An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
Despite a historical drought in California, Coastal Commissioners prevented a desalination plant from moving forward, defying the governor and regional...
Exploratory modeling in California’s Central Valley indicates that evaluating the costs, benefits, and risks to individual providers is necessary to...
At the April meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council during a public hearing, the Council voted to deny the appeal of DWR’s certification of consistency for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project, clearing the way for...
Staff presents results from the ongoing statewide PFAS investigations Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (or PFAS) are a group of manufactured...
By Rachel Becker, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Unprecedented water restrictions are...
Attorneys Richard Roos-Collins, Doug Obegi, Jennifer Buckman, and Peter Prows discuss the pros and cons of the voluntary agreements Voluntary agreements offer a potential alternative to flow standards imposed unilaterally by state agencies on water users. In theory, the agreements...
Guest commentary by Ruth Martinez (Ducor Water Board Member) and Roger Dickinson (Co-author of SGMA) The California town of Ducor,...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Due to ongoing drought and a limited water supply, farmers and ranchers in Mendocino and...
Each month, the Water Hub checks in with advocates and organizers to talk about California’s water issues. For our April edition, we’re doing things a little differently. We recently hosted an expert briefing on the future of the Central Valley....
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Irrigators in Siskiyou County have won a court ruling to temporarily block a state water...
A sudden stay in the case led four Supreme Court justices to fiercely criticize how their colleagues are using the...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert A $2.6 billion plan to improve water quality for salmon and native fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, unveiled last week by the Newsom administration, pledges to increase river flows and enhance habitat restoration. The...
By Rachel Becker and Julie Cart, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Painting...
Operators of a dam on California’s Central Coast told a Ninth Circuit panel it has no authority to release water...
MOU a Key Step in Years-Long Effort to Help Recover Salmon While Protecting Water Reliability From the California Natural Resources Agency: State, federal and local water leaders announced broad agreement today on measures to provide additional water flows and new...
