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DAILY DIGEST, 1/15: Valley Water votes to fund planning costs for Delta tunnel; California weather remains dry due to ‘rex block’: Here’s what it means; LA’s critically dry conditions stun scientists as fires rage; Kaweah farms find balance under SGMA; and more …

January 15, 2025

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CAL MATTERS: ‘Literally off the charts’: LA’s critically dry conditions stun scientists as fires rage

Cal Matters

Hydrology Wildfires and watersheds

January 15, 2025

By Alastair Bland, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters...

AG ALERT: Kaweah farms find balance under SGMA

Ag Alert

Groundwater News

January 15, 2025

By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Blake Wilbur, whose family has farmed in Tulare County for four generations, grew up hearing...

AG ALERT: On the Record: Aaron Fukuda talks SGMA in the Kaweah Subbasin

Ag Alert

Groundwater News

January 15, 2025

By Ag Alert Aaron Fukuda is general manager of the Tulare Irrigation District and interim general manager of the Mid-Kaweah...

AG ALERT: State Water Board readopts drought flows for Siskiyou

Ag Alert

Policy and regulation

January 15, 2025

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Even though hydrologic conditions point to a more positive water outlook for the Scott River...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: U.S. Fish and Wildlife to seek critical habitat status for Bay-Delta longfin smelt

Courthouse News Service

Fish and wildlife

January 15, 2025

The proposed habitat is over 90,000 acres and includes portions of Contra Costa, Napa, Sacramento, Solano and Sonoma counties. By...

PRESS RELEASE: Critical habitat proposed to protect longfin smelt in San Francisco Bay-Delta

Center for Biological Diversity

Fish and wildlife

January 15, 2025

Press release from the Center for Biological Diversity: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to designate 91,630 acres...

DELTA COUNTIES COALITION responds to Santa Clara Valley Water District’s disappointing vote to fund harmful Delta tunnel conveyance project

Delta Counties Coalition

Delta Conveyance Project

January 15, 2025

From the Delta Counties Coalition: In response to the Santa Clara Valley Water District’s (SCVWD) vote to approve $9.69 million...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Environmentalists ask feds to declare Goose Lake fish species endangered

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

January 15, 2025

The fish only live in the freshwaters of Goose Lake and its tributaries in south central Oregon and northeastern California,...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/14: Valley Water to hold key vote on Delta tunnel; La Niña to bring extreme weather shifts to California; Arrowhead water bottler seeks injunction after Forest Service denies pipeline permit; Containment grows on Palisades and Eaton fires as dangerous winds are expected to return; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

January 14, 2025

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COURTHOUSE NEWS: Arrowhead water bottler seeks injunction after Forest Service denies pipeline permit

Courthouse News Service

Water rights and water law

January 14, 2025

Although BlueTriton currently isn’t bottling water from Arrowhead Springs, it still operates a pipeline through the San Bernardino National Forest...

THE CONVERSATION: LA fires: Why fast wildfires and those started by human activities are more destructive and harder to contain

The Conversation

Climate change Wildfires and watersheds

January 14, 2025

Virginia Iglesias, University of Colorado Boulder Investigators are trying to determine what caused several wind-driven wildfires that have destroyed thousands...

PRESS RELEASE: Tribal-Environmental Coalition calls for justice and equity in Bay-Delta Water Quality Plan

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Policy and regulation

January 14, 2025

Press release from the Delta Tribal-Environmental Coalition: Administrative comments filed last Friday by the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC) urge...