Delta Archives

BAY-DELTA PLAN: Reclamation Provides comments on California State Water Resources Control Board’s Bay-Delta Plan Update

September 5, 2026

From the US Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation provided the following comments today to the California State Water...

BAY-DELTA PLAN: Westlands Water District to end participation in Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Program absent reversal by the State

Westlands Water District

Planning and management

September 5, 2026

From the Westlands Water District: Westlands Water District will not continue in the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes (HRL) Program under...

EDWARD RING: Without sediment removal in the Delta, California risks winter flooding

Edward Ring

Commentary Planning and management

August 31, 2026

Commentary by Edward Ring, director of water and energy policy for the California Policy Center In the cities and farms...

RECLAMATION: Final monitoring special study report advances scientific understanding of Delta hydrodynamics and water quality

Bureau of Reclamation News

Delta science Planning and management Reports

August 27, 2026

Press release from the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources have released...

DELTA COUNCIL: Appeals filed for the Delta Conveyance Project revised Certification of Consistency with the Delta Plan on remanded items

Delta Stewardship Council

Delta Conveyance Project

August 26, 2026

From the Delta Stewardship Council: The following parties have appealed the California Department of Water Resources’ Delta Conveyance Project Revised Certification...

EDWARD RING: Dredging the Delta can prevent a catastrophe

Edward Ring

Commentary Ecosystems

July 23, 2026

By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center It’s January 2027, and for the...

AG ALERT: Golden mussels plague farms and water districts

Ag Alert

Ecosystems

July 8, 2026

By Caleb Hampton The spread of golden mussels in California has alarmed farmers this year as the invasive species established...

DWR: Detecting the Delta’s inhabitants through their DNA fingerprint

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Ecosystems

July 8, 2026

From the Department of Water Resources: Finding the Delta’s most elusive residents means digging deep down into the microscopic traces...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Delta Independent Science Board examines Nature-Based Solutions for climate, water and habitat goals

Maven

Notebook News and Features Planning and management

July 8, 2026

State agencies highlight nature-based solutions for the Delta Nature-based solutions use natural systems and working landscapes to reduce greenhouse gas...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Could dredging invasive clams boost fish food in Suisun Marsh?

Robin Meadows

Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features

July 7, 2026

by Robin Meadows The San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary has been a food desert for fish for two decades and the...

HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: Can restoration save the Delta smelt?

High Country News

Fish and wildlife

July 7, 2026

In the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, new wetlands await the threatened fish. by Mark Schapiro, High Country News This story was...

DWR: Delta wetlands project tests carbon storage potential

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Ecosystems

April 29, 2026

Pilot cultural informed burn project at Twitchell Island helps illuminate the secrets of carbon storage By the Department of Water...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL votes 6-1 to remand the Delta Conveyance Project back to the Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Delta Stewardship Council

Delta Conveyance Project

April 24, 2026

Press release from the Delta Stewardship Council: On April 23, 2026, the Council voted to remand the project on two...

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR: Delta Conveyance Project achieves important milestone, advances closer to construction

Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

Delta Conveyance Project

April 24, 2026

California’s keystone water infrastructure project, the Delta Conveyance Project, marked an important milestone and forward progress towards full permitting. From...

STATE WATER CONTRACTORS applaud the Delta Stewardship Council’s vote of Delta Plan consistency for the Delta Conveyance Project

State Water Contractors

Delta Conveyance Project

April 24, 2026

The Delta Conveyance Project is the state’s most important climate adaptation project, protecting the future for more than two-thirds of...