An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
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...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Actions are being taken on several proposed species listings and habitat designations under the U.S. and state Endangered Species Acts that could affect California farmers and ranchers. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced several...
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...
By Lisa McEwen SJV Water Editor/CEO Lois Henry contributed to this report Outflow from Success and Kaweah lakes is back down to a trickle but bewilderment is still riding high among Tulare County water managers. The sudden and untimely belch...
From the Office of the Governor: In anticipation of a multi-day, significant atmospheric river in Northern California, Governor Gavin Newsom...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Water managers were relieved Thursday evening after the Army Corps of Engineers agreed to back...
LA had planned to take substantially less from the iconic Eastern Sierra lake this winter. The decision is a blow to conservationists who have been trying to restore the lake for decades. By Alastair Bland, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with...
By Ag Alert During the past seven years, the cost to California lettuce growers of complying with the state’s environmental,...
The president’s executive orders on California water will help irrigate Central Valley farms. They won’t do anything to fight wildfires....
Trump claims his order will send more water to firefighters in Southern California. Except the Central Valley Project only delivers water to farms in the center of the state. By Michael Gennaro, Courthouse News Service Environmentalists and California state leaders...
This is the second major action focused on California Water Policy in Trump’s second term Press release from the State...
From Governor Newsom: Scientists, water managers, state leaders, and experts throughout the state are calling out the federal administration’s ongoing...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] President Trump’s Executive Order By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Policy. For weeks, residents of the Los Angeles area...