An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
By Christine Souza On behalf of California farmers and ranchers, California Farm Bureau provided feedback this month to federal agencies...
The California Data Collaborative (CaDC) is a network of water professionals collaborating to create tools and applied research supporting planning...
From the State Water Resources Control Board, issued Friday evening: With record low flows in the Scott and Shasta Rivers threatening the survival of multiple fish species, the State Water Resources Control Board today ordered right holders to stop diverting...
Each month, the Water Hub is checking in advocates and organizers in California to talk about the water issues impacting...
By Kevin Hecteman, Ag Alert The 2021 fire season threatens to overtake 2020—the worst fire year in recorded state history....
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert A state drought curtailment regulation, adopted last week for the Klamath River watershed, calls for minimum instream flows but also incorporates potential voluntary actions to achieve water savings to help fish and keep farmers farming....
State Water Board issues notice containing important information about the curtailment status of water rights and claims of right within...
Acute water shortages prompt urgent action following emergency regulation in early August From the State Water Board: With climate change-induced...
About 4,300 users were issued notices to halt diversions from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Some growers and municipalities will have to rely on other sources, while many can invoke their senior water rights to keep pumping from the rivers —...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Organic farmer Al Courchesne of Frog Hollow Farm in Brentwood walks through rows of his...
In March of this year, the Secretaries of the Natural Resources Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Food and...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The California State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday unanimously adopted emergency curtailments and reporting regulations for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed due to severe drought conditions. The board’s adoption on the actions affect almost...
Growers’ groups voiced strong opposition, questioning the water board’s power to stop senior rights holders from pumping the water. By...
Acute water shortages prompt urgent action From the State Water Board: With climate change-induced drought reducing water levels in the...
A rural Central Valley community is without running water during a heat wave, prompting authorities to haul in bottles and jugs of water to more than 700 people in Teviston. By Melissa Montalvo, Cal Matters This is how California’s water...
