Board finds that subbasin’s latest plans are on track to meet sustainability goals once final deficiencies are addressed Press release from the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board [Wednesday] approved a resolution to return the...
The appellate panel didn’t indicate how it might rule on the question of whether preliminary, geotechnical work on the tunnel is an “action” that is separate from the entire project. By Edvard Pettersson, Courthouse News Service The California Department of...
UCSB study highlights the connectivity between kelp forests and nearby beach ecosystems with implications for habitat conservation and recovery By Sonia Fernandez, UC Santa Barbara The kelp forest is ephemeral, yet foundational. Fronds of this fast-growing giant seaweed come and...
By John Cannon, Mongabay KEY IDEAS: In 2023, California relocated beavers for the first time in more than seven decades. The state’s wildlife agency partnered with Native American tribes to move beavers from places where they were causing problems, such...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Rural Kern County residents have a higher likelihood of drinking water tainted with unhealthful levels of contaminants than their southern California neighbors, thanks, in part to Kern’s hodgepodge of small, under resourced water systems, according...
