Findings from a weight-of-evidence review of summer-fall habitat actions in the San Francisco Estuary Delta smelt are a small open-water fish found only in the San Francisco Estuary. The species was listed under the federal and state Endangered Species Acts...
From the Natural Resources Agency: The California Natural Resources Agency has released the 2026 Annual Report for the Salton Sea Program, offering a clear look at how much progress was made in 2025 —and what’s coming next. Both English and...
From the Legislative Analyst’s Office: This report discusses the State Water Resources Control Board’s (SWRCB’s) proposed—and long-overdue—update of the water...
The 2025 Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program (MLRP) Annual Report is now available, detailing program progress and regional activities. Prepared by...
From the Delta Science Program: The Delta Science Program hosts the Adaptive Management Forum every two years to promote dialogue and information exchange related to adaptive management in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The 2025 Forum, held October 14-15, brought together...
From the Delta Stewardship Council: The Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee’s (DPIIC) Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Delta Crosscut Budget Report is...
Managing the delicate balance between reliable water delivery and environmental stewardship in California requires rigorous scientific backing. At the request of the US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) recently conducted a comprehensive...
From the National Academies Billions of gallons of water per day are channeled from northern California to drier Central and Southern California through the network of dams, canals, and other features that comprise the federal Central Valley Project (CVP), operated...
