An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
Governor Gavin Newsom today submitted his 2021-22 State Budget proposal to the Legislature totaling $227.2 billion. Here are some of...
From the Central Valley Regional Water Board: On January 5, 2021, Notice to Comply letters for the Salt Control Program...
The California Water Commission is in the process of assessing the state’s role in financing commands projects that could help meet the needs in a changing climate as tasked by action 19.4 in Governor Newsom’s water resilience portfolio. This work...
The Delta Stewardship Council’s December meeting included updates from the Delta Conservancy and the Delta Protection Commission. Activities of the...
From the Klamath waters to the Western desert valleys, recent court rulings highlight the important and evolving role of tribal...
With Inauguration Day looming, the lame-duck Trump administration continues to spend political capital on weakening the Endangered Species Act, the latest move a redefining of “critical habitat” as only referring to a given species’ presently occupied ecosystem rather than its...
Defending the decision to give farm irrigation districts permanent access to low-cost, federally pumped water in California, a Justice Department...
Panel discussion outlines challenges facing disadvantaged communities and small water systems The Water Resilience Portfolio directs the Water Commission to...
From the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board: The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board will be considering adoption of the revisions to the Salt and Nitrate Control Program (CV-SALTS) Basin Plan Amendments to the Water Quality Control...
Presentations highlight San Diego CWA’s Regional Water Conveyance System Study, addressing California Aqueduct subsidence, and the San Joaquin Valley Water...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Recent changes by the Trump Administration to the Clean Water Act have had a ripple effect on many regulatory...
From the Office of the Governor: California Governor Gavin Newsom today joined with Oregon Governor Kate Brown, leaders of the Yurok and Karuk Tribes and Berkshire Hathaway-owned PacifiCorp in announcing an agreement to provide additional resources and support to advance...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On July 28 of this year, Governor Newsom issued the final water resilience portfolio which calls for a set...
Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani: Every year at this time as the new water year unfolds, predictions and warnings about...
Prior to the completion of Friant Dam in 1942, the San Joaquin River supported the southernmost populations of Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon and fall-run Chinook salmon, where hundreds of thousands of Chinook used to return each year. After the...
