By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A proposal to change the guidelines for California’s $90-million farmland retirement program has literally stopped...
Natalie Stork, director of the State Water Resources Control Board’s Office of Sustainable Groundwater Management, spoke at the 2025 California...
The elevation changes may seem small — amounting to fractions of inches per year — but they can increase or decrease local flood risk, wave exposure, and saltwater intrusion. By NASA/JPL Tracking and predicting sea level rise involves more than...
Largest North American freshwater fish needs protection from state and federal mismanagement Press release San Francisco Baykeeper, California Sportfishing Protection...
By Christine Wiedinmyer, University of Colorado Boulder and Kari Bowen, University of Colorado Boulder When a hurricane or tornado starts...
Communities of color are more likely to have higher levels of these contaminants in their drinking water. by Adityarup Chakravorty The U.S. EPA regulates levels of more than 90 contaminants in public drinking water, but thousands more potentially harmful chemicals...
In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest hazard zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency rules....
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Actions are being taken on several proposed species listings and habitat designations under the U.S....
New research suggests that agricultural producers can play critical roles in wildfire risk management and response. From California Agriculture: Wildfires increasingly threaten California’s agricultural sector, posing serious risks to farming, ranching, and food systems. We conducted a survey of 505...
A small endangered fish is at the heart of a controversy over California water management. By Kiley Price, Inside Climate...
By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Local water managers in Tulare County may have prevented a disaster last week. On the...
DWR issues an official notification of validation action for Delta Conveyance Program bond financing
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has issued a Notice of Validation Action for Delta Conveyance Program bond financing. This provides an official notification of the “validation action” DWR filed with the Sacramento County Superior...
By Dan Walters, Cal Matters President Donald Trump’s intrusion into California’s long-running conflict over water management – essentially favoring farmers...
From the Department of Water Resources: In a collaborative effort to increase the sustainability of California’s salmon populations, the California...
By Lisa McEwen SJV Water Editor/CEO Lois Henry contributed to this report Outflow from Success and Kaweah lakes is back down to a trickle but bewilderment is still riding high among Tulare County water managers. The sudden and untimely belch...