An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
By Jane Sooby The State Water Resources Control Board has announced that a public workshop will be held April 10...
By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center Along with the California Condor, one...
By Michelle Paul, California Farm Water Coalition From the moment California’s earliest residents called the vast, fertile soils of California’s Central Valley home, efforts began to solve one of the state’s oldest challenges: harnessing the water. With rainfall and snowpack...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board today released for public comment a draft...
Press release from Restore the Delta: A new report from the California Legislative Analyst’s Office is drawing strong criticism from a...
Press release from the California Water Data Consortium: The California Water Data Consortium released Strengthening California’s Climate Bond Outcomes with Water Data Infrastructure, a new report on data and information systems-focused strategies and approaches to maximize Proposition 4’s success. The...
A report from the Legislative Analyst’s Office comes as record-breaking temperatures are speeding snowmelt in the state. By Alan Riquelmy,...
From the Legislative Analyst’s Office: This report discusses the State Water Resources Control Board’s (SWRCB’s) proposed—and long-overdue—update of the water...
By Rachel Becker, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Following pressure from powerful California growers, the Trump administration’s Interior Department announced Tuesday that it will put $40 million toward efforts to raise Shasta...
The bill, which would provide $300 million a year for infrastructure repairs, is set for its first committee on Wednesday....
By Madeline Shannon, The Center Square The legislator who wrote a law modernizing California’s water infrastructure says there’s no concrete...
Native fish populations are declining at an alarming rate while state regulators have failed to act From the San Francisco Baykeeper: On March 2, 2026, San Francisco Baykeeper, represented by Earthjustice, filed its opening brief in the California Court of...
By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center If enough people in California agreed...
The EPA claims a federal judge “commandeered” a case when he determined the agency needed to investigate safe fluoride levels...
Easing the amount of cadmium allowed under the Clean Water Act is an agency action, so the EPA should have consulted with other federal agencies, the panel found. By Joe Duhownik, Courthouse News Service The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday nixed...
