An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
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...
From the California Water Commission: As part of the California Water Commission’s work assessing how to shape well-managed groundwater trading programs with appropriate safeguards for vulnerable water users, Commission staff will present a draft white paper containing preliminary findings and next steps for...
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...
By Christine Souza The atmospheric river storm that brought some rain and snow to the parched state may serve as a reminder that California is still waiting to build planned infrastructure for storing water in wet years for use in...
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...
After coming up short in federal court, representatives for oil, gas and hydropower companies are expected to ask the Ninth Circuit to reinstate a contested rule that made it harder for states to regulate water-polluting projects. By Nicholas Iovino, Courthouse...
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...
