An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
Drought-riddled California and others want more sway over permitting process for projects like oil pipelines, power plants and wetlands developments,...
Pressured by growers and legislators, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a drought emergency in 39 counties as most of California experiences...
Package includes billions for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, with a focus on small and disadvantaged communities From the Office of the Governor: Governor Gavin Newsom today proposed a $5.1 billion package of immediate drought response and long-term water resilience investments...
41 counties now under drought state of emergency to protect communities and the environment, representing 30 percent of the state’s population...
PNNL leads investigation into hydropower’s evolving value to the grid and energy storage By Genoa Blankenship, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Across the...
A look at how the state is (or is not) regulating fracking and aquifer exemptions One of the most controversial areas of current environmental policy is the debate over hydraulic fracturing (or fracking). The process involves the injection of pressurized...
From the Office of the Governor: With much of the West experiencing drought conditions and California squarely in a second...
A recap of the webinar featuring Tim Quinn, formerly with ACWA, Tracy Quinn with the NRDC, and author John Fleck...
At the March meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, the councilmembers were briefed on the 2022 on the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan and on the update to the recreation and tourism chapter of the Delta Protection Commission’s Economic Sustainability...
The Department of Water Resources filed its Certification of Consistency for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement...
The election of Joe Biden sparked a wave of optimism in wildlife advocacy organizations that the worst is over, but...
Integrating consumptive use with environmental flows is a core challenge for water management. Regulatory methods for protecting instream flows have evolved over the decades. Currently, California is engaged in a robust conversation about these approaches as the state grapples with...
The Northern California Water Association Annual Meeting was held on March 5, 2021. The theme was ‘Ridgetop to River Mouth...
A week doesn’t go by without someone saying there are water wars underway or about to kick off in California....
Huge gaps exist in scientific knowledge, but California is about to set the world’s first health guidelines for microplastics in drinking water. Yet no one agrees how to test water for the tiny bits of plastic, or how dangerous they...
