An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
Judges cannot vacate agency rules without first finding them unlawful. By Alanna Mayham, Courthouse News Service A Ninth Circuit panel...
Press release from the State Water Contractors: Yesterday, Governor Newsom issued an Executive Order (EO) N-3-23 to build water resilience...
By Alistair Bland, Cal Matters Facing an onslaught of criticism that water was “wasted” during January storms, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday suspended environmental laws to give the go-ahead to state officials to hold more water in reservoirs. The governor’s...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert A decades-long tussle over water continues at the California-Oregon border, as irrigators of the federal...
Habitat restoration projects in the Delta have become increasingly important as our understanding of their role in supporting native aquatic...
Environmentalists say the EPA has blown by a congressionally mandated deadline to set standards to control ship ballast pollution. By Natalie Hansen, Courthouse News Service Environmentalists claim the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has failed to release new national standards that...
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...
By Dave Puglia, President & CEO, Western Growers California has once again been caught flat-footed in the aftermath of another round of infrequent yet inevitable wet weather, grounded by inflexible interpretation of the 2019 biological opinions and the persistent, puzzling...
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...
In this issue of the Water Hub’s Rising Voices column, we check in with Director of Strategic Storytelling at Minnow, Javier Román-Nieves, about discriminatory land and water laws in California and advocating for small farmers in California. Tell me about...
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...
Here are six ways that Californians will be affected by the state’s new climate change blueprint. By Nadia Lopez, Cal Matters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s air board today unanimously approved a...
