California state agencies are working on projects to improve air quality and create safe habitats for birds at the Salton...
By Robin Meadows The San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge, which hugs the northern arc of the San Francisco Bay,...
By John Hart, Estuary News In the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, an invisible fire is burning. Peat soils, laid down under water when the region was a vast wetland, are oxidizing, vanishing into the atmosphere at the rate of about...
By Alastair Bland Federal wildlife officials formally listed the San Francisco Estuary longfin smelt as an endangered species in July....
“What data we have suggests that the predation is a huge factor that will probably preclude any recovery of salmonids...
The November meeting of Metropolitan’s One Water and Stewardship Committee, a joint meeting with the entire Board of Directors, was a marathon of over five hours with many topics covered. However, front and center was the Delta Conveyance Project with...
Wastewater agencies are playing a crucial role in shaping a sustainable water future by increasingly reusing highly treated water. Since...
Flood risk is one of the most pressing threats to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The Delta’s 1,100 miles of levees...
Water is vital to California. Access to water and ecosystem information helps communities plan for the increasing demands caused by climate change, population growth, and other factors. This data assists in identifying areas and populations most at risk from drought,...
Floating wetlands sound like something straight out of a fairy tale, fanciful landscapes where the laws of nature are suspended....
The appeals allege numerous inconsistencies with Delta Plan policies and say piecemealing the project is inconsistent with CEQA Last Friday,...
The October meeting of the California Water Commission included an update on the seven projects progressing through the Water Storage Investment Program. Program Manager Amy Young gave the update. Proposition 1 of 2014 dedicated $2.7 billion for investments in water...
The aqueduct capacity in certain areas of the Southern San Joaquin Valley is nearly reduced by half due to subsidence....
At the October meeting of Metropolitan’s One Water and Stewardship Committee meeting, staff began the first of a series of...
The San Francisco Estuary watershed is characterized by periods of both wet and dry. But the dry seems to be occurring more frequently and intensely than in the past. Researcher Rosemary Hartman led a collaborative team that looked at nearly...