From the University of Colorado at Boulder: In a collection of essays and research summaries, eleven members of the Colorado River Research Group (with eight guest contributors) touch on issues as diverse as plummeting reservoir storage, climate change trends, risk...
From the Delta Stewardship Council: The Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee’s (DPIIC) Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Delta Crosscut Budget Report is...
Managing the delicate balance between reliable water delivery and environmental stewardship in California requires rigorous scientific backing. At the request of the US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) recently conducted a comprehensive...
By Dan Walters, CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. From the onset of his foray into presidential politics a decade ago, Donald Trump has been obsessed with managing California’s water, often interjecting himself...
By Laurel Neme, Mongabay Key points: California’s green sturgeon and white sturgeon face numerous threats from dams, harmful algal blooms and overfishing. White sturgeon are highly prized for their eggs, which are made into caviar. Their numbers have dropped so...
Excess sediment in the South Delta puts the water supply and the ecosystem at risk by Robin Meadows In 1962, when Mary Hildebrand was 10 years old, her family moved to their farm between the communities of Vernalis and Mossdale...
