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July 16, 2024

From Restore The Delta: The Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC), San Francisco Baykeeper, California Indian Environmental Alliance, and Golden State Salmon Association on...

BERKELEY LAB: Turning agricultural trash to treasure

Berkeley Lab

Agriculture

July 16, 2024

New funding will help Berkeley Lab and partners improve how the diverse agricultural waste in California’s Northern San Joaquin Valley...

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Bird activists ignite new war against San Diego fireworks

Voice of San Diego

Water quality

July 16, 2024

The San Diego Audubon Society calls for SeaWorld fireworks to end when dead eggs, chicks and adult elegant terns washed ashore after consecutive days of displays. By Mackenzie Elmer, Voice of San Diego The latest in a decades-long campaign by...

FEATURE: From litigation to collaboration: How environmentalists and water agencies went from fighting over fish to helping them

Robin Meadows

Best of the Notebook Science Water project operations

July 15, 2024

By Robin Meadows A decade ago, California fish advocates and water suppliers seldom crossed paths except as entrenched opponents in...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Federal judge approves settlement against Butte County over water contamination

Courthouse News Service

Water quality

July 15, 2024

As part of the settlement, Butte County agreed to implement new stormwater source-control measures and best management practices following a...

HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: In an era of dam removal, California is building more

High Country News

Water project operations

July 12, 2024

by Theo Whitcomb, High Country News When the largest dam removal in U.S. history began on the Klamath River this year, it seemed as if the era of dam building was over in the West. Just a month later, however,...

C-WIN PRESS RELEASE: While fish go extinct, DWR claims no environmental impact from SWP operations

CA Water Impact Network (C-WIN)

Water project operations

July 12, 2024

Newsom Administration’s Latest Water Gambit: “Nothing to see here, folks.” From the Department of Water Resources: A recently released draft...

FEATURE: A bigger, older fish gasping for more water: White sturgeon slipping away

Alastair Bland

Delta science Fish and wildlife

July 11, 2024

By Alastair Bland Another fish native to the San Francisco Bay estuary may be joining the queue filing toward extinction....

SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: “Prototyping Structured Decision Making for Water Resource Management in the San Francisco Bay-Delta

Maven

Planning and management Science

July 11, 2024

At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Deputy Executive Officer for Science Henry DeBey filled in for Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Lisamarie Windham-Myers. This month’s spotlighted article, “Prototyping Structured Decision Making for Water Resource Management in the San...

EDWARD RING: Logging can protect forests, increase water supplies

Ag Alert

Commentary Wildfires and watersheds

July 11, 2024

By Edward Ring, Ag Alert Practical solutions to California’s energy and water shortages will always have a better chance of...

NASA data shows how drought changes wildfire recovery in the west

NASA/JPL

Science Wildfires and watersheds

July 11, 2024

By: Emily DeMarco, NASA Earth Science Division A new study using NASA satellite data reveals how drought affects the recovery...

ACWA: The challenges of implementing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act ten years in

Maven

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

July 10, 2024

A decade after the introduction of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), significant strides have been made in managing California’s groundwater resources. However, the path to effective implementation has been fraught with challenges. At ACWA’s 2024 Spring Conference, a panel...

CAL MATTERS: The Supreme Court took powers away from federal regulators. Do California rules offer a backstop?

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

July 10, 2024

In three rulings the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a body blow to the federal bureaucracy. From healthcare to climate to...

NOAA FISHERIES: Northern California steelhead maintain threatened status

NOAA Fisheries

Fish and wildlife

July 10, 2024

A recent Endangered Species Act 5-year review shows water use, habitat loss, and climate change continue to compromise recovery. By...

CAL MATTERS: Welcome to the Age of Fire: California wildfires explained

Cal Matters

Wildfires and watersheds

July 10, 2024

By Julie Cart, Cal Matters After two mild wildfire seasons, California is bracing for whatever 2024 brings. Favorable weather marked 2023 and 2022, when the total acreage burned — less than 400,000 acres each year — was considerably lower than...