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. ...
Proposition 1 of 2014 dedicated $2.7 billion for investments in water storage projects, which the California Water Commission administers through...
Golden mussels, an invasive mollusk, pose a significant threat to natural ecosystems and water infrastructure due to their ability to...
Climate Change is bringing warmer and wetter storms, reducing our snowpack and increasing the need for more storage. At the same time, extended droughts have contributed to the over-pumping of our groundwater basins, leaving ample storage space for new water...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: COEQWAL and Just Transitions: Innovative projects tackle California’s water future
Second series of workshops for the Just Transitions project to take place on June 7 and June 9 California is...
California is adapting to increasingly intense storm patterns, largely driven by atmospheric rivers. These narrow bands of concentrated water vapor...
At its April meeting, the California Water Commission received an update from the CIM Group and representatives of the Southern California Water Bank Authority, proponents of the Willow Springs Water Bank Conjunctive Use Project. They sought to assure the Commission...