6PPD, a chemical widely used in tires to prevent rubber degradation and extend tire lifespan, has raised environmental concerns due...
Excess sediment in the South Delta puts the water supply and the ecosystem at risk by Robin Meadows In 1962,...
Using science to protect people, economy, and nature in this vital region California is on the front lines of climate change, whether that’s accelerating impacts on wildfires, drought, flooding, extreme heat, or sea level rise. No geography is more important...
by Robin Meadows It seems like just about everyone has a plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Governor Newsom wants...
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has submitted a Certification of Consistency with the Delta Plan to the Delta Stewardship...
by Robin Meadows California’s freshwater species are threatened by habitat loss and degradation, and are pushed to the brink of extinction by climate change. Many could be gone by the end of the century. Now, a new Public Policy Institute...
Subsidence from groundwater pumping has severely impacted land surfaces and infrastructure in parts of California. Rates of subsidence and its...
The Bureau of Reclamation is currently preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to establish new operational guidelines for Lake Powell...
by Robin Meadows The Karuk people have lived in the thickly forested mountains along the Klamath River in Northern California for so long that they simply say since time immemorial. Chinook salmon were intrinsic to their way of life. For...
Historically, millions of salmon returned to California’s rivers each year. Today, those numbers have plummeted to a fraction of their...
Scarce flows, hungry predators, warm water, and politics conspire against salmon in the Delta, but which is the dominant stressor?...
By John Hart Every few years, it seems, we remember Suisun Marsh. Not that this unique middle chamber of the San Francisco Estuary is ever forgotten; it’s just that, like a relatively quiet child in a troubled family, it can...
Two years ago, the Colorado River Lower Basin states united to conserve an extra 3 million acre-feet of water by...
By Robin Meadows Five years ago, Plains Miwok cultural practitioner Don Hankins got a surprising invitation from Russ Ryan, a...
At the May meeting of the California Water Commission, representatives from the Inland Empire Utilities Agency, the project proponent for the Chino Basin Program, updated the Commission on the status of the project and progress toward completing the WSIP requirements. ...