By Lois Henry, SJV Water In a wide-ranging ruling that could have larger implications for public interest lawsuits throughout California,...
By Claire Griffiths, UCLA States across the Colorado River Basin are squandering a critical opportunity to ease the region’s historic...
An examination of Rocky Mountain snow finds higher contamination levels of mercury and others metals in the northern part of the range, consistent with increased current and historical mining in the region. From the Desert Research Institute: Mountain snowpacks accumulate...
Press release from the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) The Newsom administration has long insisted the primary purpose of the...
In the ongoing research of the Santa Ana Sucker (Pantosteus santaanae) USGS scientists try out different sampling methods. By the...
A new study demonstrates how community scientists with the Mountain Rain or Snow initiative are helping to improve winter weather forecasting. From the Desert Research Institute: A new study published in Nature Communications utilizes insights gleaned from DRI’s Mountain Rain...
The 2013-14 winter season, which came during historic drought conditions in California, inhibited salmonids from reaching their breeding grounds and...
Threat of compact call hangs over seven-state talks By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism Aspen Journalism is an independent nonprofit news...
From the latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science: The State of Bay–Delta Science: An Introduction to the 2025 Extreme Events Edition Janet K. Thompson, Clifford N. Dahm, Mairgareth A. Christman, Denise D. Colombano, Nicholas A. Rowlands,...
The California Natural Resources Agency has submitted its 2025 Annual Report on the Salton Sea Management Program (SSMP) to the...
At 90% of the state historical average, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is far better than last year. But it’s nothing...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water The Kern County Water Agency voted Thursday to pony up its $32.6 million share of planning and pre-construction costs for the so-called delta tunnel after its member districts gave a somewhat grudging go-ahead. This phase...
DWR: March Delivers: Statewide snowpack at 90% of average as California approaches end of wet season
Recent Storms Provided Much Needed Boost to the Snowpack but Southern California Still Behind in Precipitation From the Department of...
Press release from the Kern County Water Agency: The Kern County Water Agency (Agency) approved funding for the planning and...
From the Bureau of Reclamation: In support of ongoing efforts to provide maximum water supplies in California, the Bureau of Reclamation announces an increase in Central Valley Project 2025 water supply allocations that will provide farmers and other CVP contractors...