By Sarah Whichello, Oak Ridge Associated Universities Research Participant with EPA. Estuaries are waterbodies where freshwater from the uplands mixes...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The legal fracas over who should pay to fix the sinking Friant-Kern Canal grew Friday...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert California water officials are taking another step forward as part of a broader process to improve conditions for struggling fish populations in the San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta and its tributaries. Last...
Part of the permit’s implementation will include methods for environmental restoration and spawning projects to benefit endangered species like the...
A balanced approach is key to benefiting California’s endangered fish species through habitat restoration, improved flow measures, monitoring, and hatchery...
Press release from the State Water Contractors Today, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) issued an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) for the long-term operation of the State Water Project (SWP),...
The golden mussel’s appearance in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is its first confirmed detection in North America — and it...
By Jacob Margolis, LAist This article was originally published by LAist on 10/30/2024. Over the past decade, about 67 million...
The Department of Water Resources has posted the final EIR for the Long-Term Operation of the State Water Project in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Suisun Marsh, and Suisun Bay. This Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is intended to support DWR’s decision...
Low counts of spawning salmon could mean another year without fishing. Experts say the outlook still has time to turn...
From the California Natural Resources Agency: California is advancing restoration projects, streamflows for native fisheries, and a science plan in...
By NASA Summer heat has significant effects in the mountainous regions of the western United States. Melted snow washes from snowy peaks into the rivers, reservoirs, and streams that supply millions of Americans with freshwater—as much as 75% of the...
A series of USGS interactive maps have recently been published. The maps identify locations and levels of mercury contamination resulting...
From the California Water Impact Network: The $20+ billion Delta Tunnel pushed by the Newsom administration will not only burden...
How the Winnemem Wintu tribe helped return endangered Chinook salmon to the homeland they share By NOAA Fisheries The original habitat of California’s endangered winter-run Chinook salmon is also the ancestral home of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe. In the summer...