Highlights A trifecta of fire-friendly climate conditions set the stage for the January 2025 fires: back-to-back wet winters that boosted...
By Alex Fox, Scripps Institution of Oceanography El Niño and La Niña are climate phenomena that are generally associated with...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: On February 20, 2025, the State Water Resources Control Board (Board) held a public hearing to consider a probationary designation for the Kern County Subbasin under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). At...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water The state Water Resources Control Board voted Thursday to give Kern County water managers more...
Local agencies have until June to address final deficiencies in plans Citing significant progress in the plans of groundwater sustainability...
From the Department of Fish & Wildlife: Salmon are swimming again in the North Yuba River for the first time in close to a century. The fish are part of an innovative pilot project to study the feasibility of returning...
The Center for Biological Diversity intends to sue Trump and the Army Corps of Engineers for illegally expediting approval of...
Decades ago, a separate, north-to-south conveyance system was envisioned as part of the original State Water Project. The idea persists...
A new report examines how atmospheric changes contributed to January’s devastating Southern California wildfires By Elyse DeFranco, Desert Research Institute While fires engulfed large swaths of Southern California in early January, destroying more than 16,000 structures, taking at least 29...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A 12th groundwater agency sprang into being Tuesday after a marathon meeting of the Porterville...
Press release from Restore the Delta: Restore the Delta joined over 100 organizations in sending an urgent letter to Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob...
Board member Max Gomberg explains why the DCP is antithetical to the public interest Press release from C-WIN In the first of several planned State Water Resources Control Board hearings, California Water Impact Network board member and senior policy advisor...
Important recent milestones build momentum Today, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) issued an Incidental Take Permit (ITP)...
From Department of Water Resources: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has issued an Incidental Take Permit (ITP)...
Researchers at Stanford University developed a new method to measure water levels in the state’s aquifers using readily available seismic data. By Monique Merrill, Courthouse News Service In just three months of 2023, atmospheric river storms dumped over 140% of...