By the National Park Service You may know Yosemite National Park for its spectacular scenery, waterfalls, granite rock faces, or...
Ranchers who defied a state water order were only fined about $50 each. Under new legislation headed to the governor,...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A final report released by state Water Resources Control Board staff Friday maintains its recommendation that the Tule subbasin be put on probation but gives a pass to two specific groundwater agencies within the subbasin....
By Lois Henry, SJV Water The state came to Kern County Thursday night and got an earful. Water managers, farmers,...
PRESS RELEASE: Kern subbasin groundwater sustainability agencies urge State to consider updated plan
Probation recommendation based on outdated science, data The Kern Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) have responded to a draft report...
On September 17, 2024, the State Water Board will hold a public hearing to consider designating the Tule Subbasin as a probationary basin under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), as part of efforts to ensure groundwater resources will be...
The plan was released the same week as the final two dams on the river were breached. By Alan Riquelmy,...
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has released the “Klamath River Anadromous Fishery Reintroduction and Restoration Monitoring Plan,”...
From Shannon Brescher Shea, Department of Energy, Office of Science From thirsty agricultural crops to whitewater rafters contemplating a low river, a lack of water is the most obvious in the summertime. Its impact is particularly clear when many people...
The Klamath River was once a major habitat for salmon, but hydroelectric dams along the Oregon-California border region caused their...
From Sustainable Conservation: Sustainable Conservation’s Accelerating Restoration program is excited to announce the Restoration Permitting Roadmap, a first-of-its-kind web tool...
By David Nutt, Cornell Chronicle A Cornell-led research collaboration found that cooperative partnerships seeking to spread the cost burden of water infrastructure projects among regional stakeholders often end up forcing local partners to bear the brunt of underlying supply and...
By the USGS: In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists compiled one year’s worth of soil and sediment erosion quantities occurring after...
In a warming climate, increased wildfire activity coupled with extreme rain events is causing significant erosion, leading to heightened sediment...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The plan to build California’s first new major reservoir in decades advances as the state considers whether to issue a water-right permit for the proposed Sites Reservoir, an off-stream water storage project that could store...