Bureau of Reclamation Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

PRESS RELEASE: Interior Advances President Trump’s Executive Order 14181 Priorities, Approves Sites Reservoir Project to Strengthen California Water Reliability

January 23, 2026

Approval clears path for new off-stream storage as Executive Order anniversary highlights more than 200,000 acre-feet of water in operational gains....

DWR: How collaborative efforts are reviving a vital ecosystem in the Delta

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Ecosystems

January 15, 2026

From the Department of Water Resources: In the last five years, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and its partners...

SJV WATER: Nation’s highest court declines to hear water rights case stemming from decade-old drought

SJV Water

Water rights and water law

December 31, 2025

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The United States Supreme Court officially declined to hear a case alleging the federal government...

NOW AVAILABLE: Reclamation seeks public input on draft environmental impact statement for Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir Project

Bureau of Reclamation News

Planning and management

December 14, 2025

Proposed project would provide up to 82,000 acre-feet of new offstream water storage Press release from the Bureau of Reclamation...

USBR: Igniting Reclamation’s focus on wildfire crisis

Bureau of Reclamation News

Wildfires and watersheds

November 20, 2025

California-Great Basin’s Regional Wildland Fire Coordinator is making a difference By Michael Burke, Bureau of Reclamation As the threat of...

PRESS RELEASE: Environmental Groups Send Trump Administration Legal Notice for Killing Endangered Species

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Water project operations

November 14, 2025

San Francisco Baykeeper, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Friends of the River issue a notice of intent to sue...

SJV WATER: Friant contractors ask U.S. Supreme Court to review water rights case

SJV Water

Water rights and water law

September 11, 2025

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The long, circuitous path of a lawsuit against the federal government for cutting off water...

THIS JUST IN … California’s floodplains at the heart of landmark agreement: State and federal agencies unite to address climate resilience through landscape-scale investment

CA Natural Resources Agency

Ecosystems Policy and regulation

October 23, 2024

MOU to improve communications between agencies, enhance flood protection, create and protect habitat for fish and wildlife, increase long-term health...