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DAILY DIGEST, 9/4: Humanity is rapidly depleting water and much of the world is getting drier; Farmers flip fields to wetland for Central Valley shorebirds; What’s at the bottom of Lake Tahoe?: One team is preparing to show the world; Feds get 9 months to determine if San Francisco Estuary white sturgeon is threatened; and more …

September 4, 2025

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds get 9 months to determine if San Francisco Estuary white sturgeon is threatened

Courthouse News Service

Fish and wildlife

September 4, 2025

A magistrate judge rejected the agency’s argument that it needed until 2029 to complete an assessment that was due 12...

EDF: New journal article highlights multibenefit land repurposing as an innovative approach to strengthen rural resilience

Environmental Defense Fund

Groundwater News

September 4, 2025

Madera County and the San Joaquin Valley serve as a case study of how to implement a more holistic water...

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: Securing Statewide Water Supplies Part 6: Fact over Fiction

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Delta Conveyance Project

September 4, 2025

From the Department of Water Resources: Modernizing the infrastructure that delivers clean, affordable water to 27 million Californians and 750,000...

PRESS RELEASE: First in the nation ban on plastic microbeads in personal products headed to Governor Newsom’s desk

Legislator/Elected Official

Policy and regulation

September 4, 2025

Press release from Assemblymember Tasha Boerner: Today, Assembly Bill (AB) 823 by Assemblymember Tasha Boerner (D-Encinitas) passed the Senate Floor...

EDWARD RING: Will the Sites Reservoir ever get built?

Edward Ring

Commentary Planning and management

September 4, 2025

By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center The short answer is no. Never....

SJV WATER: State pinning hopes for Kern River rainbow’s survival on hatchery, despite its checkered history

SJV Water

Fish and wildlife

September 4, 2025

By Lois Henry, SJV Water The state is poised to spend a little more than $7 million to get the...

AGU: Toilets and showers make up the vast majority of household water use

American Geophysical Union

Planning and management

September 4, 2025

Homes in California use less water than other states, according to a new study of a subset of US cities...

NOTICE: Reclamation announces public scoping meetings for California’s North-to-South Water Transfers

Bureau of Reclamation News

ANNOUNCEMENTS

September 3, 2025

From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation today published a notice of intent in the Federal Register to...

NOTICE: CDFA to host webinar on Regulatory Alignment Study Draft Recommendations

Guest Contributor

ANNOUNCEMENTS

September 3, 2025

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), in collaboration with the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) and the State...