An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
By Robin Kundis Craig, University of Kansas The U.S. Supreme Court has limited how flexible the Environmental Protection Agency and...
The EPA warned the high court that narrowly tailoring permitting regulations would force the agency to delay projects. By Kelsey...
By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center Coming up with a plan to find sufficient water to maintain 100 percent of existing irrigated farm acreage in the San Joaquin Valley the next time...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Even as Kaweah and Success lakes returned to normal operations, with some releases sent into...
The California Water Commission’s February meeting included a brief presentation by Dr. Lenny Grimaldo, Environmental Director for the State Water...
By Caleb Hampton The Trump administration’s mass firing of federal employees and its withholding of federal funds during the past month have impacted farmers who for decades have partnered with the federal government for conservation, infrastructure and equipment upgrades, research...
The governor vowed to clear the way for more groundwater recharge. Has it worked? “We’re still tinkering around with small...
The Center for Biological Diversity intends to sue Trump and the Army Corps of Engineers for illegally expediting approval of...
Press release from Restore the Delta: Restore the Delta joined over 100 organizations in sending an urgent letter to Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta, Speaker of the Assembly Robert Rivas and Senate President Pro Tempore Mike McGuire to ensure protecting California’s environment remains...
By the State Water Resources Control Board Water Code section 1242.1 allows parties to divert for groundwater recharge without a water...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A proposal to change the guidelines for California’s $90-million farmland retirement program has literally stopped...
Communities of color are more likely to have higher levels of these contaminants in their drinking water. by Adityarup Chakravorty The U.S. EPA regulates levels of more than 90 contaminants in public drinking water, but thousands more potentially harmful chemicals...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Actions are being taken on several proposed species listings and habitat designations under the U.S....
A small endangered fish is at the heart of a controversy over California water management. By Kiley Price, Inside Climate...
By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Local water managers in Tulare County may have prevented a disaster last week. On the afternoon of Thursday, Jan. 30, an announcement by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that it was set to immediately...
