AG ALERT: Newsom announces strategy to help salmon populations

Ag Alert

Fish and wildlifePlanning and management

February 7, 2024

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As California experiences hotter, drier temperatures due to climate change, Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: In managing Colorado River dam, feds ignored climate change, conservationists tell appeals court

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

February 7, 2024

The U.S. Department of the Interior updated operations of the Glen Canyon Dam on Lake Powell in 2016, but conservationists...

COMMENTARY: Where does water wind up? You might be surprised

Ag Alert

AgricultureCommentary

February 7, 2024

Commentary by Mike Wade, Executive Director of the California Farm Water Coalition Water, the essence of life, is an indispensable...

HOOPA TRIBE: Pressure grows on Biden administration to set aside illegal Trump-era water contract with Westlands Water District

Hoopa Valley Tribe

Water rights and water law

February 7, 2024

Sierra Club and Center for Biological Diversity cite California Supreme Court, federal law, Tribal rights, and Biden policy in call...

NIDIS: Climate change isn’t producing expected increase in atmospheric moisture over dry regions

NIDIS

Climate change

February 7, 2024

Arid and semi-arid areas may face especially high risks of extreme heat and fire. By David Hosansky, NCAR The laws...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/6: Not over yet: More rain in the forecast; The science behind CA’s atmospheric rivers; Newsom’s salmon strategy gets mixed reviews; L.A.’s flood-control system survived epic storm. But it’s losing battle with climate change; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

February 6, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: State Water Resources Control Board beginning at 9am.  Agenda items include consideration of...

UC MERCED: Warming climate pushes rain to higher elevations, raising flooding risks

UC Merced

Climate changeScience

February 6, 2024

By Professor Roger Bales, UC Merced A new study co-authored by UC Merced researchers assesses the effect of a warming...

C-WIN: Trinity River: The glaring omission in the State Water Board’s Bay-Delta Plan Update

CA Water Impact Network (C-WIN)

Policy and regulation

February 5, 2024

Proposed Changes Ignore the Contributions and Needs of the Trinity River, Imperiling Salmon, Native Communities, and North State Fishing Economies...

REACTIONS: Newsom’s salmon strategy gets mixed reviews

Maven

Fish and wildlifePlanning and management

February 5, 2024

Last week, the Newsom administration released its salmon strategy aimed at aimed at protecting and restoring salmon “amidst hotter and...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/5: California battered by flash floods and hurricane-level winds; Sacramento River winter-run chinook salmon remain endangered, review finds; Solano Coalition opposing new city California Forever launches; Will Southern California ski resorts survive climate change?; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

February 5, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … California battered by flash floods and hurricane-level winds “Residents in Southern California were...

NOAA FISHERIES: Sacramento River winter-run chinook salmon remain endangered, review finds

NOAA Fisheries

Fish and wildlife

February 5, 2024

Recent progress offers hope for recovery but serious threats continue to affect species. By NOAA Fisheries Partners have pulled together...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Rapidly strengthening storm to bring damaging winds, major flash flood risk, heavy snow; Tulare County farmers to test groundwater market; Delta Conveyance Project faces stronger headwinds with court ruling, litigation; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

February 4, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Incoming storms … California emergency officials bracing for dangerous storm, flooding as atmospheric river approaches “Thousands of “boots on...

CAL MATTERS: Cannabis grower to pay $750,000 for violating state water, wildlife regulations

Cal Matters

Water quality

February 2, 2024

State officials said a Humboldt County cannabis operation took water from streams and damaged wetlands for years without authorization. The...

SJV WATER: Farmers in Tulare County set to test groundwater market they hope could help keep them in business and replenish the aquifer

SJV Water

Groundwater News

February 2, 2024

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water How will selling groundwater help keep more groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley’s already critically...

SGMA Implementation: DWR’s Groundwater Models Provide Valuable Resources for Managers of California’s Critical Water Supply

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

February 2, 2024

From the Department of Water Resources California’s historic effort to bring sustainability to the state’s critically important groundwater basins revealed...