The Merced Irrigation District has petitioned the State Water Resources Control Board and has received conditional approvals for Temporary Urgency Change Petitions that would allow the transfer of up to 5,000 acre-feet of water for instream flow dedication, with the...
On Wednesday afternoon, administration officials held a media call to discuss the release of the Drought Operations Plan and the latest request of the federal state and water projects to extend the provisions in the Temporary Urgency Change Petition that...
Earlier this afternoon, state and federal officials held a media call to announce that increased pumping will be allowed from the Delta over the next few days to capture runoff from precipitation events. On the call to explain the situation...
From the Golden Gate Salmon Association, the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, SBCSFA, Natural Resources Defense Council, Defenders of Wildlife, The Bay Institute, Earthjustice, Friends of the San Francisco Estuary, and American Rivers: A group of wealthy agribusiness interests...
Senator Feinstein, Senator Boxer, Congressman Costa and Congressman Garamendi have sent a letter to Tom Howard, Executive Director of the State Water Board, asking him to consider deferring any decision regarding Delta pumping until at least until at least March...
