An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Farming and ranching families in the Scott River and Shasta River watersheds say drought emergency...
The California Water Plan is the state’s strategic plan for sustainably managing and developing water resources for current and future...
In the fall of 2021, the Delta Stewardship Council held a series of four webinars focusing on the social and environmental justice issues relating to the Delta, as part of a larger effort by the Council on a new environmental...
From the California Water Commission: As part of the California Water Commission’s work assessing how to shape well-managed groundwater trading programs...
From the California Natural Resources Agency: A new report (below) released today conveys significant progress made in the past 18...
California today issued emergency drought rules aimed at wasteful water use. Although snowpack is 150% of average today, climatologists predict dry conditions for the rest of the season. And conservation still lags. By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters In a clear...
By Christine Souza The atmospheric river storm that brought some rain and snow to the parched state may serve as...
At the recent ACWA Fall Conference, held in-person in Southern California, State Water Resources Control Board’s Joaquin Esquivel sat down...
From the California Farm Bureau Federation: California Department of Water Resources has warned water agencies that contract with the State Water Project that they may receive no water allocations in 2022 due to severe shortages after two years of drought....
After coming up short in federal court, representatives for oil, gas and hydropower companies are expected to ask the Ninth...
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 MOUs, and new innovative partnerships in order to succeed,” says Amy Cordalis. Amy Cordalis is a fisherwoman, attorney, mother, and...
By Rebecca Sohn, Cal Matters In the spring of 2013, Jocelyn Walters and her partners moved Nativearth, their small shoe...
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 dire drought conditions and concerningly low storage levels in the state’s largest reservoirs. DWR is responding to the continuing drought...
