California is using federal dollars for infrastructure improvement to pilot placing solar canopies over parts of its aqueducts to improve...
The 2023 update focuses on equity, watershed resilience, and climate urgency The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has released the final version of California Water Plan Update 2023. This plan is a critical planning tool and can now be...
By Christine Souza, from Ag Alert To adapt to climate extremes and become more water resilient in California, modernizing the...
By Nate Seltenrich, Knee Deep Times Wooden fence posts poking just above the surface and tall oaks with their trunks...
by Robin Meadows When it comes to water, winter is a time of promise and peril in California. Our fate is uncertain―and can swing wildly―from year to year. Will mountain snowpacks be plentiful enough to get us through the dry...
From the Department of Water Resources: Set into the banks of the Sacramento River as it winds its way south...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As California experiences hotter, drier temperatures due to climate change, Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced...
Last week, the Newsom administration released its salmon strategy aimed at aimed at protecting and restoring salmon “amidst hotter and drier weather exacerbated by climate change.” Here’s what conservation groups and other stakeholders had to say: California Salmon and Steelhead...
At the January meeting of the California Water Commission, commissioners discussed what discretion the Commission has if a project selected...
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The wide-ranging initiative includes a bevy of dam removal projects By Hillel Aron California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new strategy Tuesday to restore the state’s ailing salmon population. “Salmon are an integral part of our shared history in California,”...
From the Office of the Governor: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced new actions and efforts already underway that California is...
An Interview with Dr. Laurel Larsen, the Delta Stewardship Council’s Former Lead Scientist by John Hart Since the turn of...
Rapidly changing conditions and increasing uncertainty of future climate projections make extreme and hard-to-predict conditions challenging to manage the Delta and its watersheds effectively. Similarly, changing social, policy, and economic conditions can alter resource use and desirable management approaches, sometimes...