Groundwater is a critical resource, supplying nearly 40% of the state with water to support cities and farms. With droughts...
By Robin Meadows As a New York Times columnist once quipped, “California’s water system might have been invented by a...
California’s forests are facing a growing threat: wildfires. The severity and frequency of these fires are on the rise, fueled by poor fire management practices, prolonged drought, and bark beetle infestation. These factors are only worsened by the changing climate,...
At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Watermaster Jay Ziegler updated the Council on the implementation of...
In March 2023, six basins were deemed by the Department of Water Resources to have inadequate groundwater sustainability plans, prompting...
When Steve Neader’s rice farm flooded last winter after three years of drought, a UC Davis research team checked to see what else had come in with the water. Neader grows rice in California’s Sutter Bypass, a huge leveed channel...
The recent succession of atmospheric rivers has spurred support for groundwater recharge, creating a wave of momentum for moving recharge...
Written by Robin Meadows It sounds like such a simple fix for California’s groundwater woes. In phenomenally wet years like...
The Department of Water Resources is working on a final EIR to install the barrier two times over ten years as needed California is highly prone to droughts, and droughts are expected to increase in frequency as climate change impacts...
Written by Robin Meadows Sturgeon have been around far longer than humans—a jaw-dropping 200 million years to our comparatively short...
By Robin Meadows The State Water Resources Control Board, which both allocates surface water rights and protects water quality for...
Metropolitan’s One Water and Stewardship Committee meeting on May 8 featured a presentation on the Bureau of Reclamation’s draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) and what it means for Metropolitan’s Colorado River supplies. They also discussed how the improved water...
The California Water Plan is the state’s strategic roadmap for managing the state’s precious water resources equitably and sustainably. First...
by Robin Meadows Two decades ago, scientists were alarmed by sudden declines in at-risk fish and their tiny prey, called...
Written by Robin Meadows As evidence for the wide-ranging environmental benefits of beavers has mounted, champions of these 40-to-70-pound rodents have increasingly clamored for restoring them in California. Now, the state has finally joined others, including Oregon, Washington and Utah,...