An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
At the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) Fall Conference held last week, the keynote speaker at the luncheon was...
“We really have to get creative and equally value all of the interests of the stakeholders, use cooperative agreements and...
By Rebecca Sohn, Cal Matters In the spring of 2013, Jocelyn Walters and her partners moved Nativearth, their small shoe business, into a warehouse in Mariposa Industrial Park that gave them more space to grow. But there was one quirk...
At the September meeting of the California Water Commission, Daniel Whisman, principal engineer and program manager for DWR’s California Aqueduct...
Additional barriers in the Northern Delta being contemplated if conditions remain dry Despite the wet weather, California is still experiencing...
In this issue: Implications of the Drought for California Agriculture Climatological Context for California’s Ongoing Drought, by John Abatzoglou California Farms Adjust to Drought, by Daniel A . Sumner, Carlyn Marsh, Quaid Moore, Scott Somerville, and Josué Medellín-Azuara Drought Impacts...
By Christina Souza The Newsom administration has informed regional water districts that it will move forward with a plan to...
Environmentalists and their allies have scored two wins over agricultural interests in the decades-long conflict over how much water can...
The Biden administration moved Tuesday to dissolve two rule changes from the Trump era that lightened protections for endangered species. By Alexandra Jones, Courthouse News Service Wolves, whooping cranes and other species that depend on critical habitat designations to survive...
Written by Elyse De Franco Writing in the June 2021 issue of San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science, a group...
A federal judge concluded the Trump administration rule that rolls back regulation of water-polluting projects contradicts Supreme Court precedent and...
From the Office of the Governor: Following the second driest year on record and with near record low storage in California’s largest reservoirs, Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation extending the drought emergency statewide and further urging Californians to step...
Gov. Newsom expands the California drought emergency from 50 counties to statewide, but does not order mandatory water conservation. He...
By Christine Souza The struggle over management of water supplied through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta continues as the Biden administration...
Opponents say leaving the Trump-era rule in place will prevent state and tribal governments from imposing conditions on thousands of water-polluting projects over the next year and half or longer. By Nicholas Iovino, Courthouse News Service A plan to leave...
