An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
Press release from the California Coastkeeper Alliance and the Natural Resources Defense Council: Recently, California Coastkeeper Alliance, the Natural Resources...
By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Proposed state legislation to modify California’s longstanding farmland conservation law could pave the way for...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Residents in the small town of East Orosi woke up Sunday to backed-up toilets and yards flooded with wastewater. One of the community’s wastewater pumps stopped working, causing sewage backups for two days until workers...
Press release from the Center for Biological Diversity and the Planning and Conservation League: Writing to three water boards April...
The nationwide cost to treat or replace contaminated drinking water is estimated at $1.5 billion a year. The ubiquitous chemicals,...
Assemblymember Isaac Bryan says possible changes in federal administrations could lead to rollbacks in state protections if environmental rights aren’t enshrined in the California constitution. By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service California lawmakers want to establish the state’s position on...
Public health goals reflect the best current science and will help guide drinking water standards Press release from Cal EPA’s...
California’s water supply is the healthiest it’s been this century thanks to two consecutive wet winters, but the state’s water...
The Statutory Exemption for Restoration Projects (SERP), set to expire next year, has facilitated 48 restoration projects totaling over 20,000 acres California is known for strong laws protecting the environment; however, these policies meant to protect natural resources can unintentionally...
From the Californians for Water Security: In a press release yesterday, Governor Newsom released the state’s updated Water Plan detailing...
From the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance In an April 1, 2024 letter to three water boards, fishing and conservation groups...
By Ching Lee As California farmers struggle through impacts of rapid swings between intense drought and severe deluge, the state’s water chief emphasized the need to better manage flood flows and groundwater during wet periods to improve water supply reliability...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert California’s landmark 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, which requires local agencies in affected basins to...
“The Court has carefully considered all pending claims, and if any claims were not specifically addressed in this order, the...
As policymakers consider updates to the Bay-Delta Plan, a Stanford analysis outlines challenges and strategies to support future water security in the San Francisco Bay Area in the face of climate change. By Rob Jordan, Stanford News California’s challenge to...
