer a 2025 legislative directive of $3.5...
Scientists developed a new method to better identify and understand the particular heat waves that cause abrupt snowmelt. By Carly Nairn, Courthouse News Service With climate change, wildfires and heat waves, an abundant snowpack becomes a more precious resource every...
Researchers tracked salmon before, during, and after restoration to understand how restored channel and floodplain habitat influences growth, survival, and...
Sonoma County appealed a lower court’s decision to invalidate amendments to its well-permitting ordinance under the public trust doctrine. By Carly Nairn, Courthouse News Service The county of Sonoma did not violate the public trust doctrine when it amended an...
