An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
Stakeholders all said they wanted better communication, but data and SB-88 compliance are a problem In 2014 and 2015 during...
At the 2021 California Irrigation Institute Conference, the keynote speaker was Wade Crowfoot, the Secretary of the California Natural Resources...
A panel discussion on how the Irrigated Lands Program (ILRP), the Central Valley Salinity Alternatives for Long-Term Sustainability (CV-Salts) initiative, and Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) can work together to support water quality improvements across the San Joaquin Valley. The...
From the California Water Commission: The California Water Commission has increased the potential funding amounts for two groundwater storage projects...
Presentation at NID’s January board meeting focuses on the benefits of water supplier’s participation in the voluntary agreement process At...
Panel at PCL’s Environmental Assembly focuses on the lack of progress on the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan update and the voluntary agreements Note: This panel discussion focuses on the lack of progress on the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan...
Screening process for potential new Water Storage Investment Program projects At the December 2020 meeting, the California Water Commission approved...
A federal judge in Montana said Donald Trump’s EPA failed to demonstrate why an eleventh-hour rule barring the use of...
By Christina Souza, Ag Alert Despite pleas from winery owners and their representatives—one of whom described the wine sector as “an industry on the brink”—state water regulators adopted new regulations on wastewater discharge. The State Water Resources Control Board voted...
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...