An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
Department heads tell legislators how they plan to disburse the first round of funds from Proposition 1 Last November, voters...
Anton Favorini-Csorba gives an overview of Prop 1 and makes recommendations for ensuring legislative oversight on the expenditure of water...
Stakeholders discuss how to integrating the multiple plans and processes in the Yolo Bypass Land use in the Yolo Bypass is dominated by agriculture; it is part of Yolo County’s heritage as well as a vital of its economy. Farming...
Legislators say Executive Director’s decision ‘difficult to understand’; 10,000 acre-feet already lost since order went into effect Senator Feinstein, Congressman...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: Persons claiming senior water rights in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed will...
Chuck Bonham, Sandy Matsumoto, Dr. Peter Moyle, and Tim Quinn discuss how to prepare for the next drought, including developing a plan, designating priority habitat, and securing water for the environment As January ends as a record-breaking drought in some...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: Facing the likelihood of a fourth consecutive drought year, the State Water Resources...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: While much of California has so far endured an exceptionally dry 2015, the...
Panel discusses the pros and cons of Habitat Conservation Plans and Natural Community Conservation Plans In recent years in an effort to avoid ‘postage stamp’ conservation, many regional planning efforts have been undertaken that allow for development while at the...
Water agencies request modifications to flow requirements, Delta Cross Channel operations and the export rate; outline possible future actions and...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: In January 2014, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. proclaimed a State of Emergency...
Fran Spivy-Weber talks about the statewide sustainability initiatives included in the California Water Action Plan, and ends with the suggestion that agencies be creative and give regulators a chance Frances Spivy-Weber, Vice-Chair of the State Water Resources Control Board, was...
From the White House press office: Building a 21st-century infrastructure is a critical component of the Administration’s efforts to accelerate...
From the Legislative Analyst’s Office, a new 32-page report, “Achieving State Goals for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. From the Executive...
The Delta Stewardship Council votes to unanimously accept the Delta Levee Investment Issue Paper, setting the framework for upcoming policy discussions The Delta Levee Investment Strategy project is an 18-month multi-agency effort led by the Delta Stewardship Council to update...
