An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
California regulations protecting wetlands and state waters were approved by the State Water Resources Control Board and will take effect...
Interview and write-up by Lisa Beutler, Stantec (Sacramento, CA). This article appeared first in The Water Report and is reprinted...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board today approved an ambitious, long-term plan to address the buildup of salt and nitrates in Central Valley groundwater basins and surface water, and ensure delivery of clean...
The State Water Resources Control Board will hold a public meeting on October 16 to consider adopting a resolution approving...
At the August meeting of the California Water Commission, Karla Nemeth, Director of the Department of Water Resources (DWR), spoke...
Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law & Graduate School, for The Conversation The question of which streams, lakes, wetlands and other water bodies across the U.S. should receive federal protection under the Clean Water Act has been a major controversy in environmental...
Last week, representatives for the environmental organizations that are actively participating in the Voluntary Agreement process sent a letter to...
Some groups will likely paint the governor — who sees himself as an environmental warrior — as a politician who,...
Late Friday night, the California legislature passed Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), the California Environmental, Public Health and Workers Defense Act. Governor Newsom has indicated he will veto the measure. Here are the responses from legislators, NGOs, water agencies, and...
The Trump administration is expected on Thursday to roll back a major Obama-era policy that brought under federal protection many...
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office has been part of negotiations over air, water and endangered-species protections. The governor decries Trump’s environmental...
Secretary Wade Crowfoot, Jeff Kightlinger, and Jennifer Pierre discuss the Delta tunnel project, the long-awaited biological opinions, SB 1, voluntary agreements, and the relationship between the Newsom and Trump administrations Recently, the Sacramento Press Club hosted a panel discussion on...
New Web-based Tool Released to Track Progress toward Human Right to Water Goals From the State Water Resources Control Board:...
Water management in California has always been challenging, with the state’s variable climate that alternates between drought and floods that...
by Robin Bravender, Nevada Current The Trump administration has been sidelining researchers and suppressing climate change science at the U.S. Interior Department, experts warned Congress this week. A climate change scientist and a former senior executive staffer at the Interior...
