Water and Land Use From the Local Government Commission: In 2005, the California Legislature passed new laws that enable communities to...
A business hoping to cash in on an untapped aquifer beneath the Mojave Desert will have to clear extra environmental...
Living in earthquake country makes planning and emergency preparedness critical. Taking steps to prepare for the worst is important. Understanding where our water comes from, and just how important all of our supplies are, is a good start. By Charles...
On April 29, 2019, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-10-19 that directed the secretaries of the California Natural Resources Agency,...
Climate change is having a profound impact on California’s water resources, as evidenced by greater weather extremes, reduced snowpack, higher...
Panel of Delta project managers discuss how they apply adaptive management in their projects Adaptive management is defined in the Delta Reform Act as “a framework and flexible decision making process for ongoing knowledge acquisition, monitoring, and evaluation leading to...
One of the elements of the 2016 Delta Smelt Resiliency Strategy is assessing the feasibility of restoring Franks Tract. The...
Ellen Wohl, Colorado State University, for The Conversation The Trump administration is proposing to redefine a key term in the...
By the Army Corps of Engineers The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Pacific Division has approved a major deviation that allows for Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations-developed tools and concepts to be tested this winter at the pilot reservoir Lake...
The draft of the update, just under 50 pages, is a much more trimmed down version of its predecessors and...
Four essential policy reforms are needed to reduce the social, economic, and environmental costs of future droughts, says Dr. Mount...
In 2016, Department of Fish and Wildlife committed to lead agencies and the Delta stakeholder community in an inclusive planning effort to advance the conservation of the Delta, Yolo Bypass and Suisun Marsh following the state’s pivot away from the...
Dr. Kurt Schwabe discusses the impact of water conservation on recycled water; Yorba Linda Water District GM discusses effects of...
Earlier today, the State Water Board released the draft final documents for the Bay Delta Plan update for the Lower...
The Delta Watermaster leads a panel discussing a recent study that compared 7 different methods for estimating consumptive use of crops grown in the Delta At the May meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Watermaster Michael George discussed the...