With the Delta Plan calling for a comprehensive Delta Science Plan to be in place by December of 2013, development...
The final Delta Plan and related documents are on track to be posted at the end of the month, the...
At the November 5th meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Water Stewardship and Planning Committee, Regional Director for Reclamation’s Lower Colorado River Region Terry Fulp addressed the Committee, and Metropolitan staff presented some details on a new multi-faceted agreement with Mexico...
Strategies for near-term actions in the Delta, implications of Army Corps policies regarding Delta levees, and an update on the...
How should science inform policymaking and how should that be outlined in the Delta Science Plan? These questions as well...
Note: The following is a summary of the PPIC report, “Where the Wild Things Aren’t: Making the Delta a Better Place for Native Species,” and is not intended to be considered an endorsement of the report or its contents. In...
On Monday, October 15th, Senator Lois Wolk, Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Delta Stewardship and Sustainability, held a...
For more than two decades, native fishes in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta have been declining at a rapid rate with...
National Heritage Area designation for the Delta, increased authority for the State Water Board, and the EPA’s Bay-Delta Action Plan were some of the items on the agenda for the September 27, 2012 Delta Stewardship Council meeting. THE DELTA AS...
John Laird, Secretary for Natural Resources, recently spoke at a meeting in Loomis, where he discussed the water bond and...
By shifting its timing and use of electricity, California’s water sector can help avoid the need to build new power...
With so many dams in California and the current dismal budget climate, perhaps you might have been concerned about the status of the state’s dam safety program? Or maybe you hadn’t thought of it, but with over 1250 dams in...
Following an analysis that determined that existing state and federal water quality standards were not adequately protecting the Delta’s ecosystem,...
Broader authority for the State Water Board to enforce water rights violations and prevent illegal diversions are among the key...
A comprehensive policy blueprint for the beleaguered Delta inched ever nearer towards completion as the Delta Stewardship Council reviewed minor changes of the last draft of the Delta Plan and prepared for the final phases of the planning process. Over...