An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
Volume 11, Issue 2 of San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science is now available online. This is a special issue...
In April of 2013, the Public Policy Institute of California released the report, Stress Relief: Prescriptions for Healthier Delta Ecosystem,...
On September 24, 2013, Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta was updated on the status of the Collaborative Science and Adaptive Management Program (CSAMP) as well as the progress on several near-term Delta habitat restoration and emergency response...
Currently, there are two bond measures that are working their way through the legislative process. Senator Lois Wolk has introduced...
From Senator Wolk’s office: A joint hearing of the Senate Environmental Quality and Natural Resources and Water Committees heard presentations...
On September 19, the Department of Water Resources held a Delta regional forum as part of the update to the California Water Plan. Part of the forum was dedicated to updates on some of the relevant planning processes currently underway...
The State Legislature has adjourned for the year, punting the water bond, CEQA reform and the possible move of the...
California lacks a statewide sustainable groundwater management program, instead leaving groundwater under local control, and while there are a few...
California has long relied on surface reservoirs to manage the state’s fluctuating water supply as evidenced by the over 1300 reservoirs both large and small that dot the landscape – from Redding in the north to San Diego in the...
On March 20, 2013, the Assembly Select Committee on Regional Approaches to Addressing the State’s Water Crisis held an informational...
At the August 22nd Delta Stewardship Council Meeting, Cindy Messer, Deputy Executive Officer, and Keith Coolidge, Executive Manager of External Affairs, updated...
Legislation passed in 2009 set an ambitious target for statewide water conservation: a 20% reduction in urban per capita water use by the year 2020, but will the state meet the goal? Manucher Alemi updated the California Water Commission on...
From 2000 to 2008, voters approved nearly $100 billion in general obligation bonds to fund the state’s infrastructure needs with...
On August 15, the Assembly Committee for Water, Parks, and Wildlife held an informational hearing to gather public comment as...
On August 13th, the Senate Governance and Finance and the Natural Resources and Water Committees held a joint information hearing titled, “The Governance and Financing of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan: Overview of the Issues.” The hearing was co-chaired by...
