An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
The California Journal of Politics and Policy (CJPP) is an online journal of original scholarship, cutting edge research, and informed...
Informational Orders Issued to Water Suppliers With Inadequate “Stress Test” Submissions From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State...
From Jason Peltier at the San Luis-Delta Mendota Water Authority: As environmental special interests request the State Water Resources Control Board expand failed policies on Delta Smelt, Californians are calling on the Board to implement new science-based, common sense approaches...
Staff from Central Valley Flood Protection Board and DWR brief the Delta Stewardship Council on the update to the Central...
From Defenders of Wildlife, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Bay Institute: With the critically endangered Delta smelt on...
From the law offices of Stephan C. Volker: On July 25, 2016 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (“PCFFA”) and the San Francisco Crab Boat Owners Association in...
This month’s update covers the proposed revised schedule for development of the regulation, climate change analysis, the peer review process,...
Panel at ACWA’s Spring Conference discusses forest restoration, biomass power plants, wildfires, and other upper watershed management issues Experts agree...
Strategies Aimed at Improving Survival of Endangered Fish From the California Natural Resources Agency: Under a comprehensive strategy released today, state and federal agencies will work to rapidly improve conditions for endangered Delta smelt, which are close to extinction after...
Details on the progress of the regulations from updates at both the Delta Stewardship Council and the California Water Commission...
From the Delta Stewardship Council: Statement of Jessica Pearson, Executive Officer: While the Sacramento Superior Court’s May 19th ruling upheld...
“To be clear, the Delta Plan is invalid and must be set aside until proper revisions are completed.” The Sacramento Superior Court has issued a tentative ruling on multiple parties requests for clarification of the recent ruling on the Delta...
Environment Is Equal Player, With Tools To Reduce Damage To Ecosystems, Native Species From the Public Policy Institute of California:...
By Cal Matters: As a state bluer than Lake Tahoe in sunlight, California has adopted a slew of progressive policies...
David Wegner says the assumptions of the second wave of water development are no longer valid; we must work together to usher in the ‘third wave’ of water Solutions to California’s water problems is going to take action on many...