Natalie Stork, director of the State Water Resources Control Board’s Office of Sustainable Groundwater Management, spoke at the 2025 California Irrigation Institute conference about the state’s intervention process for groundwater management. She provided updates on six San Joaquin Valley groundwater...
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 to form, your local weather forecasters can quickly pull up maps tracking its movement and showing where it’s headed. But...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Actions are being taken on several proposed species listings and habitat designations under the U.S. and state Endangered Species Acts that could affect California farmers and ranchers. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced several...
New research suggests that agricultural producers can play critical roles in wildfire risk management and response. From California Agriculture: Wildfires...
By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Local water managers in Tulare County may have prevented a disaster last week. On the afternoon of Thursday, Jan. 30, an announcement by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that it was set to immediately...
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 Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has partnered with the Department of Water Resources (DWR), as well as ocean and...