An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
Environmentalists say the EPA has blown by a congressionally mandated deadline to set standards to control ship ballast pollution. By...
Best case scenario has adoption of updated Sacramento River objectives and implementation of San Joaquin River flow objectives in 2024...
By Ag Alert The American Farm Bureau Federation and other agricultural and business groups are suing federal agencies, challenging the legality of the government’s new “waters of the United States,” or WOTUS, rule. The lawsuit argues that the U.S. Environmental...
By Dave Puglia, President & CEO, Western Growers California has once again been caught flat-footed in the aftermath of another...
By Ching Lee, Ag Alert In its latest attempt to define which bodies of water fall under federal protection, the...
Governor Gavin Newsom today introduced his 2023-24 state budget proposal. Funding for water resilience and drought is included under the climate change section. The budget for 2021 and 2022 allocated approximately $54 billion over five years to address climate change;...
In this issue of the Water Hub’s Rising Voices column, we check in with Director of Strategic Storytelling at Minnow,...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Modesto Irrigation District, Turlock Irrigation District and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission have signed...
From the Delta Stewardship Council: The Delta Stewardship Council is proposing a regulatory amendment to implement the Council’s Delta Levees Investment Strategy (DLIS). This amendment would assign a priority of very-high, high, or other to each island or tract located...
Here are six ways that Californians will be affected by the state’s new climate change blueprint. By Nadia Lopez, Cal...
By Edward Ring Despite seasonal rainfall at normal levels so far this year, the California Department of Water Resources on...
By Ryan Walker, Siskiyou County Farm Bureau The year 2022 has been one that few growers in Siskiyou County want to repeat. Following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s drought emergency order, the California Water Resources Control Board imposed emergency regulations to establish...
By Madison Hirneisen | The Center Square After an all-day hearing Thursday, the California Coastal Commission approved a permit for...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Already grappling with drought, lower commodity prices and higher production costs, more farmers are feeling...
A new version of California’s climate plan sets a more stringent — some say unrealistic — target for cutting greenhouse gases. It also relies more on controversial carbon capture and removal projects, which would be responsible for 15% of all...
