Delta Archives

RESTORE THE DELTA: Tribal and Environmental Advocates Challenge Certification of Consistency of the Delta Conveyance Project

November 21, 2025

Press release from Restore the Delta: A coalition of Tribes and environmental advocates have filed a formal appeal challenging the...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Ten appeals filed for the Delta Conveyance Project consistency determination

Delta Stewardship Council

Delta Conveyance Project

November 18, 2025

From the Delta Stewardship Council: The following parties have appealed the California Department of Water Resources Certification of Consistency (C20257) for...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Climate change and the future of the Delta

Maven

Climate change Notebook News and Features

November 18, 2025

Using science to protect people, economy, and nature in this vital region California is on the front lines of climate...

PRESS RELEASE: Delta Protection Commission appeals Delta Conveyance Project

Delta Protection Commission

Delta Conveyance Project

November 18, 2025

Press release from the Delta Protection Commission The Delta Protection Commission voted today to appeal the Department of Water Resources’s...

CAL MATTERS: ‘Emerging threat’: An invasive species is upending life in the Delta, with no help on the way

Cal Matters

Ecosystems

November 4, 2025

By Rachel Becker, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Spurts of goo oozed...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Giving everyone a say in the Delta’s future: a conversation with adaptation planner and landscape architect Brett Milligan

Robin Meadows

Notebook News and Features Planning and management

October 22, 2025

by Robin Meadows It seems like just about everyone has a plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Governor Newsom wants...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Appeals court paves way for divisive California water tunnel

Courthouse News Service

Delta Conveyance Project

October 21, 2025

Geotechnical work can now begin on a proposed $20 billion tunnel that would help send water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin...

NOTICE of intention to submit Certification of Consistency with the Delta Plan for the Delta Conveyance Project

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Delta Conveyance Project

October 6, 2025

This notice serves to inform all interested parties that the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) intends to submit to...

USGS: Seasonal erosion and accretion in a San Francisco Bay marsh

USGS

Ecosystems

September 8, 2025

Salt marshes, critical buffers against coastal erosion, rely on a net gain of sediment to maintain their elevation and resilience...

WEBB TRACT UPDATE: Project receives statutory exemption for restoration projects, Field notes: Collecting carbon data

Metropolitan Water District

Ecosystems

August 1, 2025

From the Metropolitan Water District: Wetlands project receives statutory exemption for restoration projects (SERP) The Webb Tract Wetland Restoration Project...

NOTICE: Delta Farmland Conversion Study Comment Period – Through Sept. 8

Delta Protection Commission

ANNOUNCEMENTS

July 26, 2025

The Delta Protection Commission invites public comment through Sept. 8, 2025, on the preliminary report of its study of Delta...

NOW AVAILABLE: Final Independent Peer Review Report for the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Science Plan

Maven

Planning and management Science Announcement

July 25, 2025

From the Delta Science Program: At the request of the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), the Delta Science Program...

CDFW: Scientific surveys show continued decline in white sturgeon population

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Fish and wildlife

July 10, 2025

From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: Recent results from white sturgeon monitoring surveys by the California Department of Fish...

DELTA PROTECTION COMMISSION: Rice: The other climate- and wildlife-friendly solution for the Delta

Delta Protection Commission

Agriculture

July 1, 2025

By Holly Heyser Delta Protection Commission Rice acreage is growing rapidly in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta’s agricultural core. It nearly...

SoCAL WATER COALITION: Delta Stewardship Council Adaptation Plan underscores urgency of climate-resilient water infrastructure

SoCal Water Coalition

Delta Conveyance Project Policy and regulation

June 28, 2025

From the Southern California Water Coalition: The Delta Stewardship Council’s new recently adopted Adaptation Plan, Delta Adapts: Creating a Climate...