An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
The system Down Under fosters self-reliance, giving homeowners tools to protect themselves when expecting firefighters’ help is not realistic. By...
By Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado, Cal Matters Water is scarce and dirty for many in Fresno County’s small West Park community. They’re...
California regulations protecting wetlands and state waters were approved by the State Water Resources Control Board and will take effect on May 28, 2020. These new rules create a more expansive and complex permitting scheme for developers, public agencies and...
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...
The State Water Resources Control Board will hold a public meeting on October 16 to consider adopting a resolution approving the proposed Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s amendments to the Sacramento and San Joaquin Basin Plan and the...
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...
Last week, representatives for the environmental organizations that are actively participating in the Voluntary Agreement process sent a letter to Governor Newsom outlining their concerns and are threatening to leave the process if their concerns not addressed. The groups represented...
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...
The Trump administration is expected on Thursday to roll back a major Obama-era policy that brought under federal protection many streams and wetlands across the U.S. By Tim Ryan, Courthouse News Service The Trump administration Thursday formally rolled back a...
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...
New Web-based Tool Released to Track Progress toward Human Right to Water Goals From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board today authorized spending nearly a quarter billion dollars to help local water systems provide...
