With the draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and the draft environmental documents now released and the public review process...
The Planning and Conservation League, Sierra Club, Environmental Water Caucus, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and other environmental organizations have sent...
As part of a new experimental product, NASA scientists are generating groundwater and soil moisture drought indicators each week which are based on GRACE satellite data that is integrated with other observations using a sophisticated numerical model of land surface...
Just 18 Delta smelt were found in the Delta during the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Fall Midwater Trawl, making...
It’s New Years Day – what better day to check in with all of you BDCP readers out there, just...
At the request of BDCP participants, the Delta Science Program has convened an Independent Science Review Panel to assess the scientific soundness of the effects analysis chapter (Chapter 5) of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. The panel, which first met...
Governor Brown has directed the Department of Water Resources, the State Water Resources Control Board, the Department of Food and...
The Santa Clara Valley Water District board members continued their examination of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan with a workshop...
Last week, a segment of KQED’s Forum with Michael Krasny featured Mark Cowin, Tim Quinn, Gary Bobker, and Barbara Barrigan-Parilla discussing the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. Here’s a transcript of the show: Michael Krasny: The Brown Administration released an environmental...
At the joint meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee and the Special Committee on the Bay-Delta...
With the draft California Water Action Plan expected to be finalized and released later this month, the Plan was a...
At the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) fall conference last week, the luncheon featured Natural Resources Secretary John Laird, Secretary of Environmental Protection Matt Rodriquez who heads Cal-EPA, and Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture Karen...
Senator Feinstein and Congressman Jim Costa have written a letter to Governor Brown, requesting that he address the dry conditions...
Yesterday, the Californians for a Fair Water Policy, new coalition that includes Restore the Delta, Food and Water Watch, C-WIN,...
California Republicans have sent a letter to President Obama and Governor Brown, urging them to “take immediate action to mitigate the catastrophic effects of another natural drought exacerbated by environmental regulations.” The recent dry years have been exacerbated by environmental...